Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *čan- : čn- (to be seen). Cognate with Georgian ჩანს (čans) and Mingrelian ჩქინა (čkina).

Verb

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უჩქინ (uçkin) (Latin spelling uçkin) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

  1. to know
    1. to have knowledge
      ჰეშო ნატუ ვარმიჩქიტეს. ჩქინებურა ჰაშო ბისიმადით.
      heşo naťu varmiçkiťes. çkinebura haşo bisimadit.
      We didn't know it was like that. That's what we thought.
    2. to speak a language
      დიდი პაპულიჩქიმიქ ლაზებურა დიდო კაი უჩქირტუ
      didi p̌ap̌uliçkimik lazebura dido ǩai uçkirťu
      My great grandfather knew (spoke) Laz very well
    3. to accept as true, to think that it is true
      მურადი ნაუჩქინ მუთუშენ ვარგოიქთენ
      muradi nauçkin mutuşen vargoikten
      Murad does not go back on what he knows

Derived terms

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Further reading

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