წილუფს

Laz

Alternative forms

• წილუმს (ǯilums) — Atina, Chanapeti, Khopa
• წილუჲ (ǯiluy) — Vizha, Artasheni
• წილომს (ǯiloms) — Sumla, Arkabi

Etymology

From წილ- (ǯil-) +‎ -უფ (-up) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣il- (“to pick (fruit, flowers”).

Verb

წილუფს • (ǯilups) (Latin spelling ǯilups) (Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

1. to pull off,to pluck, to pick up, to gather (fruit or vegetable etc.)

   ანდღა რამიზიქ ჟურ გიდელი მცხული წილუ

   andğa ramizik jur gideli mʒxuli ǯilu

   Today Ramiz picked two baskets of pears from the tree with a long and pointed tool used for picking fruit

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “3’ilums (PZ), 3’iluy (ÇM ~ AŞ), 3’ilums (FN-Ç’anapet), 3’iloms (FN-Sumla ~ AH), 3’ilums/ 3’ilups (HP), 3’ilups (AK)(ÇX)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოწილუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi