სქირუნ

Laz

Alternative forms

• სკურუნ (sǩurun) — Atina, Vizha, Artasheni
• სქურუნ (skurun) — Vitse–Arkabi

Etymology

From სქირ- (skir-) +‎ -უნ (-un). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *šwer- : *šwr- (“to get dry; to become dim”).

Verb

სქირუნ • (skirun) (Latin spelling skirun) (Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

1. to dry

   Synonym: ხომუნ (xomun)

   თრონის მუჟაკიდერი ჲაზმა ჭიტა ჭიტა დოსქირუნ

   tronis mujaǩideri yazma ç̌iťa ç̌iťa doskirun

   The scarf hanging over the chair is slowly drying

Further reading

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