Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *čxam- (fish). Cognate with Mingrelian ჩხომი (čxomi) and dialectal Georgian ჩხამა (čxama).

Noun

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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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Further reading

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  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “çxomi”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჩხომი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

Mingrelian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Georgian-Zan *čxam-. Cognate with Laz ჩხომი (çxomi) and dialectal Georgian ჩხამა (čxama).

Noun

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ჩხომი (čxomi) (plural ჩხომეფი)

  1. fish

Derived terms

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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
  • 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