ჶელუკა

Laz

Alternative forms

• ჶილუკა (filuǩa) — Jigetore

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فلوقه (fıluka, fılıka, füluka, filuka), Derived from Arabic فَلُوكَة (falūka).

Noun

ჶელუკა • (feluǩa) (Latin spelling feluǩa, plural ჶელუკაფე) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

1. lifeboat, boat, yacht

   Synonym: კაჲიღი (ǩayiği)

   ჰანდღა ნაპჭოფი მჩხომითე ჶელუკა ობოფში

   handğa nap̌ç̌opi mçxomite feluǩa obopşi

   I filled the boat with the fish I caught today

Further reading

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