უჯი

Laz

Alternative forms

• უჟი (uji) — Vizha
• ყუჯი (quci) — Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala
• ჲუჯი (yuci)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *q̇ur-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈud͡ʒi/
• Hyphenation: უ‧ჯი

Noun

უჯი • (uci) (Latin spelling uci) (Atina, Artasheni, Vitse–Arkabi, Peroniti)

1. ear

   ფუჯიში უჯიზ ნიშანი გეჩამერი რენ

   pucişi uciz nişani geçameri ren

   The cow has a stamp in its ear

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Turkish uç.

Noun

უჯი • (uci) (Latin spelling uci)

1. edge, end, point, tip

   ნუსაში ჶოტა უჯი კულის ჯელვანწენ

   nusaşi foťa uci ǩulis celvanǯen

   The tip of the bride's loincloth touches the chair

Further reading

• Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 236
• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 324
• Marr, N. (1910) “უჯი”, 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 204b
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “უჯი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi