Georgian edit

Etymology edit

From Mingrelian უჩა (uča).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ut͡ʃa/, [ut͡ʃʰa]
  • Hyphenation: უჩა

Proper noun edit

უჩა (uča)

  1. a male given name from Mingrelian

Inflection edit

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Laz edit

Etymology edit

Akin to Mingrelian უჩა (uča, black). Compare also ჩე (çe, white).

Adjective edit

უჩა (uça)

  1. black
    black:  

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Colors in Laz · ფერეფე (perepe) (layout · text)
     ქჩე (kçe)      ბრესთი (bresti), მბურა (mbura)      უჩა (uça)
             მჭითა (mç̌ita)              არანძა (aranża); ლეტაშფერი (leťaşperi)              სკითა (sǩita)
                          ხანჭელი (xanç̌eli) (neologism)             
                                       ჯღატა (cğaťa) (neologism)
                                       ფემბელი (pembeli)

Further reading edit

  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 324

Mingrelian edit

 
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Etymology edit

According to Topuria, from ჩე (če).[1] Accepted by Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe.[2][3]

Adjective edit

უჩა (uča)

  1. black

Proper noun edit

უჩა (uča)

  1. a male given name

Descendants edit

  • Georgian: უჩა (uča)

References edit

  1. ^ Topuria, Varlam (1940) “Kartvelur enata siṭq̇vac̣armoebidan II [From word-building in Kartvelian languages II]”, in Aḳad. n. maris saxelobis enis, isṭoriisa da maṭerialuri ḳulṭuris insṭiṭuṭis moambe (in Georgian), volumes V–VI, Tbilisi, page 538 of 533–540
  2. ^ Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*qc₁-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, pages 723–724
  3. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*qc₁-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 711–712

Further reading edit

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “უჩა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1435
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “უჩა”, 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)‎[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 333b
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “უჩა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Pipia, Daniel (2008) “უჩა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN