უჩა

Georgian

Etymology

Borrowed from Mingrelian უჩა (uča).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ut͡ʃʰa]
  • Hyphenation: უჩა

Proper noun

უჩა • (uča)

  1. a male given name from Mingrelian

Declension

Declension of უჩა (see Georgian declension)
singular plural archaic plural
nominative უჩა (uča)
ergative უჩამ (učam)
dative უჩას(ა) (učas(a))
genitive უჩის(ა) (učis(a))
instrumental უჩით(ა) (učit(a))
adverbial უჩად(ა) (učad(a))
vocative უჩავ (učav)

Notes: archaic plurals might not exist.

Postpositional inflection of უჩა (see Georgian postpositions)
dative-case postpositions singular plural
-ზე (-ze, on) უჩაზე (učaze)
-თან (-tan, near) უჩასთან (učastan)
-ში (-ši, in) უჩაში (učaši)
-ვით (-vit, like) უჩასავით (učasavit)
genitive-case postpositions singular plural
-თვის (-tvis, for) უჩისთვის (učistvis)
-ებრ (-ebr, like) უჩისებრ (učisebr)
-კენ (-ḳen, towards) უჩისკენ (učisḳen)
-გან (-gan, from/of) უჩისგან (učisgan)
-ადმი (-admi, in relation to) უჩისადმი (učisadmi)
instrumental-case postpositions singular plural
-დან (-dan, from/since) უჩიდან (učidan)
-ურთ (-urt, together with) უჩითურთ (učiturt)
adverbial-case postpositions singular plural
-მდე (-mde, up to) უჩამდე (učamde)

Laz

Etymology

Akin to Mingrelian უჩა (uča, black). Compare also ჩე (çe, white).

Adjective

უჩა • (uça) (Latin spelling uça)

  1. black
    black:  

Derived terms

  • დვოუჩანაჲ (dvouçanay)
  • ზუღაუჩა (zuğauça)
  • იუჩანენ (iuçanen)
  • იჲუჩანენ (iyuçanen)
  • ოუჩანამს (ouçanams)
  • ოუჩანაფს (ouçanaps)
  • ოჲუჩანამს (oyuçanams)
  • ოჲუჩანაჲ (oyuçanay)
  • ტიშუჩა (ťişuça)
  • უჩამზოღა (uçamzoğa)
  • უჩამზუღა (uçamzuğa)
  • უჩაშა გონდუნუნ (uçaşa gondunun)

See also

Colors in Laz · ფერეფე (perepe) (layout · text)
     ქჩე (kçe)      ბრესთი (bresti), მბურა (mbura)      უჩა (uça)
             მჭითა (mç̌ita)              არანძა (aranża); ლეტაშფერი (leťaşperi)              სკითა (sǩita)
                          ხანჭელი (xanç̌eli) (neologism)             
                                       ჯღატა (cğaťa) (neologism)
                                       ფემბელი (pembeli)

Further reading

  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 324

Mingrelian

Etymology

According to Topuria, from ჩე (če).[1] Accepted by Fähnrich–Sarǯvelaʒe.[2][3]

Adjective

უჩა • (uča)

  1. black

Proper noun

უჩა • (uča)

  1. a male given name

Descendants

  • Georgian: უჩა (uča)

References

  1. ^ Topuria, Varlam (1940) “Kartvelur enata siṭq̇vac̣armoebidan II [From word-building in Kartvelian languages II]”, in Aḳad. n. maris saxelobis enis, isṭoriisa da maṭerialuri ḳulṭuris insṭiṭuṭis moambe (in Georgian), volumes V–VI, Tbilisi, page 538 of 533–540
  2. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) “*qc₁-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, pages 723–724
  3. ^ Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*qc₁-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 711–712

Further reading

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “უჩა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1435
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “უჩა”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 333b
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “უჩა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Pipia, Daniel (2008) “უჩა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN