ღამფო

Laz

Alternative forms

• ღალამფა (ğalampa) — Atina
• ღამფუ (ğampu) — Vizha, Artasheni, Vitse
• ღამფა (ğampa) — Chkhala

Noun

ღამფო • (ğampo) (Latin spelling ğampo)

1. (Atina, Vitse) The coloured liquid left when the bark covering the trunk of trees such as walnut, chestnut, alder, etc. is peeled off or when the stumps are placed in water
2. (Vitse, Borghola, Vizha) green shell of walnut

   Synonyms: კოპერი (ǩop̌eri), ღლეპა (ğlep̌a)

   ნაჯიქ, ნა-ნჩხალუ ნეძი მჟორაზ ნუფინამს. ღამფო ხომაში კაკალუმს.

   nacik, na-nçxalu neżi mjoraz nupinams. ğampo xomaşi ǩaǩalums.

   Naci pours the walnut and leaves it in the sun. When the green shell is dry, he removes it.

3. (Borghola) green algae formed on stagnant water surfaces

   Synonyms: ჲოსუნი (yosuni, “general name for algae”), ღლეპი (ğlep̌i, “algae growing on stones at the bottom of running water”)

4. (Vizha) scab formed on the wound

   Synonym: ქაფქა (kapka)

   ფუფული ღამფუ ქოგოჲიდუ. ჯიქთასენ.

   pupuli ğampu kogoyidu. ciktasen.

   The scab has scabbed over (put on scab). It will heal.

5. (Chkhala) hard to clean stain on metal objects such as pots and pans caused by the effect of fire
6. (Vitse) the white fleshy and inedible, mouth-puckering part of persimmon

   Synonym: ღალამფა (ğalampa)

Declension

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Declension of ღამფო (ğampo) (see Laz declension)

	singular	plural
absolutive	ღამფო (ğampo)	ღამფოფე (ğampope)
ergative	ღამფოქ (ğampok)	ღამფოფექ (ğampopek)
dative	ღამფოს (ğampos)	ღამფოფეს (ğampopes)
genitive	ღამფოშ(ი) (ğampoş(i))	ღამფოფეშ(ი) (ğampopeş(i))
directive	ღამფოშე (ğampoşe)	ღამფოფეშე (ğampopeşe)
ablative	ღამფოშენ (ğampoşen)	ღამფოფეშენ (ğampopeşen)
locative	ღამფოს (ğampos)	ღამფოფეს (ğampopes)
instrumental	ღამფოთენ (ğampoten)	ღამფოფეთენ (ğampopeten)
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.

Usage notes

• Although the meaning is given here for convenience, see the dialect forms in the alternative forms and further reading, these are not all used as ღამფო (ğampo).

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ğampo[1]/ ğampu[2]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ğampo[2]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[2] (in Turkish)
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ğampo[3]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[3] (in Turkish)
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ğampu[1]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[4] (in Turkish)
• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 360a