ეწურჩამს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ეწურჩაჲ (eǯurçay) — Vizha, Artasheni
• ეწურჩაფს (eǯurçaps) — Khopa
• იწურჩაფს (iǯurçaps) — Chkhala, Batumi

Etymology

From ეწ- (eǯ-, towards the bottom) +‎ უ- (u-) +‎ რჩ- (rç-, “to lay”) +‎ -ამ (-am) +‎ -ს (-s).

Verb

ეწურჩამს • (eǯurçams) (Latin spelling eǯurçams) (Atina, Vitse–Arkabi)

1. to lay something under someone or something

   ფუჯეფეზ ლიმხანა ვარეწურჩეზ დო ჭანჭახი დავეზ

   pucepez limxana vareǯurçez do ç̌anç̌axi davez

   They did not lay ferns under the cows, so it became muddy (dirty and uncomfortable for the cow to lie down)

Derived terms

• ეწარჩუ (eǯarçu)
• ეწარჩალუ (eǯarçalu)
• ეწორჩერი (eǯorçeri)
• ეწარჩალე (eǯarçale)

 

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “e3’urçams/ e3’urçay/ e3’urçaps”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ეწორჩუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi