ჭუმანი

Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *Lam-. Cognate with Mingrelian ჭუმე (č̣ume) and Svan ჰამ (ham).[1][2]

Adverb

ჭუმანი • (ç̌umani) (Latin spelling ç̌umani)

  1. (Atina, Viza, Artasheni, Sumla, Khopa) tomorrow
    ჭუმანი ვარ დო ჯენდღანი მეჶტარე.
    ç̌umani var do cendğani mefťare.
    Not tomorrow. I'll come the day after tomorrow.
  2. (Chkhala, Batumi) morning, in the morning
    ხასანი ბერე კატა ჭუმანი მანი ჲედგითუნ
    xasani bere ǩaťa ç̌umani mani yedgitun
    Khasan's son gets up early every morning

Further reading
  • Marr, N. (1910) “ჭუმანი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 306

References
  1. Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*c̣₁am-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 306
  2. Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) “*Lam-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 725―726
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