ბოჲა

Laz

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بویا (boya).

Noun

ბოჲა • (boya) (Latin spelling boya) (Vizha, Artasheni, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala, Akçakoca)

1. color, colour, dye, paint

   Synonyms: ფაჲე (paye), ღაპი (ğap̌i)

   “ოხორი ბოჲა ქოჯეჩი” ბუწვი. ჰიმ დოშუშოლუ დო ნაშკუ.

   “oxori boya koceçi” buǯvi. him doşuşolu do naşǩu.

   I told him to paint the house. He left it messy.

Declension

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Declension of ბოჲა (boya) (see Laz declension)

	singular	plural
absolutive	ბოჲა (boya)	ბოჲაფე (boyape)
ergative	ბოჲაქ (boyak)	ბოჲაფექ (boyapek)
dative	ბოჲას (boyas)	ბოჲაფეს (boyapes)
genitive	ბოჲაშ(ი) (boyaş(i))	ბოჲაფეშ(ი) (boyapeş(i))
directive	ბოჲაშე (boyaşe)	ბოჲაფეშე (boyapeşe)
ablative	ბოჲაშენ (boyaşen)	ბოჲაფეშენ (boyapeşen)
locative	ბოჲას (boyas)	ბოჲაფეს (boyapes)
instrumental	ბოჲათენ (boyaten)	ბოჲაფეთენ (boyapeten)
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.

Further reading

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