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ქორბა

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Laz

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Etymology

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Akin to Mingrelian ქვარა (kvara, stomach, tummy).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔɾbɑ/, /ˈkʰɔ(ɹ)bɑ/
  • Hyphenation: ქორ‧ბა

Noun

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ქორბა (korba) (plural ქორბაფე, Latin spelling korba)

  1. belly, tummy, stomach
  2. (dialectal, Vizha) craw of birds
    Synonym: ხოხონჭა (xoxonç̌a)
    კინჩი მონთინაფემუში ოჩუ შენი ქორბაშა ოშკომალეფე ეშკიღაჲ
    ǩinçi montinapemuşi oçu şeni korbaşa oşǩomalepe eşǩiğay
    The bird pulls food from its crop to feed its young

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Further reading

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  • Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, pages 84–85
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 849, compares Georgian ბოქვენი (bokveni, groin)
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “korba”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Marr, N. (1910) “ქორბა”, 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 198b
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ქორბა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi