ჩონჩი

ჩონჩი

Laz

Alternative forms

• ჩონჩო (čončo), ჩონჩოლი (čončoli), ჩონჩოლა (čončola), ჩაჩა (čača), ჩაჩი (čači)

Etymology

From Georgian *ჩონჩი (*čonči), see Proto-Georgian-Zan *čečw- for more.

Noun

ჩონჩი • (čonči) (plural ჩონჩეფე)

1. maize husk, cornhusk
2. dry leaf

Further reading

• Benli, Faruk (2004), “çaça”, in Lazuri-Turkili, Turkili-Lazuri Ansiklopedik Laksiyoni [Laz–Turkish–Laz Encyclopedic Dictionary], Istanbul: Kebikeç, page 32a, glossing as kurumuş yaprak
• Benli, Faruk (2004), “çonçi”, in Lazuri-Turkili, Turkili-Lazuri Ansiklopedik Laksiyoni [Laz–Turkish–Laz Encyclopedic Dictionary], Istanbul: Kebikeç, page 38a, glossing as mısır koçanının kabuklar
• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı; Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan (1999) Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük [Laz–Turkish dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Akyüz Yayıncılık, page 36
• Erten, Metin (2000), “çonçi, çaça”, in Lazca-Türkçe, Türkçe-Lazca Sözlük [Laz–Turkish–Laz dictionary], Istanbul: Anahtar Kitaplar, page 43, glossing as kurumuş yaprak ya da bitkilerin uç kısmı
• Марр, Н. (1910), “ჩონჩი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 211b
• Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ჩონჩი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
• “ჩონჩი”, in Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary] (in Georgian), Kartuli dialekṭuri ḳorṗusi, 2011–2014