ტვაცუნ

Laz

Alternative forms

• ტვაცუმს (ťvaʒums) — Atina
• ტვასუნ (ťvasun) — Ortaalan
• დიტვაწაჲ (diťvaǯay) — Vizha
• დიტკვაწამს (diťǩvaǯams) — Chanapeti
• ტკვაწუნ (ťǩvaǯun) — Chanapeti, Chkhala
• ტკვაცუნ (ťǩvaʒun) — Sumla, Arkabi
• ტკვაწუმს (ťǩvaǯums), ტკვაწუფს (ťǩvaǯups) — Khopa

Etymology

From ტვაც- (ťvaʒ-) +‎ -უნ (-un). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ṭq̇oc- (“to throw; to strike (with a crack)”).

Verb

ტვაცუნ • (ťvaʒun) (Latin spelling ťvaʒun) (Atina, Vizha, Okordule)

1. (gun etc.) to explode

   ალი! წარი ხორთუმი ტვაცუ. ჰიმ მენზგიფუჲ.

   ali! ǯari xortumi ťvaʒu. him menzgipuy.

   Ali! The water hose burst. Have him plug it (for patching).

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “t’va3un[1]/ t’va3ums (PZ), t’va3un[1]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “t’va3un[2]”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[2] (in Turkish)