მფულუფს

Laz

Alternative forms

• მფულაჲ (mpulay) — Okordule
• მფულუმს (mpulums) — Chanapeti, Khopa
• მფულამს (mpulams), მფულომს (mpuloms) — Arkabi

Etymology

From მფულ- (mpul-) +‎ -უფ (-up) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *pal- : pl- (“to hide, to bury”).

Verb

მფულუფს • (mpulups) (Latin spelling mpulups) (Khopa, Chkhala)

1. to hide

   Synonym: ომფულაჲ (ompulay)

   ჩქუ ირიქხოლო ართიქათი ძიჲამერი ნაბორეთ მითიშენ ვარმფულომთ

   çku irikxolo artikati żiyameri naboret mitişen varmpulomt

   We do not hide from anyone that we have all seen each other before

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “mpulay (AŞ-Ok’ordule), mpulums (FN-Ç’anapet), mpulams/ mpuloms (AH), mpulums (HP), mpulups (HP ~ ÇX)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ომფულუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi