ბონძოლა

Laz

Alternative forms

• ბონძოა (bonżoa) — Arkabi
• ბონძოლჲაჲი (bonżolyayi) — Vitse

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *banʒ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔnˈd͡zɔlɑ/
• Hyphenation: ბონ‧ძო‧ლა

Adjective

ბონძოლა • (bonżola) (Latin spelling bonžola) (Arkabi)

1. (about men's hair, beard, mustache, chest hair, etc) irregularly long

   ბუჲუღი ბონძოლჲაჲი

   buyuği bonżolyayi

   handlebar moustache

2. (about plant roots, balls of string, etc.) knotty, fringed

   კეფრიშ ქჲოღეფე ბონძოლჲაჲი ივენ

   ǩepriş kyoğepe bonżolyayi iven

   Hemp roots are fringe-rooted

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “bonz*ola”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)