მბული
Laz
Alternative forms
- ბული (buli) – Khopa–Batumi, Arkabi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mbuli/
Etymology
(მჭითა) მბული
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *bal- (“sweet cherry”), see there for more.
Noun
მბული • (mbuli) (Latin spelling mbuli)
- sweet cherry, wild cherry (Prunus avium) (tree and fruit)
- Coordinate term: ვიშნე (višne)
- ჰანწო მბულიზ ჰეშშო ჩანს ქი ტოტეფეზ ქონძოლ ქონძოლი გჲობუნ
- hanc̣o mbuliz heššo čans ki ṭoṭepez konʒol konʒoli gyobun
- This year, cherry trees have such fruit that they hang on the branches in bunches
- გჲაი ვარ-იფხორნა-თი მბული ოჭკომი
- gyai var-ipxorna-ti mbuli oč̣ḳomi
- If you're not eating, at least eat cherries
Derived terms
- ბულეფი (bulepi, toponym)
Descendants
- → Turkish: buli, bülü
Further reading
- Aleksiva, Irfan Çağatay (2020), “buli”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 14
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 778
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “mbuli”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ბული”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi