ჯეჟუნ

Laz

Alternative forms

• ჯეჯუნ (cecun) — Mtsanu

Etymology

From ჯე- (ce-) +‎ ჟ- (j-) +‎ -უნ (-un).

Verb

ჯეჟუნ • (cejun) (Latin spelling cejun) (Apso, Vizha, Zhilen-Mzghem)

1. (of bird) to fly steeply down from the top

   სიჶტერი ჟინდო ჯეჟუნ. ორტიჭი ჭოფუჲ.

   sifťeri jindo cejun. orťiç̌i ç̌opuy.

   A hawk flies down from above and catches a quail.

2. (of bird) to fly away

   Synonym: გეფუთხუნ (geputxun)

3. (of baby bird) to grow up and to leave its nest

   Synonym: გეფუთხუნ (geputxun)

4. (figurative, of children) to grow up and to leave their parents' home

   Synonym: გეფუთხუნ (geputxun)

   აჲშე ჯეჟუ.

   ayşe ceju.

   Ayşe has now left home (married).

5. (figurative) to vanish, to disappear, (of a proposal) to become unrealizable

   Synonym: ენცუნ (enʒun)

   შკუნი ნგოლაშა ოლვა ჯეჟუ.

   şǩuni ngolaşa olva ceju.

   Our trip to ngola has become a dream.

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “cejun (PZ-Apso)(ÇM)(AŞ-Jilen-Mzğem), cecun (ÇM-M3’anu)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)