ჯეკუფინაჲ

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Etymology

From ჯეკა- (ceǩa-) +‎ უ- (u-) +‎ ფინ- (pin-) +‎ -აჲ (-ay).

Verb

ჯეკუფინაჲ (ceǩupinay) (Latin spelling ceǩupinay) (Vizha, Artasheni)

  1. to drive an animal behind someone, to herd an animal behind someone
    ავლა-სკანი ომჯორე / ჭეფრი მევუფინარე / სი მოჲჭანდი დო იდი / მა ჯეკეგიფინარე.
    avla-sǩani omcore / ç̌epri mevupinare / si moyç̌andi do idi / ma ceǩegipinare.
    Your yard faces south / I will lay hemp (for drying) / You call and you go / I will drive (the animals) behind you. (From Ghvant, anonymous folk song)

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “cek’upinay”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)