წიპა

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Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology

Akin to Georgian ჭიპი (č̣iṗi) and Mingrelian ჩუპა (čuṗa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sʼipʼɑ/
  • Hyphenation: წი‧პა

Noun

წიპა (ǯip̌a) (Latin spelling ǯip̌a)

  1. (dialectal, Atina) navel, belly button
    Synonym: უმპა (ump̌a)
    ხასანის წიპა გამანჭორერი უღუნ
    xasanis ǯip̌a gamanç̌oreri uğun
    Khasan has a hole in his belly
  2. (dialectal, Atina) umbilical cord
    Synonym: უმპა (ump̌a)
    ბერე დიჲინასი სიჶტე წიპა დელუშკორამან
    bere diyinasi sifťe ǯip̌a deluşǩoraman
    When a child is born, they first cut the umbilical cord
  3. (dialectal, Vizha) Each of the holes created to evacuate the air to the skin that covers the mouth of a kind of utensil called ონჩახულე (onçaxule, butter churn) (a container similar to an earthen jar used to separate oil and buttermilk from cream) and similar holes
    თანი ნჩახუმტაშა წიპა ნუწი დო ოშვანაფი
    tani nçaxumťaşa ǯip̌a nuǯi do oşvanapi
    While separating the (oil from cream) buttermilk, remove the plug in the ventilation hole (in the ონჩახულე (onçaxule) i.e. earthen pot) and ventilate
  4. (dialectal, Okordule) stopper
    Synonym: მეთრაგალე (metragale)
    ონჩახულე წიპა მევუნზგიფი
    onçaxule ǯip̌a mevunzgipi
    I inserted the stopper of the ონჩახულე (onçaxule) and tightened it

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “3’ip’a”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “3’ip’a”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “3’ip’a”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Marr, N. (1910) “წიპა”, 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 219b
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “წიპა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi