ტუბუნ

Laz

Alternative forms

• ტიბუნ (ťibun) — Khopa, Chkhala

Etymology

From ტუბ- (ťub-) +‎ -უნ (-un). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ṭep- : ṭp-.

Verb

ტუბუნ • (ťubun) (Latin spelling ťubun) (Vitse–Arkabi)

1. (about water or air) to warm

   Synonyms: იტუწანენ (iťuǯanen), მოიტუცანამს (moiťuʒanams), მოტუბუნ (moťubun), იტიბენ (iťiben)

   ონტულეზ მთვირი ეზდიმს. ტაონი მციქა დოტუბუ.

   onťulez mtviri ezdims. ťaoni mʒika doťubu.

   The snow is lifting in the fields. The weather has warmed up a bit.

Further reading

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