ონჯღონამს

Laz

Alternative forms

• ონჯღონაჲ (oncğonay), ონჯღონაფს (oncğonaps)

Etymology

From ო- (o-) +‎ ნჯღონ- (ncğon-) +‎ -ამ (-am) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ʒ₁ɣw-an- : ʒ₁ɣw-n- (“to take; to send”).

Verb

ონჯღონამს • (oncğonams) (Latin spelling oncğonams)

1. to dispatch, to send

   ნაონჯღონარე მუთუ ორტტასენ ორტტაჲ ვროსსი გუდვი

   naoncğonare mutu orťťasen orťťay vrossi gudvi

   Whatever you send, surround it with good support

Further reading

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