მკუსუმს

Laz

Alternative forms

• მკუსომს (mǩusoms) — Borghola
• მკუსაფს (mǩusaps) — Batumi

Etymology

From მკუს- (mǩus-) +‎ -უმ (-um) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ḳwes- : ḳws- (“to moan”).

Verb

მკუსუმს • (mǩusums) (Latin spelling mǩusum) (Atina, Vitse)

1. to moan in pain, to groan in pain

   Synonym: მკუსინომს (mǩusinoms)

   ჶადიმეში ბერექ მოთ მკუსუმს? პეჲა სოთი აწკუნენი?

   fadimeşi berek mot mǩusums? p̌eya soti aǯǩuneni?

   Why is Fadime's child moaning? Is s/he in pain?

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “mk’usums (PZ)(FN), mk’usoms (AH-Borğola), mk’usaps (AK)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ომკუსუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi