ფურფუ

Laz

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *pirṭw-, contaminated with an unknown source. Cognates include Georgian ფილტვი (pilṭvi).

Noun

ფურფუ • (purpu)

  1. lung

References

  • Marr, N. (1910), “ფურფუ”, in Grammatika čanskago (lazskago) jazyka s xrestomatijeju i slovarem [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Materialy po jafetičeskomu jazykoznaniju; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 195
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