ბოჲი

Laz

Alternative forms

• ბოი (boi) — alternative spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish boy.

Noun

ბოჲი • (boyi) (Latin spelling boyi)

1. length, height

   გინძე ბოჲი ნაუღუნ კოჩი ამფულის ჲუნჭიშუნ.

   ginże boyi nauğun ǩoçi ampulis yunç̌işun.

   The tall man reaches for the light bulb.

Declension

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Declension of ბოჲი (boyi) (see Laz declension)

	singular	plural
absolutive	ბოჲი (boyi)	ბოჲეფე (boyepe)
ergative	ბოჲიქ (boyik)	ბოჲეფექ (boyepek)
dative	ბოჲის (boyis)	ბოჲეფეს (boyepes)
genitive	ბოჲიშ(ი) (boyiş(i))	ბოჲეფეშ(ი) (boyepeş(i))
directive	ბოჲიშე (boyişe)	ბოჲეფეშე (boyepeşe)
ablative	ბოჲიშენ (boyişen)	ბოჲეფეშენ (boyepeşen)
locative	ბოჲის (boyis)	ბოჲეფეს (boyepes)
instrumental	ბოჲითენ (boyiten)	ბოჲეფეთენ (boyepeten)
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.

Further reading

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