ღაღუფს

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Etymology

From ღაღ- (ğağ-) +‎ -უფ (-up) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ɣeɣ- (to move apart, shovel aside).

Verb

ღაღუფს (ğağups) (Latin spelling ğağups) (KhopaBatumi, Chkhala)

  1. to mix (leaves, soil, etc.)
  2. (Batumi) (chicken etc.) to dig the soil
    Synonyms: ჩხინკომს (çxinǩoms), უჩხატამს (uçxaťams), ნუჩხატამს (nuçxaťams), ჩხიკოლუფს (çxiǩolups), მხიტუმს (mxiťums), უხიტინს (uxiťins), უხიტონუმს (uxiťonums), კრახუჲ (ǩraxuy)
    ქოთუმექ ღაღუფს ღაღუფს დო წკინტილიმუში მუშიმერს
    kotumek ğağups ğağups do ǯǩinťilimuşi muşimers
    The chicken digs and digs and digs and digs up its own shit

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ğağums/ ğağups”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოღაღუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi