უ-
Laz
Etymology 1
From Proto-Kartvelian *u- (“derivational affix of participles”). Compare Georgian უ- (u-), Mingrelian უ- (u-) and Svan უ- (u-).
Prefix
უ- • (u-) (Latin spelling u-)
- (added to participles) un-
- უტახერი ქჶა დუვარი ვაჯიდვენ
- uťaxeri kfa duvari vacidven
- Unbroken stones are not put on the wall
- (added to verbal nouns) without
- მაქვალი უტახუ ოცხონეშა ქჲოტკოჩუ
- makvali uťaxu oʒxoneşa kyoťǩoçu
- She threw the egg on the roof without breaking it
Derived terms
- უ- -ელი (u- -eli)
Alternative forms
- ი- (i-) – if the beneficiary (or the victim) of action is 1st or 2nd person
Prefix
უ- • (u-) (Latin spelling u-)
- action taken for the benefit of determined other person(s), action taken for the damage of determined other person(s), action taken instead of determined other person, action taken for a object belonging to determined other person
- უ- (u-) + ბონ- (bon-, “to wash”) → უბონამს (ubonams, “he washes another person”)
- experiential mood marker
- უ- (u-) + ჭკომ- (ç̌ǩom-, “to eat”) → უჭკომუნ (uç̌ǩomun, “it happened to him to eat”)
- Function unknown・can not be replaced
- უ- (u-) + ჩქინ- (çkin-, “to know”) → უჩქინ (uçkin, “he knows”)
- Function unknown・can be replaced
- უ- (u-) + ლ- (l-, “to go”) → ულუნ (ulun, “he goes”)