კვათუმს

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Etymology edit

From კვათ- (ǩvat-) +‎ -უმ (-um) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ḳwet- : ḳwt- (to chop, to cut off).

Verb edit

კვათუმს (ǩvatums) (Latin spelling ǩvatums) (Atina, Vitse–Arkabi)

  1. to cut
    ხუსენიქ ნაკვათუ ხორშაფე ჰაქშენ გოლიმერს
    xusenik naǩvatu xorşape hakşen golimers
    Hüseyin passes the bean poles that he cut through here

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Further reading edit

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