აკნენ
Laz
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ა- (a-) + კნ- (ǩn-) + -ენ (-en). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ḳaw- : ḳw- (“to take”).
Verb
აკნენ • (aǩnen) (Latin spelling aǩnen)
- to hold onto, to cling to someone or something
- Synonyms: მვაკნენ (mvaǩnen), ჯაკნენ (caǩnen)
- ჭოღონა სტერი ქაკნუ. ვარ ნაშკუჲ.
- ç̌oğona sťeri kaǩnu. var naşǩuy.
- (S)he's got me like a crab. (S)he won't let go.
- to infect, to transmit, to spread, to pass, to contaminate, to sicken someone with a disease
- Synonym: ნაკლიმენ (naǩlimen)
- ჰამ წანა ბერეფე კოწიჭი აკნეჲ. ქოდიბღეჲ.
- ham ǯana berepe ǩoǯiç̌i aǩney. kodibğey.
- This year the kids got whooping cough. They've been devastated.
- to irritate (like smoke etc.)
- to have one's curse take effect
- მეჲოჩამაშკიმი აკნუ
- meyoçamaşǩimi aǩnu
- My curse have taken effect on her/him
- to be attacked by evil eye
Usage notes
- Non regular verbal nouns and participles
- Verbal nouns; ოკლიმუ (oǩlimu) (Atina,Vizha,Artasheni,Vitse,Khopa) and ოკნიმუ (oǩnimu) (Arkabi)
- Participles; კლიმერი (ǩlimeri) (Atina,Vizha,Artasheni,Vitse,Khopa) and კნიმერი (ǩnimeri) (Arkabi)
Further reading
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ak’nen[1]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ak’nen[2]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[2] (in Turkish)