ბანიკამს

Laz

Etymology

From ბანიკ- (baniǩ-) +‎ -ამ (-am) +‎ -ს (-s). Caused by methathesis from *ბაკ-ინ- (*baǩ-in-). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *beḳ-.

Verb

ბანიკამს • (baniǩams) (Latin spelling baniǩams) (Vitse–Arkabi)

1. to tamp the earth with hands or feet

   Synonym: ტამბუჲ (ťambuy)

Derived terms

• აბანიკენ (abaniǩen)

 

Descendants

• →⇒? Georgian: ბაბნიკი (babniḳi) — Guria

Further reading

• Ḳelauraʒe, Levan (2014) “Damaṭebani kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳonisatvis - II [Addenda to Etymological Dictionary of Kartvelian Languages - II]”, in Eṭimologiuri ʒiebani (in Georgian), volume XI, Tbilisi: Dedaena, page 19 of 17–37
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “banik’ams”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ობანიკუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi