სქუფს

Laz

Alternative forms

• სკუმს (sǩums) — Atina
• სკუჲ (sǩuy) — Vizha, Artasheni
• დოსქუმს (doskums) — Chanapeti
• სქუმს (skums) — Vitse–Arkabi
• მსქუფს (mskups) — Batumi

Etymology

From სქ(ვ)- (sk(v)-) +‎ -უფ (-up) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *šew- : šw-.

Verb

სქუფს • (skups) (Latin spelling skups) (Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

1. to lay egg

   ოქოთუმალეს ქოთუმეფექ ონწირამუ ვარრენნა ვარსქუმან

   okotumales kotumepek onǯiramu varrenna varskuman

   Chickens do not lay eggs if there is no onǯiramu (“an egg or a white stone resembling an egg placed in the desired place for the hen to lay eggs”) in the coop

Further reading

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