თომა
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Laz[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Kartvelian *tom-.
Noun[edit]
თომა • (toma) (Latin spelling toma)
- hair
- ნანაქ წუტელი ბოზოზ თომალეფე დუცხონუ დო დუნთხოზუ შქულე ოგინე კელე ართი წუთა ჩოჩოკა დუხენუ
- nanak ǯuťeli bozoz tomalepe duʒxonu do duntxozu şkule ogine ǩele arti ǯuta çoçoǩa duxenu
- After combing and braiding my little girl's hair, my mother made small bangs in the front
- hair, feather, bristle (used both for humans and animals)
- Synonym: ნჭა (nç̌a)
- თომალეფე ჭუხნუჲ
- tomalepe ç̌uxnuy
- S/he burns feathers
- (Vizha, Artasheni) wool
- Synonym: ჲუნი (yuni)
- თომა ტანჯიჲარი ორტუ დო ხოლოთი დითხინუ
- toma ťanciyari orťu do xoloti ditxinu
- The wool was dirty, but it could still be spun
Usage notes[edit]
- For plural usually თომალეფე (tomalepe) is used but in Ortaalan and Batumi dialects თომაფე (tomape) is used.
Further reading[edit]
- Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 391
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 795
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “toma”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Marr, N. (1910) “თომა”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 147b
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “თომა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
Mingrelian[edit]
Noun[edit]
თომა • (toma)
- Alternative form of თუმა (tuma)