ბორუ
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بورو (boru).
Noun
[edit]ბორუ • (boru) (Latin spelling boru)
- pipe, tube, water pipe
- Synonym: ფურენგი (purengi)
- ნურიქ დაღუჲი წკაჲი ბორუთე გჲოჲონამს.
- nurik dağuyi ǯǩayi borute gyoyonams.
- Nuri piped the mountain water down.
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ბორუ (boru) | ბორუფე (borupe) | |
| ergative | ბორუქ (boruk) | ბორუფექ (borupek) | |
| dative | ბორუს (borus) | ბორუფეს (borupes) | |
| genitive | ბორუშ(ი) (boruş(i)) | ბორუფეშ(ი) (borupeş(i)) | |
| directive | ბორუშე (boruşe) | ბორუფეშე (borupeşe) | |
| ablative | ბორუშენ (boruşen) | ბორუფეშენ (borupeşen) | |
| locative | ბორუს (borus) | ბორუფეს (borupes) | |
| instrumental | ბორუთენ (boruten) | ბორუფეთენ (borupeten) | |
| Notes: dialects may differ on declension. | |||
Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “boru”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ბორუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi