დუმჭკუ

Laz

Alternative forms

• დუნჭუ (dunç̌u) — Atina, Artasheni
• დიმჭკუ (dimç̌ǩu) — Khopa–Batumi

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ǯinč̣wel- (“ant”).

Noun

დუმჭკუ • (dumç̌ǩu) (Latin spelling dumç̌ǩu) (Vitse–Arkabi)

1. ant

   ბერეში ქორბაზ დუმჭკუ ბუზალამს

   bereşi korbaz dumç̌ǩu buzalams

   An ant is crawling in the child's stomach

Further reading

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