მხუჯი

Laz

Alternative forms

• მხუჟი (mxuji) — Vizha
• ფხუჯი (pxuci), ხუჯი (xuci)

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *mqar-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈm̥xud͡ʒi/
• Hyphenation: მხუ‧ჯი

Noun

მხუჯი • (mxuci) (plural მხუჯეფე, Latin spelling mxuci)

1. shoulder

   მჭიმა მხუჯიზ ეგომჭიმს

   mç̌ima mxuciz egomç̌ims

   Rain falls on your shoulder

Derived terms

• მხუჟიდუღი (mxujiduği)

Further reading

• Rosen, Georg (1844) Über die Sprache der Lazen, Lemgo und Detmold: Meyersche Hofbuchhandlung, page 30b, records ბხოჯი (bxoci)
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 819
• Marr, N. (1910) “მხუჯი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 172b
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მხუჯი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi