შქა
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Laz
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *šowa- (“middle; in the middle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]შქა • (şka) (plural შქაფე, Latin spelling şka) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)
- waist
- ფუჯიქ ღობერიში თუდელეშენ შქა დოლოკლანტუმს დო მეშულუნ
- pucik ğoberişi tudeleşen şka doloǩlanťums do meşulun
- The cow goes in under the wall, hollowing its waist
Further reading
[edit]- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 862
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “şka”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “შქა1”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi