ხომულა

Laz

Alternative forms

• ხომბულა (xombula) — Atina, Vizha, Artasheni

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *qm-el- (“dry; dry land”), Derived from Proto-Georgian-Zan *qem- ~ *qm- (“to dry, to wither”).

Adjective

ხომულა • (xomula) (Latin spelling xomula) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala)

1. dry

   პაპულიზ ხომულა მჭკუდი მოთმეჩამ. ქენქვე ნუკუთე მუჭო ჭკომას?

   p̌ap̌uliz xomula mç̌ǩudi motmeçam. kenkve nuǩute muç̌o ç̌ǩomas?

   Don't give Grandpa dry bread. How can he eat with a toothless mouth?

Noun

ხომულა • (xomula) (Latin spelling xomula) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala)

1. dry place, dry land, dry ground

   დოღანიქ “ფუჯიზ ხომულაზ ჲანჯირაზ” ჲა დო ჩაჩი ეწურჩამს

   doğanik “puciz xomulaz yanciraz” ya do çaçi eǯurçams

   Doghan spreads dried leaves so that the cow can sleep on dry ground

Further reading

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