ასჲა
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Laz
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Asíā).
Proper noun
[edit]ასჲა • (asya) (Latin spelling Asya)
- Asia
- არაპისთანი ასჲაკიტაზ რენ.
- arap̌istani asyaǩiťaz ren.
- Arabia is in Asia.
- the regions of the Asian continent excluding Turkey, the Middle East and Siberia; i.e. the central, southern and eastern parts of Asia
- ლაზეფე ასჲაშე მოხტესი? მითი ვარუშკუნ.
- lazepe asyaşe moxťesi? miti varuşǩun.
- Did the Laz come from Asia? Nobody knows.
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||
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absolutive | ასჲა (asya) | [[#Laz|]] | |
ergative | ასჲაქ (asyak) | [[#Laz|]] | |
dative | ასჲას (asyas) | [[#Laz|]] | |
genitive | ასჲაშ(ი) (asyaş(i)) | [[#Laz|]] | |
directive | ასჲაშე (asyaşe) | [[#Laz|]] | |
ablative | ასჲაშენ (asyaşen) | [[#Laz|]] | |
locative | ასჲას (asyas) | [[#Laz|]] | |
instrumental | ასჲათენ (asyaten) | [[#Laz|]] | |
Notes: dialects may differ on declension. |
Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “Asya”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)