хъун

Adyghe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maχʷən]

Verb

хъун • (χʷun) (intransitive)

1. to happen

   ары мэхъугъэ

   arə mɛχʷuğɛ

   That's what happened.

   мэхъугъэр сыд уэшӏа?

   mɛχʷuğɛr səd wɛšʼa?

   Do you know what happened?

   сыд мэхъугъэр?

   səd mɛχʷuğɛr?

   What happened?

   ау укӏомэ дэйы рэхъутэр

   awu wukʷʼomɛ dɛjə rɛχʷutɛr

   If you go there, the thing that will happen will be bad.

   ар махъутэп

   ar maχʷutɛp

   That will not happen.

2. to become, to turn to

   илъэсиплӏыкӏэ лӏыу сыхъут

   jilˢɛsiplˢʼəkʼɛ lˢʼəwu səχʷut

   In ten years I will become a man.

   дахэу ухъурагъуа?

   daxɛwu wuχʷurağʷa?

   Do you want to become pretty?

   гъожьырэ шъухъуантӏэрэ зэхэбхьагъэхэмэ уыушъоу мэхъут

   ğʷoźərɛ šʷuχʷantʼɛrɛ zɛxɛbḥağɛxɛmɛ wəwušʷowu mɛχʷut

   If you mix yellow and blue, it will become green.

   шхъуантӏэрэ гъожьырэ зэхапкӏэмэ уцышъоу мэхъут

   šχʷantʼɛrɛ ğʷoźərɛ zɛxapkʼɛmɛ wucəšʷowu mɛχʷut

   If you spill yellow and blue into each other it will turn to green.

3. to feel itchy

   Сэхъу

   Sɛχʷu

   I am feeling itchy

   Cныбэ мэхъу

   Cnəbɛ mɛχʷu

   my stomach itches

   Уемытӏэхъу ащ хъуми

   Wujemətʼɛχʷu aś χʷumi

   Don't scratch that even if it's itchy.

Synonyms

• (to feel itchy): хъупцӏын (χʷupcʼən)

See also

• гъэхъун (ğɛχʷun) (transitive)
• етӏэхъун (jetʼɛχʷun) (to scratch an inch)