ნჯუმუ
Laz edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Kartvelian *ʒ₁um-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ნჯუმუ • (ncumu) (Latin spelling ncumu) (Artasheni, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa)
- salt
- Synonym: კენჭინჯუმუ (ǩenç̌incumu)
- ხაჯიზ მციქა ნჯუმუ უღუტუ დო ეკებუბღი
- xaciz mʒika ncumu uğuťu do eǩebubği
- The beans had little salt, and I added a little more
Inflection edit
Declension of ნჯუმუ (see Laz declension)
singular | plural | ||
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absolutive | ნჯუმუ | ნჯუმუფე | |
ergative | ნჯუმუქ | ნჯუმუფექ | |
dative | ნჯუმუს | ნჯუმუფეს | |
genitive | ნჯუმუშ(ი) | ნჯუმუფეშ(ი) | |
directive | ნჯუმუშე | ნჯუმუფეშე | |
ablative | ნჯუმუშემ | ნჯუმუფეშემ | |
locative | ნჯუმუს | ნჯუმუფეს | |
instrumental | ნჯუმუთენ | ნჯუმუფეთენ | |
Notes: dialects may differ on declension. |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ncumu”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ნჯუმუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi