ნგოლა

Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *gora- (mount, hill). Cognate with Georgian გორა (gora).

Noun

ნგოლა • (ngola) (Latin spelling ngola) (Vizha, Artasheni, Arkabi)

  1. summer roaming place
    ნგოლა გზა ჩანგი დოლვობარე დო ოლანდუ იშკინარ
    ngola gza çangi dolvobare do olandu işǩinar
    On the ngola paths you will put the bell around the neck (of the animals) and listen to the echo

Further reading

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