გონთხიმს

Laz

Etymology

From გო- (go-) +‎ ო- (o-) +‎ ნთხიმ- (ntxim-) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *rtx-am- : rtx-m- (“to stretch (out); to break, disconnect”).

Verb

გონთხიმს • (gontxims) (Latin spelling gontxims) (Arkabi)

1. to open, to open up, to stretch out, to stretch
   1. to open or extend the arms, wing, rope

      მსვაფე გონთხიმს დო ფუთხასენ

      msvape gontxims do putxasen

      It will spread his wings and fly

   2. to roll out (pastry)

      ჰაკო დულჲაში არაზ ოხორჯაქ ნუხედუნ დო ბურეღი გონთხიმს

      haǩo dulyaşi araz oxorcak nuxedun do bureği gontxims

      With so much work, a woman sits and makes pastries

   3. by punching a man, etc. and making him lie on the ground

      კოჩიზ გეჩუ დო ქოგონთხუ

      ǩoçiz geçu do kogontxu

      He hit the man and stretched him on the ground

   4. to develop blossoming flowers or leaves, to develop blossoming flowers (subject not shown; a supernatural force)

      ჰაქ ფუქურეფე ორდო ვარგონთხიმს

      hak pukurepe ordo vargontxims

      Flowers don't bloom early here

Further reading

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