ფუნტურა
Laz
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *puṭuro- (“rotten (about fruit,trees)”). See more in Old Georgian ფუტურო (puṭuro).
Adjective
editფუნტურა • (punťura) (Latin spelling punťura) (Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala)
- (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
edit- 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