ბელუფს

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Laz

Etymology

From ბელ- (bel-) +‎ -უფ (-up) +‎ -ს (-s), from ბელი (beli), from Ottoman Turkish بل (bel), بیل (bil).

Verb

ბელუფს (belups) (Latin spelling belups) (Batumi)

  1. to hoe, to dig the soil
    Synonyms: ბერგუმს (bergums), ჩიზონუჲ (çizonuy), მოლუფს (molups), გომოლაფს (gomolaps), გუმერს (gumers), ნთხორუმს (ntxorums)
    ნანდიდიქ ონტულე ბელუფს.
    nandidik onťule belups.
    My grandmother is tilling the garden.

Further reading

  • Amse-de Jong, Tine H. (2004) “-bel-”, in Laz–English Dictionary, Freudenstadt: Kaukasus Verlag, →ISBN, page 3b
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “belups”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ბელუფს”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi