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Etymology
From ბონ- (bon-, “to wash”) + -უმ (-um) + -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ban- (“to wash, wash oneself”).
Verb
ბონუმს • (bonums) (Latin spelling bonums)
- (Okordule) to wash (things, living or dead)
ჰუჲ შეჲი ბონუჲ- huy şeyi bonuy
- Now s/he washes things
- (Chanapeti, Batumi) to wash (living person)
- Synonym: უბონამს (ubonams)
ბერე ბონუმს- bere bonums
- S/he washes the child
- (Sumla, Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala) to wash (dead person)
ჯინაზე მიქ ბონუმს? - ქომოლიშ ჯინაზე ქომოლიქ ბონუმს. ოხორჯაში ჯინაზე ოხორჯაქ ბონუმს.- cinaze mik bonums? - komoliş cinaze komolik bonums. oxorcaşi cinaze oxorcak bonums.
- Who washes the corpse? - A man washes a male corpse. A woman washes a woman's corpse.
Further reading
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “bonuy/ bonums/ bonups”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ობონუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi