ოფშამს
Appearance
Laz
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ო- (o-) + ფშ- (pş-) + -ამ (-am) + -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *wes₁- : ws₁- (“to fill, be filled”).
Verb
[edit]ოფშამს • (opşams) (Latin spelling opşams) (Atina, Vitse–Arkabi)
- to fill
- Synonym: ჲოფშაფს (yopşaps)
- აშექ კუკუმაზ წკაითე ოფშუ დო კუკუმამუშიქ გოწიწროდინამს
- aşek ǩuǩumaz ǯǩaite opşu do ǩuǩumamuşik goǯiǯrodinams
- Aisha filled her bucket with water. But the bucket is leaking at the bottom.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “opşams[A] (PZ), opşay (ÇM ~ AŞ)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “opşams[B]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[2] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოფშუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][3], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi