ტაფული

Laz

Etymology

Akin to Armenian թափուլ (tʻapʻul). See it for more.

Noun

ტაფული • (ťapuli) (Latin spelling ťapuli)

1. (Atina) ball of yarn

   Synonym: მურგი (murgi)

2. (Firtina Valley) large bundle of hay

Further reading

• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ტაფული”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan, Aleksiva, Irfan (2007) “ťapuli”, in Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna [Great Laz Dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 912b