იმტენ

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Etymology

From ი- (i-) +‎ მტ- (mť-) +‎ -ენ (-en). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *wlṭ- (to run away, escape).

Verb

იმტენ (imťen) (Latin spelling imťen)

  1. to escape, to run away, to flee
    1. to run, fly or swim fast to protect oneself
      ნოღაზ თოლიჩქიმიში ოგინე არ ბიჭი ბერექ ნაგელობურტუ მჩოხა ეზდუ დო კოჩეფეზ ნაგოშატალუ სთერი იმტუ
      noğaz toliçkimişi ogine ar biç̌i berek nageloburťu mçoxa ezdu do ǩoçepez nagoşaťalu steri imťu
      In front of my eyes in the bazaar, a boy took the cardigan hanging in front of me and ran away as he darted between people
    2. to leave a place secretly
      ალიქ ასქერლუღიშე ნაიმტუ ჯუმადიმუშიში მოთა ნოღაჲი ოხორიზ ოტკობინამს
      alik askerluğişe naimťu cumadimuşişi mota noğayi oxoriz oťǩobinams
      Ali hides his uncle's grandson who ran away from the army in a house in the street
    3. to not show oneself
      ავნიჲეს ონჯღორე ნააჲუ შენი შკიმდა იმტენ
      avniyes oncğore naayu şeni şǩimda imťen
      Avniye is avoiding me because she's ashamed
    4. to avoid work
      ხუსენიქ ჩქარ ხილლი ვარიჩალიშამს. პანდა დულჲაშენ იმტენ.
      xusenik çkar xilli variçalişams. p̌anda dulyaşen imťen.
      Hussein never works right. He's always avoiding work.

Further reading

  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “imt'en”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)