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Etymology
From ი- (i-) + ქთ- (kt-) + -ენ (-en). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ket- : kt- (“to turn”).
Verb
იქთენ • (ikten) (Latin spelling ikten)
- to turn
- to rotate around its own axis
წარი მუტასი ქარმატეფარფა იქთენ- ǯari muťasi karmaťeparpa ikten
- When you give water, the wheel of the mill turns
- to go round and round, to return
პანდა გური ჯეტერი ვიქთერ- p̌anda guri ceťeri vikter
- I always walk around sad
- to turn into
წალენი ღალი შიჲალერი გილულუნ. ამა მემეთიში ყონა კელე ტიბა იქთენ დო ჭიტა ჭიტა გჲულუნ- ǯaleni ğali şiyaleri gilulun. ama memetişi qona ǩele ťiba ikten do ç̌iťa ç̌iťa gyulun
- The stream below is gurgling. But on the side of Mehmet's field it turns into a ťiba and flows slowly.
Derived terms
Further reading
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “ikten”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოქთუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi