უბა
Laz
Alternative forms
- ობა (oba) – Khopa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈubɑ/
- Hyphenation: უ‧ბა
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ube/a- (“bosom, lap”). Cognate with Georgian უბე (ube) and Mingrelian ლუბა (luba), უბა (uba), ლჷბა (ləba).
Noun
უბა • (uba) (plural უბაფე, Latin spelling uba) (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi)
- chest, bosom, breast
- Synonyms: გჲონქსი (gyonksi), გურპიჯი (gurṗiǯi)
- ხასანიქ უბა-მუშის ჭაკი მეშკიდუმს
- xasanik uba-mušis č̣aḳi mešḳidums
- Hasan puts the pocketknife in his bosom
Further reading
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi; Ezugbaia, Lali; Memišiši, Omar; Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 840
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “uba”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013), “უბა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi