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Laz
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *čxam- (“fish”). Cognate with Mingrelian ჩხომი (čxomi) and dialectal Georgian ჩხამა (čxama).
Noun
ჩხომი • (çxomi) (Latin spelling çxomi) (Apso, Vizha, Artasheni, Khopa, Chkhala)
- fish
ბერეშკიმი ჩხომიში ილი წუწონუჲ. ხაზი აენ.- bereşǩimi çxomişi ili ǯuǯonuy. xazi aen.
- My child sucks the bone of the fish. He's happy.
Inflection
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Further reading
- Klaproth, Julius (1823) Asia polyglotta, Paris: A. Schubart, page 122: “Чekomi, Чhomi”
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “çxomi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჩხომი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
Mingrelian
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *čxam-. Cognate with Laz ჩხომი (çxomi) and dialectal Georgian ჩხამა (čxama).
Noun
ჩხომი • (čxomi) (plural ჩხომეფი)
- fish
Derived terms
References
- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 259
- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჩხომი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1743