უჯი

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Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *q̇ur-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈud͡ʒi/
  • Hyphenation: უ‧ჯი

Noun

უჯი • (uci) (Latin spelling uci) (Atina, Artasheni, Vitse–Arkabi, Peroniti)

  1. ear
    ფუჯიში უჯიზ ნიშანი გეჩამერი რენ
    pucişi uciz nişani geçameri ren
    The cow has a stamp in its ear

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Turkish uç.

Noun

უჯი • (uci) (Latin spelling uci)

  1. edge, end, point, tip
    ნუსაში ჶოტა უჯი კულის ჯელვანწენ
    nusaşi foťa uci ǩulis celvanǯen
    The tip of the bride's loincloth touches the chair

Further reading

  • Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 236
  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 324
  • Marr, N. (1910) “უჯი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 204b
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “უჯი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
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