თითხუ

თითხუ

Laz

Alternative forms

• თუთხუ (tutxu) – Atina, Artasheni, Vitse

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *dutx-el-.

Adjective

თითხუ • (titxu) (Latin spelling titxu) (Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi)

1. sparse

   ნუსა-ჩქუნიქ თითხუ ნა-დოსქიდუ ლაზუტეფეში არაზ მთელლი ლუ გოშორგამს

   nusa-čkunik titxu na-doskidu lazuṭepeši araz mtelli lu gošorgams

   Our bride is always planting cabbage among the sparse corn

2. thin, juicy, soft, runny (about food)

   Synonyms: ლონწა (lonc̣a), თუთხოჯი (tutxoǯi)

   ფაფა დიდო თითხუ დივუ-დორენ

   papa dido titxu divu-doren

   Custard is very runny

Further reading

• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 794
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “titxu”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
• Марр, Н. (1910), “თითხუ”, 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 147a
• Tandilava, Ali (2013), “თითხუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi