კუზი

Georgian

Etymology

From Armenian. Compare Middle Armenian կուզ (kuz), Armenian կուզ (kuz). Or directly from Persian کوز (kuz).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʼuzi/

Noun

კუზი • (ḳuzi) (plural კუზები)

  1. hump, humpback, hunch, hunk

Declension

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References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կուզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳowz-.

Noun

კუზი • (ǩuzi) (Latin spelling ǩuzi) (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni, Vitse–Arkabi)

  1. spoon
    ოწუდეს თუდე ოკუზალე რენ. კუზეფე ჰექ გელობუნ.
    oǯudes tude oǩuzale ren. ǩuzepe hek gelobun.
    There is a spoon rack under the shelf. The spoons hang there.
  2. (unit of measure) spoonful of
    კუზი წარი ჲერი ჯიშკიდუ
    a ǩuzi ǯari yeri cişǩidu
    Drowned in a spoonful of water

Usage notes

  • In the past, a distinction was made between კუზი (ǩuzi, wooden spoon) and დემირიში კუზი (demirişi ǩuzi, metal spoon). Today, just კუზი (ǩuzi) can also mean "metal spoon".

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “k'uzi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “კუზი1”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
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