Georgian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Georgian-Zan *čxam-. The declension type tells us that the word must be suffixed by -ა. Cognate with Mingrelian and Laz ჩხომი (çxomi).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃxama/, [t͡ʃʰχama]
  • Hyphenation: ჩხა‧მა

Noun

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ჩხამა (čxama) (plural ჩხამები)

  1. (dialectal, Upper Imeretian) A certain species of fish with red dots.

Inflection

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	background-color:#EBEBEB;
}

References

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  • Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 259