ნგოლა

Laz

Alternative forms

• გოლა (gola) — Jigetore, Vitse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *gora- (“mount, hill”). Cognate with Georgian გორა (gora).

Noun

ნგოლა • (ngola) (Latin spelling ngola) (Vizha, Artasheni, Arkabi)

1. summer roaming place

   ნგოლა გზა ჩანგი დოლვობარე დო ოლანდუ იშკინარ

   ngola gza çangi dolvobare do olandu işǩinar

   On the ngola paths you will put the bell around the neck (of the animals) and listen to the echo

Further reading

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