ოღოდამს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ოღოდაჲ (oğoday), ოღოდაფს (oğodaps)

Etymology

From ო- (o-) +‎ ღოდ- (ğod-) +‎ -ამ (-am) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ɣad- : ɣd- (“to do; to speak (loudly)”).

Verb

ოღოდამს • (oğodams) (Latin spelling oğodums)

1. to do, to make
   1. to do something to someone

      ისრაილიქ ჶილისთინის ნაოღოდამსფე დუნჲაქ სეჲი იქომს

      Israilik Filistinis naoğodamspe dunyak seyi ikoms

      The world is watching what Israel is doing to Palestine

   2. to make one thing into something else

      ხმარინერი ლორიჭი ქომომჩეს. ჰიმ მა მუჲა ვოღოდა?

      xmarineri loriç̌i komomçes. him ma muya voğoda?

      They gave me a used pickaxe. What am I supposed to do with it?

Further reading

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