ჭაბუმს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ჭამბუმს (ç̌ambums) — Apso
• ჭაბუჲ (ç̌abuy) — Okordule

Etymology

From ჭაბ- (ç̌ab-) +‎ -უმ (-um) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣₁eb-.

Verb

ჭაბუმს • (ç̌abums) (Latin spelling ç̌abums) (Vitse–Arkabi)

1. to attach, to glue, to stick

   Synonym: ნოჭაბამს (noç̌abams)

   ჯუმაჩქიმიქ ბერეში ოდა ქარტალითე ჭაბუმს

   cumaçkimik bereşi oda karťalite ç̌abums

   My brother is papering the nursery

Derived terms

• ჯაჭაბენ (caç̌aben)

 

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ç’abuy (AŞ-Ok’ordule), ç’abums (FN ~ AH)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოჭაბუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi