ნჯუმუ

Laz

Alternative forms

• მჯუმუ (mcumu) — Atina, Vizha, Okordule, Khopa
• ჯუმუ (cumu) — Chkhala, Batumi

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ʒ₁um-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnd͡ʒumu/
• Hyphenation: ნჯუ‧მუ

Noun

ნჯუმუ • (ncumu) (Latin spelling ncumu) (Artasheni, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa)

1. salt

   Synonym: კენჭინჯუმუ (ǩenç̌incumu)

   ხაჯიზ მციქა ნჯუმუ უღუტუ დო ეკებუბღი

   xaciz mʒika ncumu uğuťu do eǩebubği

   The beans had little salt, and I added a little more

Inflection

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Declension of ნჯუმუ (ncumu) (see Laz declension)

	singular	plural
absolutive	ნჯუმუ (ncumu)	ნჯუმუფე (ncumupe)
ergative	ნჯუმუქ (ncumuk)	ნჯუმუფექ (ncumupek)
dative	ნჯუმუს (ncumus)	ნჯუმუფეს (ncumupes)
genitive	ნჯუმუშ(ი) (ncumuş(i))	ნჯუმუფეშ(ი) (ncumupeş(i))
directive	ნჯუმუშე (ncumuşe)	ნჯუმუფეშე (ncumupeşe)
ablative	ნჯუმუშენ (ncumuşen)	ნჯუმუფეშენ (ncumupeşen)
locative	ნჯუმუს (ncumus)	ნჯუმუფეს (ncumupes)
instrumental	ნჯუმუთენ (ncumuten)	ნჯუმუფეთენ (ncumupeten)
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.

Derived terms

• მჯუმერი (mcumeri)
• ნჯუმონი (ncumoni)
• ონჯუმალე (oncumale)
• უნჯუმელი (uncumeli)
• უმჯუმელი (umcumeli)
• კენჭინჯუმუ (ǩenç̌incumu)

 

Further reading

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