აფუნი

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Abkhaz ааԥын (aapən).[1][2]

Noun

აფუნი • (apuni)

  1. spring
    Synonym: გაზარხული (gazarxuli)

References
  1. 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
  2. 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
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