ფარფალი

Laz

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Kartvelian *ṗerṗer-.

Noun

ფარფალი • (parpali) (Latin spelling parpali)

  1. butterfly
    ლიმსაზ ნა-ნიკიდენ ფარფალეფე ჰექო ნოხროცქუნან
    limsaz na-niǩiden parpalepe heko noxroʒkunan
    The butterflies caught in the spider web die by sticking there

Further reading
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “parpali”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎ (in Turkish)
  • Marr, N. (1910) “ფარფალი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 193a
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ფარფალი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
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