ნცა

Laz

Alternative forms

• მცა (mʒa) — Vizha, Artasheni
• ცა (ʒa) — Khopa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ca-.

Noun

ნცა • (nʒa) (Latin spelling nʒa) (Atina, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala)

1. sky

   ჰეშშო მუთურენფე თქუ ქი ნცაშენ მურუცხეფე ქოდიბღუ

   heşşo muturenpe tku ki nʒaşen muruʒxepe kodibğu

   S/he said such things that the stars in the sky were scattered on the ground (s/he bragged a lot)

Derived terms

• პიჟიმცა (p̌ijimʒa)
• მცამპულა (mʒamp̌ula)
• ნუკუშინცა (nuǩuşinʒa)
• ჩარბიშინცა (çarbişinʒa)

 

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “n3a”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ნცა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
• Ḳalandia, Tea (2007) Buba Ḳudava, editor, 2000 lazuri siṭq̇va: saleksiḳono masala [2000 Laz words: dictionary material] (Ḳolxuri seria; 1), Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN, page 83