ჶოტა

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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)

  1. (dialectal, Jigetore, Ortaalan, VitseArkabi, 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
  2. (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

  1. ^ 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, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi