აფსთა

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Mingrelian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Abkhaz аԥсҭа (apsta).[1]

Noun[edit]

აფსთა (apsta) (obsolete)

  1. Synonym of რობუ (robu, gorge)
  2. Synonym of ღალი (ɣali, river)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Chirikba, Viacheslav V. (2006) “Abkhaz Loans in Megrelian”, in Iran and the Caucasus[1], volume 10, number 1, page 57 of 25–76

Further reading[edit]

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “აფსთა”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 55
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “აფსთა”, 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)‎[2] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 197b