გჲოჭკაფამს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ჯოჭაფამს (coç̌apams) — Atina
• ჯოჭაფაჲ (coç̌apay) — Vizha, Artasheni
• გჲოჭკაფაფს (gyoç̌ǩapaps) — Khopa, Chkhala

Etymology

From გჲ- (gy-, function unknown) +‎ ო- (o-, causative verb prestem) +‎ ჭკ- (ç̌ǩ-, “to begin”) +‎ -აფ- (-ap-, causative verb infix) +‎ -ამ (-am, imperfective aspect) +‎ -ს (-s, third person singular present tense marker).

Verb

გჲოჭკაფამს • (gyoç̌ǩapams) (Latin spelling gyoç̌ǩapams) (Vitse–Arkabi)

1. to begin, to initiate, to start

   ჲაკუპიქ შქით წანეჲი ბოზომუშიზ მექთებიზ გჲოჭკაფამს

   yaǩup̌ik şkit ǯaneyi bozomuşiz mektebiz gyoç̌ǩapams

   Jacob starts his seven-year-old daughter in school

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “gyoç'k'apams/gyoç'k'apaps”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)