ამუდუმერს
Laz
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ამუდუმს (amudums) — Atina, Vitse–Arkabi
- ამუდუჲ (amuduy) — Vizha, Artasheni
- ამუდვამს (amudvams) — Dutkhe, Sumla
- ამუდუმელს (amudumels) — Sumla
- ამუდვარს (amudvars) — Chkhala
Etymology
[edit]From ამა- (ama-) + უ- (u-) + დუმ- (dum-, “to put”) + -ერ (-er) + -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *dew- : dw- (“to lie, lay”).
Verb
[edit]ამუდუმერს • (amudumers) (Latin spelling amudumers) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi)
- to put in one's own mouth
- Synonym: ამიდუმერს (amidumers)
- ნანამუშიქ გჲარი იფხორტაში არ კელე ბერესთი ამუდუმერს.
- nanamuşik gyari ipxorťaşi ar ǩele beresti amudumers.
- While the mother is eating, she also puts food in the child's mouth.
Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “amudums (PZ), amuduy (ÇM-AŞ), amudvams (AŞ-Dutxe), amudumels/ amudvams (FN-Sumla), amudums/ amudumers (FN ~ AH), amudumers (HP)(AK), amudvars (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