უჩამზუღა
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of Ottoman Turkish قره دكز (Kara Deñiz, “Black Sea”). From უჩა (uça, “black”) + მზუღა (mzuğa, “sea”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]უჩამზუღა • (uçamzuğa) (Latin spelling Uçamzuğa)
- Black Sea
- კირიმი უჩამზუღაში ჰექოლე კელე დოსქიდუნ
- ǩirimi uçamzuğaşi hekole ǩele doskidun
- Crimea is on the other side of the Black Sea
Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “Uça-Mzuğa”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მზუღაუჩა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi