ჲემი

Laz

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یم (yem, “food, ration, bait; primer (for a gun)”).

Noun

ჲემი • (yemi) (Latin spelling yemi)

1. forage, bait

   ანჭესი არ წულუ ჲემი ქომემიბი

   anç̌esi ar ǯulu yemi komemibi

   Put a little bait on my hook

Further reading

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