შინუმს

Laz

Alternative forms

• შინუჲ (şinuy), შინომს (şinoms), შინუფს (şinups), გჲუშინუფს (gyuşinups)

Etymology

Probably along with გაშინენ (gaşinen, “to remember”) from Proto-Georgian-Zan *qs₁-en- (“to remind, to inform, communicate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃinums/
• Hyphenation: ში‧ნუმს

Verb

შინუმს • (şinums) (Latin spelling şinums)

1. to respect

   მოთაქ პაპულიმუში აიგდეფს დო ჩქარ ვარშინუფს

   motak p̌ap̌ulimuşi aigdeps do çkar varşinups

   The grandson ridicules his grandfather and shows no respect

Further reading

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) “*qs₁-en-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 341–342