გოინთხენ

Laz

Alternative forms

• გუინთხენ (guintxen) — Batumi

Etymology

From გო- (go-, preverb meaning around) +‎ ი- (i-, Impersonal mood marker) +‎ ნთხ- (ntx-, “to stretch, to disconnect”) +‎ -ენ (-en, suprapersonal present tense marker). From Proto-Kartvelian *ratx- : *rtx- (“to stretch out; break, disconnect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔintʰxɛn/
• Hyphenation: გო‧ინთ‧ხენ

Verb

გოინთხენ • (gointxen) (Latin spelling gointxen) (Vitse–Arkabi)

1. to lie down

   Synonym: გოინდვენ (goindven)

   ნანაზ ჰანდღა დიდო დაჭკინუ დო მემსოჶას ა მციქა გოინთხენ

   nanaz handğa dido daç̌ǩinu do memsofas a mʒika gointxen

   My mom is very tired today and has been lying on the sofa for a bit

2. to enlarge, to expand

   ჯუმაქ ღომა კუჩხემოდვალუჩქიმი მოიდუ დო მოდვალუ ხაჲი გოინთხუ

   cumak ğoma ǩuçxemodvaluçkimi moidu do modvalu xayi gointxu

   My brother wore my shoes yesterday, and the shoe expanded badly