უმპა

Laz

Alternative forms

• ომპა (omp̌a) — Artasheni
• უმპპა (ump̌p̌a) — Ortaalan
• კუმპა (ǩump̌a) — Sapanca

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *o(m)ṗe-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈumpʼɑ/
• Hyphenation: უმ‧პა

Noun

უმპა • (ump̌a) (plural უმპაფე, Latin spelling ump̌a) (Vizha, Artasheni, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

1. navel

   Synonym: წიპა (ǯip̌a)

2. umbilical cord

   Synonym: წიპა (ǯip̌a)

   ბერე დირინასი ემოგი უმპა ნუკვათამან

   bere dirinasi emogi ump̌a nuǩvataman

   When a child is born, they first cut the umbilical cord

Derived terms

• უმპა ჯულაჲ (ump̌a culay)
• უმპა მულამს (ump̌a mulams)
• უმპა მუჭკოდუნ (ump̌a muç̌ǩodun)

 

Further reading

• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan, Aleksiva, Irfan (2007) “ump̌a”, in Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna [Great Laz Dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 932b
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 840
• Marr, N. (1910) “უმპა”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 192a, derives from Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “უმპა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi