ჩხომი

Laz

Alternative forms

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)

  1. 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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Declension of ჩხომი (see Laz declension)
singular plural
absolutive ჩხომი ჩხომეფე
ergative ჩხომიქ ჩხომეფექ
dative ჩხომის ჩხომეფეს
genitive ჩხომიშ(ი) ჩხომეფეშ(ი)
directive ჩხომიშე ჩხომეფეშე
ablative ჩხომიშემ ჩხომეფეშემ
locative ჩხომის ჩხომეფეს
instrumental ჩხომითენ ჩხომეფეთენ
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.

Further reading
  • 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)

  1. 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
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