ამა

Laz

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اما (ammâ), from Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā).

Conjunction

ამა • (ama) (Latin spelling ama) (Artasheni, Vitse, Khopa)

  1. but
    Synonyms: მანა (mana) [Atina], ალა (ala) [Arkabi], ჩქვა (çkva) [Vitse], ედო (edo) [Arkabi], დო (do)

Further reading
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ama”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
  • Marr, N. (1910) “ამა”, 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 126a
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ამა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
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