წუნა

Laz

Etymology 1

From წკუნ- (ǯǩun-, “to ache”) +‎ -ა (-a), from earlier *წყუნ- (*ǯqun-). Cognate with Mingrelian წყუნ-ა (c̣q̇un-a), წყუნ-აფ-ა (c̣q̇un-ap-a).

Noun

წუნა • (ǯuna) (Latin spelling ǯuna) (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni)

1. ache, pain

   Synonyms: ოწუნუ (oǯunu), წკუნი (ǯǩuni), ჭვინი (ç̌vini)

   ქორბა ოწუნუთე ღურურტუ. ქორბა წუნა ჭამითე დვოჩულეტინუ.

   korba oǯunute ğururťu. korba ǯuna ç̌amite dvoçuleťinu.

   S/he was having really bad abdominal pain. Medication healed her/his abdominal pain.

2. (figuratively) poison, venom

Alternative forms

• წკუნა (ǯǩuna) — Vitse

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “3’una[1]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოწუნუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “წუნა1”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[3], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
• Ḳalandia, Tea (2007) “წკუნი”, in Buba Ḳudava, editor, 2000 lazuri siṭq̇va: saleksiḳono masala [2000 Laz words: dictionary material] (Ḳolxuri seria; 1), Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN, page 85
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 878

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

წუნა • (ǯuna) (Latin spelling ǯuna) (Khopa, Chkhala)

1. she-dog, female dog, bitch

   Synonym: ზურა (zura)

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “3’una[2]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[4] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “წუნა2”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[5], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi