იჩვამს

Laz

Etymology

From ი- (i-) +‎ ჩვ- (çv-) +‎ -ამ (-am) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *c₁ew- : c₁w- (“to take care; to watch”).

Verb

იჩვამს • (içvams) (Latin spelling içvams) (Apso, Chanapeti, Borghola)

1. to guard (something that belongs to oneself), to protect (one's own property)

   Synonym: იჩუმელს (içumels)

   სუნთხანი ნარენ ნამეჲიკნენ ოზაბუნლუღიშენთი თისქანი იჩვარე

   suntxani naren nameyiǩnen ozabunluğişenti tiskani içvare

   You will also protect yourself from infectious diseases anywhere

Further reading

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