ქურჩოლუმს

Laz

Alternative forms

  • ქურჩოლუჲ (kurçoluy)Vizha, Artasheni
  • ქირჩოლუმს (kirçolums), ქირჩოლუფს (kirçolups)Khopa, Chkhala

Etymology

From ქურჩოლ- (kurçol-) +‎ -უმ (-um) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *kurc₁- (to peel, remove crust).

Verb

ქურჩოლუმს • (kurçolums) (Latin spelling kurçolums) (Atina, VitseArkabi)

  1. to rub (a cob of corn, an ear of wheat, etc. to grain it)
    ლაზუტი ფქურჩოლით დო დოპკაკალით
    lazuťi pkurçolit do dop̌ǩaǩalit
    We rubbed the corn and grained it

Further reading

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