ღუტუღუტუ
Laz
editAlternative forms
edit- ღუტუ (ğuťu) — Vizha
- ღუნდუღუნდუ (ğunduğundu) — Okordule, for the sense squirrel
Etymology
editCompare dialectal Georgian ღუდო (ɣudo, “mole”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editღუტუღუტუ • (ğuťuğuťu) (Latin spelling ğuťuğuťu) (Vizha)
- weasel
- (figurative) introverted, secretive person
- ღუტუ სტერი კოჭი
- ğuťu sťeri ǩoç̌i
- The man who does the undercover work
- (literally, “Man like a weasel”)
- squirrel
Derived terms
edit- ღუტუნა (ğuťuna)
Further reading
edit- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ğut’uğu’tu”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2016) “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - III [Addenda to Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages - III]”, in Arnold čikobavas saxelobis enatmecnierebis insṭiṭuṭis samecniero sesia (in Georgian), number 75, Tbilisi, page 7 of 30–39, glosses as Georgian ძილგუდა (ʒilguda, “dormouse”)