ხოხონჭა

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Etymology

Derived from Proto-Kartvelian *qwanč-. See more on Georgian ინჩაჴუ (inčaqu).

Noun

ხოხონჭა (xoxonç̌a) (Latin spelling xoxonç̌a) (Arkabi)

  1. craw (of birds)
    Synonym: ქორბა (korba)
  2. (dialectal, Lome) throat
    Synonyms: ხურტული (xurťuli), ხუნჭკული (xunç̌ǩuli), ხურხი (xurxi), ყირყინტი (qirqinťi)
    ხოხონჭაზ არ პუპუცი ემიხთუ. ალიზ ნა-რენ სთერი დაჩხური ქოგომაგზუ.
    xoxonç̌az ar p̌up̌uʒi emixtu. aliz na-ren steri daçxuri kogomagzu.
    A pimple appeared in my throat. My throat hurts.
  3. (dialectal, Borghola) trachea
    წკარი ხოხონჭაზ ამტაში კოჩიზ დიდო ახვალენ
    ǯǩari xoxonç̌az amťaşi ǩoçiz dido axvalen
    When water gets into the trachea, makes you cough a lot
  4. (dialectal, Lome, Borghola) Adam's apple
    Synonyms: ღარღალიდა (ğarğalida), ხუნჭკული (xunç̌ǩuli), ხიხიტონი (xixiťoni)
    იპარამითამტაში ხოხონჭასქანი ხურხიზ ნაჲულუნგჲულუნ იძირენ
    ip̌aramitamťaşi xoxonç̌askani xurxiz nayulungyulun iżiren
    As you speak, your Adam's apple going up and down your throat

Further reading

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