ფუთხუნ

Laz

Alternative forms

• ფუთხუმს (putxums) — Jigetore

Etymology

From ფუთხ- (putx-) +‎ -უნ (-un). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *prtx- (“to tremble; to rouse oneself”).

Verb

ფუთხუნ • (putxun) (Latin spelling putxun)

1. (Nokhlamsu, Apso) to fear, to be afraid

   Synonyms: დომკუთუნ (domǩutun), ჲამკუთინენ (yamǩutinen), ემკუთუნ (emǩutun), ჲეშქურდუნ (yeşkurdun)

2. to fly

   Synonym: ჟუნ (jun)

   ბურბუ სერი ფუთხუნ დო ქორბა ოძღამს

   burbu seri putxun do korba ożğams

   The bat flies and feeds at night

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “putxun[1]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “putxun[2]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[2] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოფუთხუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[3], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi