უბა

Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ube/a- (“bosom, lap”). Cognate with Georgian უბე (ube, “bay, bosom”) and Mingrelian ლუბა (luba), უბა (uba), ლჷბა (ləba).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈubɑ/
  • Hyphenation: უ‧ბა

Noun

უბა • (uba) (plural უბაფე, Latin spelling uba) (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi)

  1. chest, bosom, breast
    Synonyms: გჲონქსი (gyonksi), გურპიჯი (gurp̌ici)
    ხასანიქ უბა-მუშის ჭაკი მეშკიდუმს
    xasanik uba-muşis ç̌aǩi meşǩidums
    Hasan puts the pocketknife in his bosom

Further reading
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 840
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “uba”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “უბა”, 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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