ხოხონჭა
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Laz[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from Proto-Kartvelian *qwanč-. See more on Georgian ინჩაჴუ (inčaqu).
Noun[edit]
ხოხონჭა • (xoxonç̌a) (Latin spelling xoxonç̌a) (Arkabi)
- craw (of birds)
- Synonym: ქორბა (korba)
- (dialectal, Lome) throat
- (dialectal, Borghola) trachea
- წკარი ხოხონჭაზ ამტაში კოჩიზ დიდო ახვალენ
- ǯǩari xoxonç̌az amťaşi ǩoçiz dido axvalen
- When water gets into the trachea, makes you cough a lot
- (dialectal, Lome, Borghola) Adam's apple
Further reading[edit]
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “xoxonç'a”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı[1] (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ხოხონჭა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary][2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi