ამუდუმერს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ამუდუმს (amudums) — Atina, Vitse–Arkabi
• ამუდუჲ (amuduy) — Vizha, Artasheni
• ამუდვამს (amudvams) — Dutkhe, Sumla
• ამუდუმელს (amudumels) — Sumla
• ამუდვარს (amudvars) — Chkhala

Etymology

From ამა- (ama-) +‎ უ- (u-) +‎ დუმ- (dum-, “to put”) +‎ -ერ (-er) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *dew- : dw- (“to lie, lay”).

Verb

ამუდუმერს • (amudumers) (Latin spelling amudumers) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi)

1. to put in one's own mouth

   Synonym: ამიდუმერს (amidumers)

   ნანამუშიქ გჲარი იფხორტაში არ კელე ბერესთი ამუდუმერს.

   nanamuşik gyari ipxorťaşi ar ǩele beresti amudumers.

   While the mother is eating, she also puts food in the child's mouth.

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “amudums (PZ), amuduy (ÇM-AŞ), amudvams (AŞ-Dutxe), amudumels/ amudvams (FN-Sumla), amudums/ amudumers (FN ~ AH), amudumers (HP)(AK), amudvars (ÇX)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ამადუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi