ჶელუკა

Laz

Alternative forms
  • ჶილუკა (filuǩa) — Jigetore

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فلوقه (fıluka, fılıka, füluka, filuka), Derived from Arabic فَلُوكَة (falūka).

Noun

ჶელუკა • (feluǩa) (Latin spelling feluǩa, plural ჶელუკაფე) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

  1. lifeboat, boat, yacht
    Synonym: კაჲიღი (ǩayiği)
    ჰანდღა ნაპჭოფი მჩხომითე ჶელუკა ობოფში
    handğa nap̌ç̌opi mçxomite feluǩa obopşi
    I filled the boat with the fish I caught today

Further reading
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “feluk'a”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჶელუკა”, 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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