აკვანს
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Georgian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]აკვანს • (aḳvans)
Laz
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- აკვანდაჲ (aǩvanday) — Vizha, Artasheni
- აკვანდამს (aǩvandams) — Atina, Sumla
- აკვანდენ (aǩvanden) — Jigetore, Okordule
Etymology
[edit]From ა- (a-) + კვან- (ǩvan-) + -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ḳwed-.
Verb
[edit]აკვანს • (aǩvans) (Latin spelling aǩvans) (Chanapeti, Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)
- to ask, want, wish, beg for something from someone
- Synonym: უგორამს (ugorams)
- მუსთავაზ მუნთხა უკორემტასენ, პანდა სი გაკვანს
- mustavaz muntxa uǩoremťasen, p̌anda si gaǩvans
- Whatever Mustava needs, he always asks you
- ბაზიზ კიშიზ მთვირი აკვანდანათი ვარმექჩამს
- baziz ǩişiz mtviri aǩvandanati varmekçams
- Even if you ask some people for snow in winter, they won't give it to you (Some people don't want something that doesn't work for them to work for someone else) (proverb)
Usage notes
[edit]- This verb has 2 roots depending on aspect; კვან- (ǩvan-) (emperfective) and კვანდ- (ǩvand-) (perfective)
Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ak’vans”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
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