მოთა

Laz

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔtɑ/
• Hyphenation: მო‧თა

Etymology 1

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *martw-.

Alternative forms

• მონთა (monta) — Atina, Vizha, Artasheni

Noun

მოთა • (mota) (plural მოთალეფე, plural მოთაფე, Latin spelling mota) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

1. grandchild

   მოთაჩქიმიზ შალვარი ქამაბოქუნი

   motaçkimiz şalvari kamabokuni

   I dressed my grandchild in shalwar

Usage notes

In (Vitse, Lome) dialects plural მოთალეფე (motalepe) is used and it's equivalent to plural of მოთალი (motali, “cub, offspring”), in (Borghola) dialect მოთაფე (motape) is used.

Derived terms

• მოთალი (motali, “cub, offspring, grandchild”)
• ბოზომოთა (bozomota, “girl”)

Etymology 2

Contraction

მოთა • (mota) (Latin spelling mota) (Chkhala)

1. Contraction of მოთ ვარ (mot var).

   მოთამემისიმინ?

   motamemisimin?

   Why do not you answer me?

Further reading

• Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 375
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 815
• Marr, N. (1910) “მოთა”, 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 618a
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მოთა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *martw-.

Noun

მოთა • (mota) (plural მოთალეფი)

1. grandchild

Related terms

• მოთელი (moteli, “great-grandchild”)

Descendants

• → Abkhaz: а-моҭа (a-mota) (dialectal)

References

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “მოთა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 911
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “მოთა”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[2] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 281b
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 815
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “მოთა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Pipia, Daniel (2008) “მოთა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎^[4], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN