ინჩაჴუ

Old Georgian

Alternative forms

• იჴუანჩი (iquanči)

Etymology

Ḳelauraʒe on the basis of ინჩაჴუ (inčaqu, “crop, craw”), Georgian ხვანჩი (xvanči, “Adam's apple”), Mingrelian ხონჩი (xonči, “Adam's apple”), Svan ჴუ̂ა̈ნჩ (qûänč, “crop, craw”) reconstructs Proto-Kartvelian *qwanč-. In Mingrelian and Svan the expected *ჩქ (*čk) (← *ჩ (*č)) consonant cluster didn't develop probably due to the presence of ჴ (q) in the stem.

Old Georgian ჩაჴჳ (čaqwi) must be a metathesized form related to this family of words too.

Noun

ინჩაჴუ • (inčaqu)

1. (anatomy) crop, craw

Related terms

• ჩაჴჳ (čaqwi, “small leather bag”)

Descendants

• ⇒? Georgian: ჩიჩახვი (čičaxvi), ჩინჩახვი (činčaxvi), ჩიჩაყვი (čičaq̇vi)
  • → Svan: ჩინჩა̈ხუ̂ (činčäxû), ჩიჩა̈ხუ̂ (čičäxû), ჩინჩაყუ̂ (činčaq̇û), ჩინჩა̈ყუ̂ (činčäq̇û)

Further reading

• Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ინჩაჴუ”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎^[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 189a