ზუღა

Laz

Alternative forms

• მზუღა (mzuğa) — Okordule, Vitse, Lome
• მზოღა (mzoğa) — Batumi

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *zoɣw-a-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzuɣɑ/
• Hyphenation: ზუ‧ღა

Noun

ზუღა • (zuğa) (Latin spelling zuğa) (Atina, Vizha, Ortaalan, Borghola, Khopa, Chkhala)

1. sea

   იხი ზუღაშა ელიბაჲ. მპულაფე ამუფინაჲ.

   ixi zuğaşa elibay. mp̌ulape amupinay.

   The wind is blowing from the sea. It's driving the clouds in (this way).

Derived terms

• ზუღაუჩა (zuğauça)
• ეგეზუღა (egezuğa)
• უჩამზუღა (uçamzuğa)
• ზუღაკოჩი (zuğaǩoçi)
• უჩამზოღა (uçamzoğa)
• მზუღაპიჯი (mzuğap̌ici)
• ზუღაში პიჯი (zuğaşi p̌ici)

 

Descendants

• → Mingrelian: ზუღა (zuɣa) — neologism

Further reading

• Hervás, Lorenzo (1787) Vocabolario poligloto, con prolegomeni sopra più di CL lingue (in Italian), Cesena: Gregorio Biasini, § 73, page 68, spells as zuga
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 792
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “zuğa”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ზუღა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi