ჯოხო

Laz

Alternative forms

• ჲოხო (yoxo) — Atina, Vizha, Artasheni
• ნჯოხო (ncoxo) — Vitse, Khopa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ʒ₁ax-e-; see Georgian სახელი (saxeli) for more.

Noun

ჯოხო • (coxo) (Latin spelling coxo) (Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala)

1. name, noun

   ჯოხოქ კოჩი ვარომსქვანამს; კოჩიქ ჯოხო ომსქვანამს.

   coxok ǩoçi varomskvanams; ǩoçik coxo omskvanams.

   The name does not beautify the person. The person makes the name beautiful. (proverb)

Inflection

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Declension of ჯოხო (coxo) (see Laz declension)

	singular	plural
absolutive	ჯოხო (coxo)	ჯოხოფე (coxope)
ergative	ჯოხოქ (coxok)	ჯოხოფექ (coxopek)
dative	ჯოხოს (coxos)	ჯოხოფეს (coxopes)
genitive	ჯოხოშ(ი) (coxoş(i))	ჯოხოფეშ(ი) (coxopeş(i))
directive	ჯოხოშე (coxoşe)	ჯოხოფეშე (coxopeşe)
ablative	ჯოხოშენ (coxoşen)	ჯოხოფეშენ (coxopeşen)
locative	ჯოხოს (coxos)	ჯოხოფეს (coxopes)
instrumental	ჯოხოთენ (coxoten)	ჯოხოფეთენ (coxopeten)
Notes: dialects may differ on declension.

Further reading

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

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *ʒ₁ax-e-; see Georgian სახელი (saxeli) for more.

Noun

ჯოხო • (ǯoxo) (plural ჯოხოეფი)

1. name
2. face

   Synonym: სახე (saxe)

References

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ჯოხო”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 2061