უფი

Laz

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *opl- (“sweat”).

Noun

უფი • (upi) (Latin spelling upi)

1. sweat

   უფითე შუვეჲი შეჲი უნახუ დოდვაჲიზ ჟურ ნდღაზ დოლოხე ჲექთენ იმტკორენ

   upite şuveyi şeyi unaxu dodvayiz jur ndğaz doloxe yekten imťǩoren

   If you leave a sweat-soaked item unwashed, it will mold within two days

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “upi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “უფი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi