უჩამზუღა

Laz

Alternative forms

ზუღაუჩა (zuğauça), უჩამზოღა (uçamzoğa)

Etymology

Calque of Ottoman Turkish قره دكز‎ (Kara Deñiz, “Black Sea”). From უჩა (uça, “black”) +‎ მზუღა (mzuğa, “sea”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ut͡ʃɑmˈzuɣɑ/
Hyphenation: უ‧ჩამ‧ზუ‧ღა

Proper noun

უჩამზუღა • (uçamzuğa) (Latin spelling Uçamzuğa)

Black Sea
კირიმი უჩამზუღაში ჰექოლე კელე დოსქიდუნ
ǩirimi uçamzuğaşi hekole ǩele doskidun
Crimea is on the other side of the Black Sea

Further reading

Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “Uça-Mzuğa”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
Tandilava, Ali (2013), “მზუღაუჩა”, 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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