ბოჲი
Laz
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ბოი (boi) — alternative spelling
Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]ბოჲი • (boyi) (Latin spelling boyi)
- length, height
- გინძე ბოჲი ნაუღუნ კოჩი ამფულის ჲუნჭიშუნ.
- ginże boyi nauğun ǩoçi ampulis yunç̌işun.
- The tall man reaches for the light bulb.
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ბოჲი (boyi) | ბოჲეფე (boyepe) | |
| ergative | ბოჲიქ (boyik) | ბოჲეფექ (boyepek) | |
| dative | ბოჲის (boyis) | ბოჲეფეს (boyepes) | |
| genitive | ბოჲიშ(ი) (boyiş(i)) | ბოჲეფეშ(ი) (boyepeş(i)) | |
| directive | ბოჲიშე (boyişe) | ბოჲეფეშე (boyepeşe) | |
| ablative | ბოჲიშენ (boyişen) | ბოჲეფეშენ (boyepeşen) | |
| locative | ბოჲის (boyis) | ბოჲეფეს (boyepes) | |
| instrumental | ბოჲითენ (boyiten) | ბოჲეფეთენ (boyepeten) | |
| Notes: dialects may differ on declension. | |||
Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “boyi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ბოი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi