ჩხე

Laz

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *c₁x-e- (“heat”). Cognate with Georgian ცხელი (cxeli) and Mingrelian სინჩხე (sinčxe).

Noun

ჩხე • (çxe) (Latin spelling çxe) (Sumla)

1. malaria

   Synonyms: ჩეჩხური (çeçxuri), სიტმა (siťma)

   სადიკიქ ჩხეთე ღურუტუ. კაი ნჭამი შუდორენ დო დიკა(რ)უ.

   sadiǩik çxete ğuruťu. ǩai nç̌ami şudoren do diǩa(r)u.

   Sadiq was dying of malaria. He took good medicine. He came back to life.

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “çxe”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ჩხე”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi