ღაღუფს
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Laz[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ღაღუმს (ğağums) — Vitse–Arkabi
Etymology[edit]
From ღაღ- (ğağ-) + -უფ (-up) + -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ɣeɣ- (“to move apart, shovel aside”).
Verb[edit]
ღაღუფს • (ğağups) (Latin spelling ğağups) (Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)
- to mix (leaves, soil, etc.)
- (Batumi) (chicken etc.) to dig the soil
- Synonyms: ჩხინკომს (çxinǩoms), უჩხატამს (uçxaťams), ნუჩხატამს (nuçxaťams), ჩხიკოლუფს (çxiǩolups), მხიტუმს (mxiťums), უხიტინს (uxiťins), უხიტონუმს (uxiťonums), კრახუჲ (ǩraxuy)
- ქოთუმექ ღაღუფს ღაღუფს დო წკინტილიმუში მუშიმერს
- kotumek ğağups ğağups do ǯǩinťilimuşi muşimers
- The chicken digs and digs and digs and digs up its own shit
Further reading[edit]
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ğağums/ ğağups”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოღაღუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi