ნჯუმუ

Laz

Alternative forms

მჯუმუ (mcumu) — Atina, Vizha, Okordule, Khopa
ჯუმუ (cumu) — Chkhala, Batumi

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ʒ₁um-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnd͡ʒumu/
Hyphenation: ნჯუ‧მუ

Noun

ნჯუმუ • (ncumu) (Latin spelling ncumu) (Artasheni, Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa)

salt
Synonym: კენჭინჯუმუ (ǩenç̌incumu)

ხაჯიზ მციქა ნჯუმუ უღუტუ დო ეკებუბღი
xaciz mʒika ncumu uğuťu do eǩebubği
The beans had little salt, and I added a little more

Inflection

Declension of **ნჯუმუ** (ncumu) (see Laz declension)
	singular	plural
absolutive	ნჯუმუ (ncumu)	ნჯუმუფე (ncumupe)
ergative	ნჯუმუქ (ncumuk)	ნჯუმუფექ (ncumupek)
dative	ნჯუმუს (ncumus)	ნჯუმუფეს (ncumupes)
genitive	ნჯუმუშ(ი) (ncumuş(i))	ნჯუმუფეშ(ი) (ncumupeş(i))
directive	ნჯუმუშე (ncumuşe)	ნჯუმუფეშე (ncumupeşe)
ablative	ნჯუმუშენ (ncumuşen)	ნჯუმუფეშენ (ncumupeşen)
locative	ნჯუმუს (ncumus)	ნჯუმუფეს (ncumupes)
instrumental	ნჯუმუთენ (ncumuten)	ნჯუმუფეთენ (ncumupeten)

Notes: dialects may differ on declension.

Derived terms

კენჭინჯუმუ (ǩenç̌incumu)
მჯუმერი (mcumeri)
ნჯუმონი (ncumoni)
ონჯუმალე (oncumale)
უმჯუმელი (umcumeli)
უნჯუმელი (uncumeli)

Further reading

Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ncumu”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ნჯუმუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi