მთუგი

Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *tagw- (mouse).

Noun

მთუგი • (mtugi) (Latin spelling mtugi) (VitseArkabi, KhopaBatumi, Chkhala)

  1. mouse
    მთუგიქ ნაძირასენ ჩუჩაფე ობღემუშიზ ორჩაკამს
    mtugik nażirasen çuçape obğemuşiz orçaǩams
    Mouse squeezes corn leaves it finds into its nest

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “mtugi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Rosen, Georg (1844) “tugi”, in Über die Sprache der Lazen, Lemgo und Detmold: Meyersche Hofbuchhandlung, page 29a
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მთუგი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi