ამბინენ
Appearance
Laz
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ა- (a-) + მბ- (mb-) + -ინ- (-in-) + -ენ (-en). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *q̇em- : q̇m- (“to thrist”).
Verb
[edit]ამბინენ • (ambinen) (Latin spelling ambinen) (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni)
- to be thirsty, to thirst
- პიჯი დემიხომბუ. ოფშა წარი მამბინუ
- p̌ici demixombu. opşa ǯari mambinu
- My mouth is dry. I'm so thirsty.
See also
[edit]- ომბორს (ombors), წკარი აშვენ (ǯǩari aşven, “to be in a thirsty state”)
Further reading
[edit]- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ambinen”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოომინუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi