შოლუფს

Laz

Alternative forms

• შოლაფს (şolaps) — alternative spelling

Etymology

From შოლ- (şol-) +‎ -უფ (-up) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *s₁owl- (“to wet, make wet”).

Verb

შოლუფს • (şolups) (Latin spelling şolups) (Batumi)

1. to irrigate, to water

   Synonym: წარუჲ (ǯaruy)

   ემინექ, მჭიმა ვარმჭიმუნა ღალიში წკარითენ პიპერი შოლუფს

   eminek, mç̌ima varmç̌imuna ğalişi ǯǩariten p̌ip̌eri şolups

   When it doesn't rain, Emine waters the pepper with water from the stream

Further reading

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