ბუტკუჯი

Laz

Alternative forms
  • პუტუჯი (ṗuṭuǯi), პუტტუჯი (ṗuṭṭuǯi), პუტუჟი (ṗuṭuži) – Atina, Artasheni
  • ბუტუჯი (buṭuǯi), ბუტტუჯი (buṭṭuǯi) – Artasheni

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *buṭḳ-ar- (“bee”), from *buṭḳ(a)- (“leaf”).

Noun

ბუტკუჯი • (buṭḳuǯi) (Latin spelling buťǩuci)

  1. bee, honey bee
    კარვანიზ თოფური უმცქამტაში “ბუტკუჯი იგზალაზ” ჲა დო კომა ნუფურინამან
    ḳarvaniz topuri umckamṭaši “buṭḳuǯi igzalaz” ya do ḳoma nupurinaman
    While taking honey from the comb, they spray smoke so that the bee goes away

Further reading
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “but’k’uci”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Марр, Н. (1910), “ბუტკუჯი”, 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 132b
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ბუტკუჯი”, 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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