ашьынка

Abkhaz

Etymology

Compare Mingrelian შინკა (šinḳa, “melon”), Laz შუკა (šuḳa, “cucumber”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

а-шьынка • (a-š̍ənḳa)

  1. melon

References
  • Bgažba, X. S. (1964) Bzybskij dialekt abxazskovo jazyka [The Bzyb Dialect of Abkhaz]‎, Tbilisi: Academy Press, page 208
  • Ḳaslandzia, V. A. (2005), “ашьынка”, in Аԥсуа–аурыс жәар / Абхазско–русский словарь [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary] (in Abkhaz / Russian), volume 1–2, Sukhum: Olma-press, →ISBN, page 277
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