ბონუმს

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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)

  1. (Okordule) to wash (things, living or dead)
    ჰუჲ შეჲი ბონუჲ
    huy şeyi bonuy
    Now s/he washes things
  2. (Chanapeti, Batumi) to wash (living person)
    Synonym: უბონამს (ubonams)
    ბერე ბონუმს
    bere bonums
    S/he washes the child
  3. (Sumla, Arkabi, KhopaBatumi, 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