ნდრიკუფს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ნდრიკუმს (ndriǩums) — Atina, Chanapeti
• ნდრიკუჲ (ndriǩuy) — Vizha, Artasheni
• ნდრიკომს (ndriǩoms) — Sumla, Peroniti

Etymology

From ნდრიკ- (ndriǩ-) +‎ -უფ (-up) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *dr-eḳ- : dr-iḳ- : dr-k- (“to bend, curve; stoop”).

Verb

ნდრიკუფს • (ndriǩups) (Latin spelling ndriǩups) (Khopa, Chkhala)

1. to twist, to bend

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ndrik’ums/ ndrik’uy (PZ ~ FN-Ç’anapet), ndrik’oms (FN-Sumla ~ HP-P’eronit), ndrik’ups (HP ~ ÇX)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ონდრიკუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi