ჩხომი
Mingrelian
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *čxam-. Cognate with Laz ჩხომი (čxomi) and dialectal Georgian ჩხამა (čxama).
Noun
ჩხომი • (čxomi) (plural ჩხომეფი)
- fish
Derived terms
- მეჩხომე (mečxome)
References
- 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