კორუმს

Laz

Alternative forms

• კორუჲ (ǩoruy) — Vizha, Artasheni
• კირუმს (ǩirums) — Peroniti
• კირუფს (ǩirups) — Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala

Etymology

From კორ- (ǩor-) +‎ -უმ (-um) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ḳar-, from Proto-Kartvelian *kar- : *kr- (“to bind”).

Verb

კორუმს • (ǩorums) (Latin spelling ǩorums) (Atina, Vitse–Arkabi)

1. to link, to attach, to connect, to tie, to bind, to wrap

   ნურიქ ნაკვათუმს დიშქა მუზეჲჲენიქ გოჭკორუმს. აშექთი ოღმალუ კორუმს.

   nurik naǩvatums dişka muzeyyenik goç̌ǩorums. aşekti oğmalu ǩorums.

   Muzeyyen cleans the wood for Nuri to cut. Aisha ties them up.

Further reading

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