ჟუნ

Laz

Alternative forms

• ჯუნ (cun) — Mtsanu

Etymology

From ჟურ- (jur-) +‎ -ნ (-n). Might be back-formation from ჟულინ- (julin-).

Verb

ჟუნ • (jun) (Latin spelling jun) (Atina, Apso, Vizha, Zhilen-Mzghem)

1. to fly

   Synonym: ფუთხუნ (putxun)

   კინჩი ჟუნ, ქორმე ვა-ჟუნ.

   ǩinçi jun, korme va-jun.

   Birds fly, chickens don't.

Usage notes

• No perfective forms exists.
• Potential form აჟულინენ (ajulinen), shares the root with verb ოჟულინამს (ojulinams, “to fly something”) (which doesn't have potential mood of it's own).

Further reading

• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı; Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan; Aleksiva, Irfan (2007), “oju”, in Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna [Great Laz Dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 682b
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–), “jun”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ოჟუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi