Laz edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *opl- (sweat).

Noun edit

უფი (upi) (Latin spelling upi)

  1. sweat
    უფითე შუვეჲი შეჲი უნახუ დოდვაჲიზ ჟურ ნდღაზ დოლოხე ჲექთენ იმტკორენ
    upite şuveyi şeyi unaxu dodvayiz jur ndğaz doloxe yekten imťǩoren
    If you leave a sweat-soaked item unwashed, it will mold within two days

Further reading edit

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “upi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “უფი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi