ნთხორუმს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ნთხორუჲ (ntxoruy) — Vizha, Artasheni
• ნთხორუფს (ntxorups) — Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala

Etymology

From ნთხორ- (ntxor-) +‎ -უმ (-um) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *txar- : txr- (“to dig; bury, bury oneself”).

Verb

ნთხორუმს • (ntxorums) (Latin spelling ntxorums) (Atina, Vitse–Arkabi)

1. to dig (deep into the soil with a hoe)

   Synonyms: ბერგუმს (bergums), ჩიზონუჲ (çizonuy), მოლუმს (molums), ბელუფს (belups)

   აღნე ნამთხორით ლივადიზ დიდო კორკოტი რენ

   ağne namtxorit livadiz dido ǩorǩoťi ren

   There is a lot of soil in the newly dug garden

See also

• ხაჩქუმს (xaçkums)

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ntxorums/ ntxoruy/ ntxorups”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ონთხორუ1”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi