ყირყინტი

Laz

Etymology

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

Noun

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

(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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