ბაემ

Laz

Alternative forms

• ბარემ (barem)

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish bari, derived from Persian باری (bâri).

Conjunction

ბაემ • (baem) (Latin spelling baem) (Arkabi)

1. at least, may as well, might as well

   Synonyms: პა (p̌a), თინა (tina)

   ა მუთუ ქამაბიჭკომა დო ბაემ კუკკუზ გებოჯგინა.

   a mutu kamabiç̌ǩoma do baem ǩuǩǩuz gebocgina.

   I'll have a snack so I can beat the cuckoo.

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “baem”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ბარემ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi