ბუტკა

Laz

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *buṭḳa-.

Noun

ბუტკა • (buťǩa) (Latin spelling buťǩa)

1. leaf
   1. (Vitse, Lome) thick and hard leaves of plants such as blackthorn, rhododendron, etc.

      ჰამ დულჲა მუნდეზ ივასენ? - მწკოში ბუტკა გოიხვაში ივასენ.

      ham dulya mundez ivasen? - mǯǩoşi buťǩa goixvaşi ivasen.

      When will this happen? - It will happen when the blackthorn sheds its leaves (it will never happen).

   2. (Vitse, Lome) mixture of leaves of various plants

      სთველის ქარმატეში წკაჲი ბუტკაფეთე ნინძგიფენ

      stvelis karmaťeşi ǯǩayi buťǩapete ninżgipen

      In the fall, the water of the mill is clogged with leaves

   3. (Lome) large leaves of some plants such as beans etc.

      ხაჯიში ბუტკა

      xacişi buťǩa

      (1) Bean sprout. (2) (figurative) A child who is very close to people

   4. (Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala) leaves of all plants

      Synonym: ფავრი (pavri)

      ფუჯეფეზ ჭუბუჲიში ბუტკა ვუჭკიი

      pucepez ç̌ubuyişi buťǩa vuç̌ǩii

      I cut chestnut leaves for the cows

Further reading

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