ბორუ

Laz

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بورو (boru).

Noun

ბორუ • (boru) (Latin spelling boru)

1. pipe, tube, water pipe

   Synonym: ფურენგი (purengi)

   ნურიქ დაღუჲი წკაჲი ბორუთე გჲოჲონამს.

   nurik dağuyi ǯǩayi borute gyoyonams.

   Nuri piped the mountain water down.

Declension

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Declension of ბორუ (boru) (see Laz declension)

	singular	plural
absolutive	ბორუ (boru)	ბორუფე (borupe)
ergative	ბორუქ (boruk)	ბორუფექ (borupek)
dative	ბორუს (borus)	ბორუფეს (borupes)
genitive	ბორუშ(ი) (boruş(i))	ბორუფეშ(ი) (borupeş(i))
directive	ბორუშე (boruşe)	ბორუფეშე (borupeşe)
ablative	ბორუშენ (boruşen)	ბორუფეშენ (borupeşen)
locative	ბორუს (borus)	ბორუფეს (borupes)
instrumental	ბორუთენ (boruten)	ბორუფეთენ (borupeten)
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.

Further reading

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