უსიმინს

Laz

Alternative forms

• უსიბინს (usibins) — Batumi

Etymology

From უ- (u-) +‎ სიმინ- (simin-) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *sem- : *sm- (“to hear; to be heard”).

Verb

უსიმინს • (usimins) (Latin spelling usimins) (Khopa, Chkhala)

1. to listen to, to listen

   Synonyms: იშკინაჲ (işǩinay), იჲუჯაჲ (iyucay), უჲუჯამს (uyucams), ნუჲუჯამს (nuyucams), ნუსიბინს (nusibins)

Further reading

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