კონჭი

Laz

Alternative forms

• კოჭი (ǩoç̌i) — Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi

Etymology

Akin to Georgian კოჭი (ḳoč̣i), Mingrelian კონჭი (ḳonč̣i), Old Armenian կոճ- (koč-).

Noun

კონჭი • (ǩonç̌i) (Latin spelling ǩonç̌i) (Vitse)

1. ankle

   Synonym: კუჩხე-მენცხული (ǩuçxe-menʒxuli)

   ჯუმა-ჩქიმიქ კონჭი ქვაზ ელონთხუ დო მციქა დამბარუ

   cuma-çkimik ǩonç̌i kvaz elontxu do mʒika dambaru

   My brother hit his ankle with a stone, and it's a little swollen

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կոճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 626b, derives from Armenian
• Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 80
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 806
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “k’onç’i”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “კონჭი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
• Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 78, links with Georgian კაწარი (ḳac̣ari, “claw”)

Mingrelian

Etymology

Akin to Georgian კოჭი (ḳoč̣i), Laz კონჭი (ǩonç̌i), Old Armenian կոճ- (koč-).

Noun

კონჭი • (ḳonč̣i) (plural კონჭეფი)

1. ankle
2. spool

Descendants

• → Abkhaz: а-кәанҷ (a-kʷʼančʼ)

Further reading

• Čikobava, Arnold (1938) Č̣anur-megrul-kartuli šedarebiti leksiḳoni [Laz–Megrel–Georgian Comparative Dictionary] (Works; IV) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Arnold Chikobava Institute of Linguistics, published 2008, page 80
• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “კონჭი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 724
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 806
• Čuxua, Merab (2000–2003) Kartvelur ena-ḳilota šedarebiti leksiḳoni [The Kartvelian Comparative Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Universali, page 78, links with Georgian კაწარი (ḳac̣ari, “claw”)