# თუთა
## Georgian
### Etymology

Likely an Iranian borrowing. See Persian توت (tut) for more.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tʰutʰa]
* Hyphenation: თუ‧თა

### Noun

თუთა • (tuta) (plural თუთები)
* mulberry
    Synonyms: (dialectal) მჭადა (mč̣ada), (dialectal) ბჟოლა (bžola)

#### Descendants

* → Ossetian: тута (tuta)

### Further reading

* Bläsing, Uwe (2019) “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, pages 24–25
* Maq̇ašvili, Aleksandre (1961) “თუთა”, in Boṭaniḳuri leksiḳoni [Botanical Dictionary]‎, 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Sabč̣ota Sakartvelo, page 32a
* Pallas, Peter Simon (1788) “Morus tatarica”, in Flora Rossica (in Latin), volume I, part II, St. Petersburg: Academy Press, page 9, recorded as tuta

## Laz
### Alternative forms

* მთუთა (mtuta)

### Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *tute-.

### Noun

თუთა • (tuta) (Latin spelling tuta, plural თუთაფე)
* moon
* month

#### Derived terms

* თუთაგამალვერი (tutagamalveri)
* თუთაგამალვორა (tutagamalvora)
* თუთაგამოლვური (tutagamolvuri)
* თუთადიდი (tutadidi)
* თუთამესთური (tutamesturi)
* თუთამესთურის (tutamesturis)
* თუთამესკურუ (tutamesǩuru)
* თუთამესკურუს (tutamesǩurus)
* თუთამესტური (tutamesťuri)
* თუთამკულე (tutamǩule)
* თუთასთე (tutaste)
* თუთასტე (tutasťe)
* თუთაქცალა (tutakʒala)
* თუთაშთე (tutaşte)
* თუთაჩხა (tutaçxa)
* თუთაწუტა (tutaǯuťa)
* თუთერი (tuteri)
* მორდერითუთა (morderituta)
* წულუთუთა (ǯulututa)

### References

* Adjarian, H. (1898) “tuta”, in “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 392
* Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 319
* Marr, N. (1910) “თუთა”, 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 148a
* Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) “*თუთა-”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 795
* Tandilava, Ali (2013) “თუთა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

## Mingrelian
### Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *tute-.

### Noun

თუთა • (tuta) (plural თუთეფი)
* moon
* month

### References

* Kajaia, Otar (2005) “თუთა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 613
* Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “თუთა”, 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)‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 244a
* Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) “*თუთა-”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 795
* Kobalia, Alio (2010) “თუთა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
* Pipia, Daniel (2008) “თუთა”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN