მოსა

Laz

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *mas- (“fishing-net”). Cognate with Mingrelian მოსა (mosa, “net”) and Georgian მასე (mase, “(sea-going) fishing net”).

Noun

მოსა • (mosa)

1. fishing net
2. spiderweb

   Synonym: რახნამოსა (raxnamosa)

Derived terms

• ბობოლამოსა (bobolamosa)

 

See also

• ბოდა (boda)

References

• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 219
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 116
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 280

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *mas- (“fishing-net”). Cognate with Laz მოსა (mosa, “fishing net”) and Georgian მასე (mase, “(sea-going) fishing net”).

Noun

მოსა • (mosa)

1. fishing net
2. spiderweb

   Synonyms: ბონდღი (bondɣi), ბორბალიაში მოსა (borbaliaši mosa)

References

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “მოსა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 935
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 116
• Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 280