უჩქინ

• უშკუნ (uşǩun) — Atina, Vizha, Artasheni

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *čan- : čn- (“to be seen”). Cognate with Georgian ჩანს (čans) and Mingrelian ჩქინა (čkina).

უჩქინ • (uçkin) (Latin spelling uçkin) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

1. to know
   1. to have knowledge

      ჰეშო ნატუ ვარმიჩქიტეს. ჩქინებურა ჰაშო ბისიმადით.

      heşo naťu varmiçkiťes. çkinebura haşo bisimadit.

      We didn't know it was like that. That's what we thought.

   2. to speak a language

      დიდი პაპულიჩქიმიქ ლაზებურა დიდო კაი უჩქირტუ

      didi p̌ap̌uliçkimik lazebura dido ǩai uçkirťu

      My great grandfather knew (spoke) Laz very well

   3. to accept as true, to think that it is true

      მურადი ნაუჩქინ მუთუშენ ვარგოიქთენ

      muradi nauçkin mutuşen vargoikten

      Murad does not go back on what he knows

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