ყურაფს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ურამს (urams) — Vitse–Arkabi
• ყურამს (qurams)

Etymology

From ყურ- (qur-) +‎ -აფ (-ap) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *q̇ur- (“to howl (of wolves, dogs”).

Verb

ყურაფს • (quraps) (Latin spelling quraps) (Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

1. to scream, to shout, to yell

   Synonym: კრიჲაჲ (ǩriyay)

   პაპულიქ დიდო ზოი ყურაფს დო მოთამუში დოშქურდინაფს

   p̌ap̌ulik dido zoi quraps do motamuşi doşkurdinaps

   Grandfather shouts too hard ("strong") and frightens his grandson

2. (wolf, jackal, dog etc.) to howl

   Synonym: კრიჲაჲ (ǩriyay)

3. (Batumi) (owl) to hoot

   ამსერი ოლოლიქ ყურაფს

   amseri ololik quraps

   Tonight the owl is hooting

Further reading

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