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Laz
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish فوطه (futa, fota).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔtʼɑ/
- Hyphenation: ჶო‧ტა
Noun
ჶოტა • (foťa) (plural ჶოტაფე, Latin spelling foťa)
- (dialectal, Jigetore, Ortaalan, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala) clothing that women tie in front of them while doing gardening or housework : apron, waistcloth
- Synonyms: კოწოთვალა (ǩoǯotvala), გოწაკორა (goǯaǩora)
და-ჩქიმიქ ონდღენერი გჲარი ჶოტაზ მელაკორუმზ დო ნაპირიშა იღასენ- da-çkimik ondğeneri gyari foťaz melaǩorumz do nap̌irişa iğasen
- My sister packs her lunch in an apron and takes it to the workplace
- (dialectal, Jigetore, Vitse) (woman's) headscarf
- Synonyms: დუდიმოთვალა (dudimotvala), თიჯეთვალე (ticetvale), თიგოთვალა (tigotvala), მანდილი (mandili), ჲაზმა (yazma), ხასე (xase)
აჲშექ დუდის ჶოტა დელინკორამს- ayşek dudis foťa delinǩorams
- Aisha is tying a headscarf to her head
1930 – 1931,
Niyazi Ahmet Banoğlu,
Stories recorded by Georges Dumézil in Istanbul The clothing of the Laz:
[1]- ვიტოხუთ-ვიტვაშ წანერ ბოზოფე მეტაკსიშ ჶოტა თიზ მოთჶალერ ფუქურონ ბასმაშ ჶორკა დოლოქუნერ დო კუჩხეს წუღა მოდვალერ გულუნან.
- viťoxut-viťvaş ǯaner bozope meťaǩsiş foťa tiz motfaler pukuron basmaş forǩa dolokuner do ǩuçxes ǯuğa modvaler gulunan.
- The girls of fifteen to sixteen go around with their heads covered with a silk headscarf, dressed in a flowered calico ჶორკა (forǩa), and wearing shoes.
References
- ^ Dumézil, Georges (1937) Contes lazes (Travaux et mémoires de l'Institut d'ethnologie; 27) (in French), Paris: Institut d'Ethnologie, page 127
Further reading
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “fut’a”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჶოტა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi