ღუტუღუტუ

Laz

Alternative forms
  • ღუტუ (ğuťu) — Vizha
  • ღუნდუღუნდუ (ğunduğundu) — Okordule, for the sense squirrel

Etymology

Compare dialectal Georgian ღუდო (ɣudo, “mole”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɣutʼuˈɣutʼu/
  • Hyphenation: ღუ‧ტუ‧ღუ‧ტუ

Noun

ღუტუღუტუ • (ğuťuğuťu) (Latin spelling ğuťuğuťu) (Vizha)

  1. weasel
    Synonyms: მზენური (mzenuri), გელინჯუღი (gelincuği)
    ავლა წოდერი-ჶირიდაფე არ ღუტუღუტუ იქთენ
    avla ǯoderi-firidape ar ğuťuğuťu ikten
    A weasel wanders through the holes in the wall in the courtyard
  2. (figurative) introverted, secretive person
    ღუტუ სტერი კოჭი
    ğuťu sťeri ǩoç̌i
    The man who does the undercover work
    (literally, “Man like a weasel”)
  3. squirrel
    Synonyms: ღაჲლა (ğayla), კატარაზი (ǩaťarazi), ძემური (żemuri)
    ღუტუღუტუ ნეზეფე მჯაში ღორმა მეშკვობღაჲ
    ğuťuğuťu nezepe mcaşi ğorma meşǩvobğay
    The squirrel is pouring (filling) the walnuts into the tree's hollow

Derived terms
  • ღუტუნა (ğuťuna)

Further reading
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ğut’uğu’tu”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
  • Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2016) “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - III [Addenda to Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages - III]”, in Arnold čikobavas saxelobis enatmecnierebis insṭiṭuṭis samecniero sesia (in Georgian), number 75, Tbilisi, page 7 of 30–39, glosses as Georgian ძილგუდა (ʒilguda, “dormouse”)
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