ფათხუმს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ფათხუჲ (patxuy) — Vizha, Artasheni
• ფათხუფს (patxups) — Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala

Etymology

From ფათხ- (patx-) +‎ -უმ (-um) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *pertx- (“to shake”).

Verb

ფათხუმს • (patxums) (Latin spelling patxums) (Atina, Vitse–Arkabi)

1. to shake something (by hand against the ground to knock dust off of it)

   Synonyms: გეფათხუმს (gepatxums), ვრატკუმს (vraťǩums), გოვრატკუმს (govraťǩums)

   აფართუმანითქვანიზ არ ოხორჯაქ კატა საბაჲლე ხალი ფათხუმს

   apartumanitkvaniz ar oxorcak ǩaťa sabayle xali patxums

   A woman in your apartment shakes the carpet every morning

2. to wink, to blink

   Synonyms: გჲოფათხამს (gyopatxams), ჭაფხუჲ (ç̌apxuy), ნწამუმს (nǯamums), ჭუჭუფს (ç̌uç̌ups)

   თოლიზ მუნთხა გჲულუდორენ დო თოლეფე ფათხუმს

   toliz muntxa gyuludoren do tolepe patxums

   He has something in his eye and he's blinking

3. (figurative, Sumla) to talk nonsense

   Synonyms: ნჩხალუმს (nçxalums), ქანჩუმს (kançums), გოშუბღამს (goşubğams), ვრატკუმს (vraťǩums), ამუტალაფს (amuťalaps), ბარბარლაფს (barbarlaps)

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “patxums/ patxuy/ patxups”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოფათხუ1”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოფათხუ2”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[3], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi