იმჩვირს
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Laz[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ინჩირს (inçirs) — Atina
- ინჩიჲ (inçiy) — Vizha, Artasheni
- იმჩიჲ (imçiy) — Artasheni
- ინჩვირს (inçvirs) — Batumi
Etymology[edit]
From ი- (i-) + მჩვირ- (mçvir-) + -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c₁ur- (“to swim”). Cognate with Georgian ცურავს (curavs).
Verb[edit]
იმჩვირს • (imçvirs) (Latin spelling imçvirs) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa)
- to swim
- მა ბუჯოხუმ. ალა კოჩიქ იმჩვირს. ვაროგნამს.
- ma bucoxum. ala ǩoçik imçvirs. varognams.
- I'm calling him. But he's swimming. He doesn't hear us.
Further reading[edit]
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “imçvirs”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ომჩვირუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi