ოშქიდამს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ოშკიდამს (oşǩidams) — Atina
• ოშკიდაჲ (oşǩiday) — Vizha, Artasheni
• ოშქიდაფს (oşkidaps) — Khopa, Chkhala
• ოშქვიდაფს (oşkvidaps) — Batumi

Etymology

From ო- (o-) +‎ შქიდ- (şkid-) +‎ -ამ (-am) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *šwd- (“to choke; to suffocate, be suffocated; to drown, get drown”).

Verb

ოშქიდამს • (oşkidams) (Latin spelling oşkidams) (Vitse–Arkabi)

1. to strangulate, to strangle, to choke

   ჯოღოჲიქ კატუ დოშქიდუ

   coğoyik ǩaťu doşkidu

   Dog strangled cat

2. (slang) to eat something beautiful

   ომერიქ ხვალა ხვალა მუ ოშქიდამს?

   omerik xvala xvala mu oşkidams?

   What does Omar eat alone?

Further reading

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