ტობა

Laz

Alternative forms

• ტიბა (ťiba) — Ortahopa, Chkhala, Batumi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ṭab-.

Noun

ტობა • (ťoba) (plural ტობაფე, Latin spelling ťoba)

1. (Jigetore, Okordule, Borghola) small potholes where water has accumulated due to rain; puddle

   ხასანიქ ტობას დოლობაზგამს

   xasanik ťobas dolobazgams

   Khasan steps into a puddle

2. (Vizha, Ortaalan, Vitse–Arkabi, Peroniti, Batumi) the point where flowing waters such as streams and rivers become stagnant and deep

   Synonym: ნჯოლი (ncoli)

   ამეტი ტობაზ დოლოდგითუნ დო მჩხომიზ ანკესი უტკომერზ

   ameťi ťobaz dolodgitun do mçxomiz anǩesi uťǩomerz

   Amet stands inside the ťoba and casts a fishing rod

3. (Vizha, Chanapeti) pond, lake

   Synonym: გჲოლი (gyoli)

   ისტანბოლიშა იტაშა არ დიდი ტობა ქონ. საფანჯა ჯოზუნ.

   isťanbolişa iťaşa ar didi ťoba kon. sapanca cozun.

   On the way to Istanbul there is a big lake called Sapanca.

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “t'oba”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ტობა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ტომბა (ṭomba), ტონბა (ṭonba), ტობო (ṭobo)

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ṭab-.

Adjective

ტობა • (ṭoba)

1. deep

Noun

ტობა • (ṭoba) (plural ტობეფი)

1. lake

   Synonym: მერე (mere)

Descendants

• → Svan: ტო̄მბ (ṭōmb)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ტობა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1379
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ტობა”, 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)‎^[3] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 329b
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 838
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ტობა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[4], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN