შქა

Laz

Alternative forms

• შკა (şǩa) — Atina, Vizha, Artasheni

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *šowa- (“middle; in the middle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃkʰɑ/

Noun

შქა • (şka) (plural შქაფე, Latin spelling şka) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

1. waist

   ფუჯიქ ღობერიში თუდელეშენ შქა დოლოკლანტუმს დო მეშულუნ

   pucik ğoberişi tudeleşen şka doloǩlanťums do meşulun

   The cow goes in under the wall, hollowing its waist

Further reading

• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 862
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “şka”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “შქა1”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi