ყვარუფს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ვარუმს (varums) — Atina
• ვარუჲ (varuy) — Vizha, Artasheni
• კვარუმს (ǩvarums) — Vitse–Arkabi
• ყვარუმს (qvarums)

Etymology

From ყვარ- (qvar-) +‎ -უფ (-up) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *q̇wer- (“to geld, castrate”).

Verb

ყვარუფს • (qvarups) (Latin spelling qvarups) (Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

1. to geld, to castrate

   პაპულიქ ხოჯიმუში ყვარუფს

   p̌ap̌ulik xocimuşi qvarups

   Grandpa castrates his ox

Further reading

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