უჯი

Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *q̇ur-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈud͡ʒi/
  • Hyphenation: უ‧ჯი

Noun

უჯი (uci) (Latin spelling uci) (Atina, Artasheni, Vitse–Arkabi, Peroniti)

  1. ear
    ფუჯიში უჯიზ ნიშანი გეჩამერი რენ
    pucişi uciz nişani geçameri ren
    The cow has a stamp in its ear

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Turkish .

Noun

უჯი (uci) (Latin spelling uci)

  1. edge, end, point, tip
    ნუსაში ჶოტა უჯი კულის ჯელვანწენ
    nusaşi foťa uci ǩulis celvanǯen
    The tip of the bride's loincloth touches the chair

Further reading

  • Adjarian, H. (1898), “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 236
  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı; Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 324
  • Марр, Н. (1910), უჯი”, 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 204b
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013), უჯი”, 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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