გიბუფს

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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From გიბ- (gib-, to cook; boil) +‎ -უფ (-up) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *gab- : gb- (to cook, boil).

Verb edit

გიბუფს (gibups) (Latin spelling gibups) (Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

  1. to boil, to heat (water)
    წკარი გიბუფს
    ǯǩari gibups
    S/he heats/boils water
  2. (Khopa–Batumi) to cook (juicy foods)
    ნანაქ თერმონი გიბუ დო ფაქლაჯითენ მანძაგერეფეს გუიფაღუფს
    nanak termoni gibu do paklaciten manżagerepes guipağups
    My mother cooked termoni and distributes it to her neighbors in a paklaci

Further reading edit

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