ჩხიფს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ჩხამს (çxams) — Atina
• ჩხაჲ (çxay) — Vizha
• ჩხუჲ (çxuy) — Artasheni
• ჩხუმს (çxums) — Vitse
• ჩხიმს (çxims) — Arkabi

Etymology

From ჩხ- (çx-) +‎ -იფ (-ip) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *rec₁x- : rc₁x- (“to wash, launder”).

Verb

ჩხიფს • (çxips) (Latin spelling çxips) (Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

1. (things other than the human body and laundry) to wash

   ღომამჯინეჲი ანგეფე ანდღა ფჩხიფთ. კაჲი შეჲი ვარენ.

   ğomamcineyi angepe andğa pçxipt. ǩayi şeyi varen.

   We're washing last night's dishes today. It's not nice.

Further reading

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