ჭექა-ქუხილი
“ჭექა-ქუხილი” (cheka-kukhili) — thunderstorm in Georgian. Noun, level A2. the ch is ejective — sharp, the glottis locks: che-ka-ku-khi-li. In a live sentence: “საღამოს ჭექა-ქუხილი დაიწყო” — A thunderstorm started in the evening. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ჭ, ე, ქ, ა, ქ, უ, ხ, ი, ლ, ი. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ჭექა-ქუხილი |
| Read in Latin letters | cheka-kukhili |
| Translation | thunderstorm |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- ჭექა-ქუხილიcheka-kukhilithunderstorm
How to pronounce it
the ch is ejective — sharp, the glottis locks: che-ka-ku-khi-li
Why it looks that way
A compound of two sounds: ceka is a rumble, quxili is thunder — together with the hyphen it is the thunderstorm entire. One began: ceka-quxili daicqo
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- საღამოს ჭექა-ქუხილი დაიწყოsaghamos cheka-kukhili daitsqoA thunderstorm started in the evening
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “thunderstorm” in Georgian?
«ჭექა-ქუხილი», read “cheka-kukhili”. the ch is ejective — sharp, the glottis locks: che-ka-ku-khi-li. In a live sentence: “საღამოს ჭექა-ქუხილი დაიწყო” — A thunderstorm started in the evening. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ჭ, ე, ქ, ა, ქ, უ, ხ, ი, ლ, ი.
How is “ჭექა-ქუხილი” written in Latin letters?
cheka-kukhili. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
A compound of two sounds: ceka is a rumble, quxili is thunder — together with the hyphen it is the thunderstorm entire. One began: ceka-quxili daicqo. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.