ამტენ

Laz

Etymology

From ა- (a-) +‎ მტ- (mť-) +‎ -ენ (-en).

Verb

ამტენ • (amťen) (Latin spelling amťen)

1. to escape, to run away, to flee
   1. The animate object to run, to flee or to swim fast to protect itself from someone

      Synonym: გამვაჭირდაჲ (gamvaç̌irday)

      ხეშენ ნაამტუ დადულიწი თამო თამო ნანჭუ დო მეჭოფუ

      xeşen naamťu daduliǯi tamo tamo nanç̌u do meç̌opu

      He slowly approached and caught the female hawk that had escaped from his grasp.

   2. a animate object belonging to someone to secretly leave its place of residence

      ბერე მამტეჲ. მონდო კარმათეშა იდასენ.

      bere mamťey. mondo ǩarmateşa idasen.

      Our child has escaped. Don't let him go to the mill.

   3. something that belongs to someone to disappear

      მჯა დო წარი ვაროკკინწორენ. თადი ამტტენ.

      mca do ǯari varoǩǩinǯoren. tadi amťťen.

      Do not mix milk with water. It will lose its taste.

   4. something that belongs to someone to go without being held

      ღალიზ ნამამტეზ დიშქაფე მექაჩალონიზ ქონიბღუდორენ.

      ğaliz namamťez dişkape mekaçaloniz konibğudoren.

      The wood we lost in the creek was piled up in the water catchment.

   5. someone to miss public transportation

      ალი ჭუმანიში ოხორი იბოდენ. ნოღაშა ნაულუნ მანგანა ამტენ.

      ali ç̌umanişi oxori iboden. noğaşa naulun mangana amťen.

      Ali lingers at home in the morning. He misses the car to town.

2. something to get into something that belongs to someone

   ბერეზ თოლიზ თოზი ამტუდორენ.' მთელლი თოლი ელაფათხუმს

   berez toliz tozi amťudoren.' mtelli toli elapatxums

   The boy has dust in his eyes. He keeps blinking.

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “amt’en”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)