ჩხონჩხი

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ჩონჩხი (čončxi), ჯღონჯღო (ǯɣonǯɣo)

Etymology

From Georgian ჩონჩხი (čončxi).

Noun

ჩხონჩხი • (čxončxi) (plural ჩხონჩხეფი)

1. liver

Further reading

• Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 599, together with Georgian ცოცხალი (cocxali, “alive”) derives from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c₁oc₁x-. Discarded in later works.
• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჩხონჩხი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1744
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ჩხონჩხი”, 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 368b
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ჩხონჩხი”, 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
• Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ჩხონჩხი”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎^[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN