Laz edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Resulted from dissimilation of ო- -ე (o- -e) +‎ *კულ- (*ǩul-). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳwal- (track, footprint).

Adverb edit

უკულე (uǩule) (Latin spelling uǩule) (Vitse–Arkabi)

  1. after, later
    Synonym: უკაჩხე (uǩaçxe)
    ჰაწი ა მციქა ემთი ეშაფთათენ დო უკულე გემთი გეფთათენ
    haǯi a mʒika emti eşaptaten do uǩule gemti geptaten
    Now we will go a little uphill and then we will go downhill

Further reading edit

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