ჩამს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ჩაჲ (çay), ჩაფს (çaps)

Etymology

From ჩ- (ç-) +‎ -ამ (-am) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c₁-em- (“to give; to beat, smite”).

Verb

ჩამს • (çams) (Latin spelling çams, verbal noun ოჩუ, verbal noun ოჩამუ)

1. to feed

   სიჯალიკობაშა ბიდაში მთირიჩქიმიქ ქოთუმე ნოკვათამს დო მჩამს

   sicaliǩobaşa bidaşi mtiriçkimik kotume noǩvatams do mçams

   When I go to the groom's house, my father-in-law will cut a chicken and feed it to me.

Further reading

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