წუფს

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Laz

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Etymology

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From წ(ვ)- (ǯ(v)-) +‎ -უფ (-up) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c̣ow- (to suck). Cognate with Georgian წოვა (c̣ova) and Mingrelian წუალა (c̣uala).

Verb

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წუფს (ǯups) (Latin spelling ǯups) (Chkhala, Batumi)

  1. to suck
    Synonym: წუწონუმს (ǯuǯonums)
    ჟურ წანერი ბერექ ნანამუშიში ბუძი წუფს
    jur ǯaneri berek nanamuşişi bużi ǯups
    Two-year-old baby sucks his mother's breast

Further reading

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  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “3'ups”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)