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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)
- to escape, to run away, to flee
- 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
- 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
- to not show oneself
ავნიჲეს ონჯღორე ნააჲუ შენი შკიმდა იმტენ- avniyes oncğore naayu şeni şǩimda imťen
- Avniye is avoiding me because she's ashamed
- 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)