დუმჭკუ

Laz

Alternative forms

დუნჭუ (dunç̌u) — Atina, Artasheni
დიმჭკუ (dimç̌ǩu) — Khopa–Batumi

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *ǯinč̣wel- (“ant”).

Noun

დუმჭკუ • (dumç̌ǩu) (Latin spelling dumç̌ǩu) (Vitse–Arkabi)

ant
ბერეში ქორბაზ დუმჭკუ ბუზალამს
bereşi korbaz dumç̌ǩu buzalams
An ant is crawling in the child's stomach

Further reading

Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “dumç’k’u”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
Tandilava, Ali (2013) “დუმჭკუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

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