დუდი

Laz

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *dud-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdudi/
• Hyphenation: დუ‧დი

Noun

დუდი • (dudi) (Latin spelling dudi)

1. (dialectal, Atina, Vizha, Artasheni) head

   Synonym: თი (ti)

   მჯორათე დუდი ჯეჭვერი იქთენ

   mcorate dudi ceç̌veri ikten

   S/he walks around with her/his head burnt from the sun

2. (dialectal, Atina) -self

   დუდის ნა-მომალუ დულჲაფე მომხვადუ

   dudis na-momalu dulyape momxvadu

   I deserved what happened to myself

3. tip, top, peak

   ჲაშარიქ კაზუღეფეს დუდი ნუჭუმს

   yaşarik ǩazuğepes dudi nuç̌ums

   Yashar is burning the tips of the stakes

Derived terms

• დუდიმოთვალა (dudimotvala)
• დუდიჯეთვალე (dudicetvale)
• დუდიჯელერი (dudiceleri)
• ონდღეში დუდის (ondğeşi dudis)

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ჯუჯი (ǯuǯi) — Jvari

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *dud-.

Noun

დუდი • (dudi) (plural დუდეფი)

1. head

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “დუდი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 457
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “დუდი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 228b
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 787
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “დუდი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Pipia, Daniel (2008) “დუდი”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎^[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN