ციცი

Laz

Alternative forms

• ციცილი (ʒiʒili) — Vizha, Artasheni

Noun

ციცი • (ʒiʒi) (Latin spelling ʒiʒi) (Atina, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala)

1. breast, tit

   Synonym: ბუძი (bużi)

   1. (childish, when adults talk to children) breast of man and all mammals of all sexes and ages

      ფორჩა ქოკიმბინი, ბე ბოზომოთა. ციცი გაზინ.

      porça koǩimbini, be bozomota. ʒiʒi gazin.

      Button up your shirt, girl. Your tits are showing.

   2. (sometimes when adults speak in front of small children) The lactating breast and milk of the adult woman

      ბერე იბგაჲ. ციცი ქომეჩი.

      bere ibgay. ʒiʒi komeçi.

      The child is crying. Give her/him a tit.

   3. (in conversation between elders) The breast of children and all animal offspring

      ბოზოს ციციზ ჟინ ფუფული ჲუხთუდორენ

      bozos ʒiʒiz jin pupuli yuxtudoren

      She's got a boil on her tit.

   4. (in conversation between elders) Male breast, Man tit

      ციცი ქატა კოჩიზ ქუღუნ. ბუძი ხვალა ოხორჯალეფეზ ავენ.

      ʒiʒi kaťa ǩoçiz kuğun. bużi xvala oxorcalepez aven.

      The breast is present in every human being. The breast (that gives milk) is only in women.

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “3i3i”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ციცი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi