ბოჲა
Laz
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بویا (boya).
Noun
ბოჲა • (boya) (Latin spelling boya) (Vizha, Artasheni, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala, Akçakoca)
- color, colour, dye, paint
- Synonyms: ფაჲე (paye), ღაპი (ğap̌i)
- “ოხორი ბოჲა ქოჯეჩი” ბუწვი. ჰიმ დოშუშოლუ დო ნაშკუ.
- “oxori boya koceçi” buǯvi. him doşuşolu do naşǩu.
- I told him to paint the house. He left it messy.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ბოჲა (boya) | ბოჲაფე (boyape) |
| ergative | ბოჲაქ (boyak) | ბოჲაფექ (boyapek) |
| dative | ბოჲას (boyas) | ბოჲაფეს (boyapes) |
| genitive | ბოჲაშ(ი) (boyaş(i)) | ბოჲაფეშ(ი) (boyapeş(i)) |
| directive | ბოჲაშე (boyaşe) | ბოჲაფეშე (boyapeşe) |
| ablative | ბოჲაშენ (boyaşen) | ბოჲაფეშენ (boyapeşen) |
| locative | ბოჲას (boyas) | ბოჲაფეს (boyapes) |
| instrumental | ბოჲათენ (boyaten) | ბოჲაფეთენ (boyapeten) |
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.
Further reading
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “boya”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ბოჲა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi