ფუნტურა

Laz

Alternative forms

• ფუტრი (puťri) — Artasheni
• ფუნტა (punťa) — Arkabi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *puṭuro- (“rotten (about fruit,trees)”). See more in Old Georgian ფუტურო (puṭuro).

Adjective

ფუნტურა • (punťura) (Latin spelling punťura) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala)

1. (about walnuts, hazelnuts, etc.) hollow, rotten

   ნამომჩი ნეძიშ კაკალი ფუნტურა გამახთუ

   namomçi neżiş ǩaǩali punťura gamaxtu

   The walnut kernel you gave me turned out to have a hollow (rotten)

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “punt'ura”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ფუნტურა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi