Sunday, May 17, 2015

FELUCCA

Do you know that the famous Egyptian felucca boat has an almost identical relative in Megrelia: ფილუკა [philuka]?

Note that the Megrelian 'philuka' clearly contains the diminuitive -uka-ending added to the 'phili' root, which, among other things, means 'wooden mortar' (ფილი).

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