მთუმს
Appearance
Laz
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From მთ(ვ)- (mt(v)-) + -უმ (-um) + -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *to(w)- (“to snow”).
Verb
[edit]მთუმს • (mtums) (verbal noun ომთუ, Latin spelling mtums) (Atina, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa)
- to snow
- დიდო მთვირი მთვაში ბაზი ნჯალეფეზ დუდი გჲუტროხუნ
- dido mtviri mtvaşi bazi ncalepez dudi gyuťroxun
- When it snows too much snow breaks the tops of some trees
- to hail
- to rain (solid objects from air)
- ონტულეს ცხიკეფე ოკოპჭვიში ნომჩქა ნცაშენ მთუ
- onťules ʒxiǩepe oǩop̌ç̌vişi nomçka nʒaşen mtu
- Burnt particles rained down from the air after burning brushwood together in the field
Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “mtums (PZ), mtuy (ÇM ~ AŞ), mtun (AŞ-Dutxe), mtums (FN ~ HP), mtups (HP ~ ÇX)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ომთუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi