ბუძი

Laz

Alternative forms

• ბუზი (buzi) — Vizha, Artasheni
• ბუძუ (bużu)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *buʒ-.

Noun

ბუძი • (bużi) (Latin spelling bużi) (Atina, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

1. (in adult females and adult female mammals) breast

   Synonym: ციცი (ʒiʒi)

   ციცი ქატა კოჩიზ ქუღუნ. ბუძი ხვალა ოხორჯალეფეზ ავენ.

   ʒiʒi kaťa ǩoçiz kuğun. bużi xvala oxorcalepez aven.

   The breast is present in every human being. The breast (that gives milk) is present only in women.

2. teat

Further reading

• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ბუძი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 281–282, tentatively derives from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒuʒu-, explains the irregular initial correspondence either due to sound symbolism or to the influence of Greek βυζί (vyzí) or Adyghe быдзы (bədzə), Kabardian быдзы (bədzə)