სქუფს

Laz

Alternative forms

სკუმს (sǩums) — Atina
სკუჲ (sǩuy) — Vizha, Artasheni
დოსქუმს (doskums) — Chanapeti
სქუმს (skums) — Vitse–Arkabi
მსქუფს (mskups) — Batumi

Etymology

From სქ(ვ)- (sk(v)-) +‎ -უფ (-up) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *šew- : šw-.

Verb

სქუფს • (skups) (Latin spelling skups) (Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

to lay egg
ოქოთუმალეს ქოთუმეფექ ონწირამუ ვარრენნა ვარსქუმან
okotumales kotumepek onǯiramu varrenna varskuman
Chickens do not lay eggs if there is no onǯiramu (“an egg or a white stone resembling an egg placed in the desired place for the hen to lay eggs”) in the coop

Further reading

Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “skums/ skups”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოსქუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

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