მჯუმს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ნჯუმს (ncums) — Nokhlamsu
• მჯუჲ (mcuy) — Vizha, Artasheni
• ნჯუფს (ncups) — Khopa
• ჯუფს (cups) — Chkhala, Batumi

Etymology

From მჯ(ვ)- (mc(v)-) +‎ -უმ (-um) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒ₁ow- (“to graze, pasture”).

Verb

მჯუმს • (mcums) (Latin spelling mcums) (Apso, Vitse–Arkabi)

1. to graze

   ოსმანიში ჯოღორი ფუჯეფექ ნამჯუმტეზ კალა გოშატალუ დო ჰენთერე ჲომკუთინუ

   osmanişi coğori pucepek namcumťez ǩala goşaťalu do hentere yomǩutinu

   Osman's dog wandered into the cow pasture(place that they graze) and startled them

Further reading

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