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
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