ყირყინტი

Laz

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *q̇arq̇anṭ- (“gullet, throat”).

Noun

ყირყინტი • (qirqinťi) (Latin spelling qirqinťi) (Chkhala)

  1. (anatomy) larynx, the inner part of the throat
    Synonyms: ხურტული (xurťuli), ხუნჭკული (xunç̌ǩuli), ხურხი (xurxi), ხოხონჭა (xoxonç̌a)
    მუ კაპეტი უშქირი რენ, აჲა ! ყირყინტის ჰოგილომოსქიდუ.
    mu ǩap̌eťi uşkiri ren, aya ! qirqinťis hogilomoskidu.
    What a hard apple! It's stuck in my throat.

Descendants
  • → Georgian: ყირყინტი (q̇irq̇inṭi) — Adjara

Further reading
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “x'irx'int'i”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ყირყინტი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
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