ხორხოტა

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ხორხონტა (xorxonṭa), ხორხიტა (xorxiṭa), ხირხიტა (xirxiṭa)

Etymology

Variously derived from either Proto-Kartvelian *qarq(a)- or Proto-Georgian-Zan *qorq-.

Noun

ხორხოტა • (xorxoṭa) (plural ხორხოტეფი)

1. throat

   Synonyms: ხურხი (xurxi), ჸალი (ʾali)

2. gullet

   Synonym: ყორყონტი (q̇orq̇onṭi)

3. larynx

   Synonym: ხურხი (xurxi)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ხორხონტა//ხორხოტა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 2004
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ხორხოტა”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 407a
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) “*ხორხ-”, in Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 891
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ხორხოტა”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN