მეშონუჲ

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Etymology[edit]

From მე- (me-) +‎ შონ- (şon-) +‎ -უჲ (-uy).

Verb[edit]

მეშონუჲ (meşonuy) (Latin spelling meşonuy) (Vizha, Artasheni)

  1. to expect; to hope; to wait, dream that something s/he wants will happen
    Synonyms: ნახენ (naxen), მეშვენს (meşvens)
    დიკაფონა ნახაშკარე დიკა მჭეშარ ; ვარმჭეშანა ოგუმუ ვარმეშონარ.
    diǩapona naxaşǩare diǩa mç̌eşar ; varmç̌eşana ogumu varmeşonar.
    You shall wait (guard) the wheat that you sow in the wheat field; if you do not wait (guard), you shall not hope to reap.(proverb)

Further reading[edit]

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