ჩონჩი

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Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Georgian *ჩონჩი (*čonči), see Proto-Georgian-Zan *čečw- for more.

Noun

ჩონჩი (çonçi) (plural ჩონჩეფე)

  1. maize husk, cornhusk
  2. dry leaf

Further reading

  • Benli, Faruk (2004) “çaça”, in Lazuri-Turkili, Turkili-Lazuri Ansiklopedik Laksiyoni [Laz–Turkish–Laz Encyclopedic Dictionary], Istanbul: Kebikeç, page 32a, glossing as kurumuş yaprak
  • Benli, Faruk (2004) “çonçi”, in Lazuri-Turkili, Turkili-Lazuri Ansiklopedik Laksiyoni [Laz–Turkish–Laz Encyclopedic Dictionary], Istanbul: Kebikeç, page 38a, glossing as mısır koçanının kabuklar
  • Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük / Lazuri-Turkuli Nenapuna [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 36
  • Erten, Metin (2000) “çonçi, çaça”, in Lazca-Türkçe, Türkçe-Lazca Sözlük [Laz–Turkish–Laz dictionary], Istanbul: Anahtar Kitaplar, page 43, glossing as kurumuş yaprak ya da bitkilerin uç kısmı
  • Marr, N. (1910) “ჩონჩი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 211b
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჩონჩი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
  • ჩონჩი”, in Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎ (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekťuri ǩorp̌usi, 2011–2014