უწუმერს

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Etymology[edit]

From უ- (u-) +‎ წ(ვ)- (ǯ(v)-) +‎ -უმერ (-umer) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣aw- : c̣w- (to communicate, inform, announce).

Verb[edit]

უწუმერს (uǯumers) (Latin spelling uǯumers) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala)

  1. to tell, to say (something to a certain person)
    Synonyms: იტუჲ (iťuy), ზოპონს (zop̌ons), თქუმერს (tkumers)
    ნაგიწვიფე კაჲი ნისამადი
    nagiǯvipe ǩayi nisamadi
    Memorize what I say
  2. (noun + ჲა დო (ya do) + 3rd person plural verb): They say ... as the (group) name of one
    ბაბაჩქიმი გალე გალე დიდო ნაგოხთუ შენი “ავროფალი მემეტი” ჲა დო უწუმერტეს
    babaçkimi gale gale dido nagoxtu şeni “avropali memeťi” ya do uǯumerťes
    My father was called "Memet from Europe" because he traveled a lot in foreign countries

Further reading[edit]

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “u3’umey (AŞ-Ortaalan), u3’umers (FN ~ ÇX), u3’umels (FN-Sumla)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოწუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi