ამიდუმერს
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ამიდუმს (amidums) — Atina, Vitse–Arkabi
- ამიდუჲ (amiduy) — Vizha, Artasheni
- ამიდვამს (amidvams) — Dutkhe, Sumla
- ამიდუმელს (amidumels) — Sumla
- ამიდვარს (amidvars) — Chkhala
Etymology
[edit]From ამა- (ama-) + ი- (i-) + დუმ- (dum-, “to put”) + -ერ (-er) + -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *dew- : dw- (“to lie, lay”).
Verb
[edit]ამიდუმერს • (amidumers) (Latin spelling amadumers) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi)
- to put in one's own mouth
- Synonym: ამუდუმერს (amudumers)
- არ ლუკმა ბერექ ჰე დიდი ლუკმა ამიდუმერს.
- ar luǩma berek he didi luǩma amidumers.
- A small child takes such a big mouthful.
Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “amidums (PZ), amiduy (ÇM ~ AŞ), amidvams (AŞ-Dutxe), amidumels/ amidvams (FN-Sumla), amidums/ amidumers (FN ~ AH), amidumers (HP)(AK), amidvars (ÇX”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ამადუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi