ამობღამს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ამვობღაჲ (amvobğay), ამმობღაჲ (ammobğay) — Vizha, Artasheni
• ამობღაფს (amobğaps) — Khopa
• ამვობღაფს (amvobğaps) — Chkhala

Etymology

From ამა- (ama-) +‎ ო- (o-) +‎ ბღ- (bğ-) +‎ -ამ (-am) +‎ -ს (-s).

Verb

ამობღამს • (amobğams) (Latin spelling amobğams) (Atina, Vitse–Arkabi)

1. to pour a granular solid inside

   ფედერიქ ოხოჲიზ ოგინე ნაობღურტუ ნთხირი “მჭიმათე მოთიშუვერტაზ” ჲა დო ოხოჲიზ ამობღამზ.

   pederik oxoyiz ogine naobğurťu ntxiri “mç̌imate motişuverťaz” ya do oxoyiz amobğamz.

   My father takes (pours) the hazelnuts scattered in front of the house into the house so that they don't get wet from the rain.

2. rain, hail, etc. to fall, to sprinkle inside

Further reading

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