მუნქინამს
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Laz[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From მ- (m-) + უ- (u-) + ნქინ- (nkin-) + -ამ (-am) + -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *kan- : kn- (“to wave, rock, swing”).
Verb[edit]
მუნქინამს • (munkinams) (Latin spelling munkinams) (Arkabi)
- to raise (hand or a stick etc. with your hand to hit someone)
- თანერიქ იშუმაში ჯუმამუშისთი ხე მუნქინამს
- tanerik işumaşi cumamuşisti xe munkinams
- Taner even raises his hand (to hit his brother) when angry
- to lunge, to attack (someone with something without taking action)
- ალიზ ჩქარ ნოსი ვარ უღუნ. ბადი კოჩიზ არგუნი მუნქინამს.
- aliz çkar nosi var uğun. badi ǩoçiz arguni munkinams.
- Ali has lost his mind. He lunges at the old man with an axe.
Further reading[edit]
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “munkinams”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მონქინუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi