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Mingrelian
Etymology
From Abkhaz ааԥын (aapən).[1][2]
Noun
აფუნი • (apuni)
- spring
- Synonym: გაზარხული (gazarxuli)
References
- ^ Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “აფუნი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 197
- ^ Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006) “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus, volume 10, number 1, page 61 of 25–76
Further reading
- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “აფუნი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 55