ბოდუფს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ბოდუმს (bodums) — Arkabi

Etymology

From ბოდ- (bod-) +‎ -უფ (-up) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *bod- (“to rave”).

Verb

ბოდუფს • (bodups) (Latin spelling bodups) (Khopa, Chkhala, Akçakoca)

1. to rummage and grope, to rummage and search

   Synonyms: იბოდენ (iboden), ჩხიკუმს (çxiǩums)

   ქენაეფე მოდ ბოდუფ? მუ გოუფ?

   kenaepe mod bodup? mu goup?

   What are you looking around for?

Further reading

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