ბახუფს

Laz

Alternative forms

• მბახუმს (mbaxums) — Atina, Chanapeti
• მბახუჲ (mbaxuy) — Vizha, Ortaalan
• ბახუმს (baxums) — Arkabi

Etymology

From ბახ- (bax-) +‎ -უფ (-up) +‎ -ს (-s). Cognate with Mingrelian ბახუა (baxua).

Verb

ბახუფს • (baxups) (Latin spelling baxups) (Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

1. to beat

   Synonym: მბარუჲ (mbaruy)

   ბეე კათა სეის ბახუფს.

   bee ǩata seis baxups.

   He beats the boy every night.

Further reading

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