Kajaia, Otar(2005),“კოკობე”, inmegrul-kartuli leksiḳoni[Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 721
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan*ḳaḳab-. Further etymology is uncertain; see Georgian კაკაბი(ḳaḳabi) for more.