ბუცხა

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Laz[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *prcx- (fingernail; to scratch). Cognate with Georgian ფრჩხილი (prčxili), Mingrelian ბირცხა (bircxa) and Svan ცხა (cxa).

Noun[edit]

ბუცხა (buʒxa) (Latin spelling buʒxa, plural ბუცხაფე)

  1. nail
    ამსეჲი ბუცხაფე ვიჭკიჲაუნ
    amseyi buʒxape viç̌ǩiyaun
    I'll cut my nails tonight
  2. hoof
    Synonym: ქაჩაჩი (kaçaçi)
    ალი ნცხენი ბუცხაფე უკვათაჲ
    ali nʒxeni buʒxape uǩvatay
    Ali trims the horse's hooves

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “bu3xa”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ბუცხა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi