იჯოხამს

Laz

Alternative forms

• იჲოხამს (iyoxams) — Atina
• იჲოხაჲ (iyoxay) — Vizha, Artasheni
• იჯოხუმს (icoxums) — Vitse, Lome
• იჯოხოფს (icoxops) — Khopa
• იჯოხუფს (icoxups) — Batumi

Etymology

From ი- (i-) +‎ ჯოხ- (cox-) +‎ -ამ (-am) +‎ -ს (-s). Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *ʒ₁ax- : ʒ₁x- (“to call, be called”).

Verb

იჯოხამს • (icoxams) (Latin spelling icoxams) (Vitse, Borghola)

1. to call, to summon (an unknown person or someone whose whereabouts are unknown)

   უჯიფალასქა! ნიჯე გიჯოხი დო ჩქარ ვაროგნი-ი?

   ucipalaska! nice gicoxi do çkar varogni-i?

   Large eared! I called you so many times. Didn't you hear me?

2. to call for prayer

   ხოჯაქ იზანი იჯოხაში სერსიმუში რაკანეფეზ რანწკალუმს

   xocak izani icoxaşi sersimuşi raǩanepez ranǯǩalums

   When the imam calls for prayer, his voice echoes from the hills

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “icoxams/ icoxums (FN), icoxums (AH-Lome), icoxams (AH-Borğola), icoxops (HP), icoxups (AK)”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოჯოხუ”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi