ნახუმს

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Etymology[edit]

From ნახვ- (naxv-, to wash) +‎ -უმ (-um, post-stem, Indicative imperfective marker) +‎ -ს (-s, present tense, 3rd person and singular marker). Akin to Mingrelian ნახ-უ-ა (nax-u-a).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑxums/
  • Hyphenation: ნა‧ხუმს

Verb[edit]

ნახუმს (naxums) (Latin spelling naxums) (Atina, Vitse–Arkabi)

  1. to wash
    ფორჩა დონაფხვი დო ქოგებოკიდი. ჰაწი სქურუნ.
    porça donapxvi do kogeboǩidi. haǯi skurun.
    I washed the shirt and hung it up. It's drying now.

Usage notes[edit]

  • 1st person singular imperfective present tense: ნახუმ (napxum), ნახუფ (napxup)
  • Singular perfective: ნახვი (napxvi), ნახვი (naxvi), ნახუ (naxu)
  • It is an exceptional case that the first-person signifier is in the verb stem. Some say should be said and written as *ბნახუმ (*bnaxum), *ბნახვი (*bnaxvi), etc. according to the general conjugation rules. But what's most intriguing is that these extraordinary forms are found in every region from Atina to Batumi. 

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Further reading[edit]

  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 820
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “naxums”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ონახუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi