კორეცხუმს

Laz

Alternative forms

• კორეცხუჲ (ǩoreʒxuy) — Vizha, Artasheni
• კოეცხუმს (ǩoeʒxums) — alternative spelling
• კოროცხუმს (ǩoroʒxums) — Borghola
• კოროცხუფს (ǩoroʒxups) — Khopa, Chkhala

Etymology

From კორეცხ- (ǩoreʒx-) +‎ -უმ (-um) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *racx- : *rcx- (“to count, compute, calculate; to consider”).

Verb

კორეცხუმს • (ǩoreʒxums) (Latin spelling ǩoreʒxums) (Atina, Vitse, Lome)

1. to count
   1. to count the number of something

      არ ჶარა კორეცხეჲი გენჭარეჲი ხოლო კორეცხუმს

      ar fara ǩoreʒxeyi genç̌areyi xolo ǩoreʒxums

      S/he recounts the money that has already been counted once.

   2. to count as something or someone

      მკორეცხუმან

      mǩoreʒxuman

      They count me among them, they include me

   3. (for unexpected deaths) to mourn, to lament

      Synonyms: ჭეკვაბგარს (ç̌eǩvabgars), გჲაბგარს (gyabgars), სვარუმს (svarums)

      ნაღურუ ბერე აღანი ჩილეჲი ტუ. ნანამუშიქ ბერემუშიში ოზმონუფე კორეცხუმს დო სვარუმს.

      nağuru bere ağani çileyi ťu. nanamuşik beremuşişi ozmonupe ǩoreʒxums do svarums.

      The dead boy was a newlywed. His mother mourns, listing the thoughts of her child.

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “k’ore3xums (PZ), k’ore3xuy (ÇM ~ AŞ), k’ore3xums/ k’oe3xums (FN ~ AH-Lome)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოკორეცხუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi