თოფური

Laz

Alternative forms

• თორფი (torpi) — Jigetore
• თოფრ (topr) — Vizha
• თოფრი (topri) — Vizha, Artasheni, Vitse
• თოფუი (topui), თოფუჲი (topuyi) — alternative spellings

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *tapl- (“honey”).

Noun

თოფური • (topuri) (Latin spelling topuri) (Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

1. honey

   მთუთიქ კარვანეფეს თოფური იხირამს

   mtutik ǩarvanepes topuri ixirams

   Bear steals honey from honeycombs

References

• Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 392
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “თოფური”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
• Marr, N. (1910) “თოფური”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 147b

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *tapl-.

Noun

თოფური • (topuri) (uncountable)

1. honey

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “თოფური”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 611
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “თოფური”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[2] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 244a
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 795
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “თოფური”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Pipia, Daniel (2008) “თოფური”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎^[4], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN