амшынла

Abkhaz

Etymology

From а-мшын (a-mŝən, “sea”) +‎ а-ла (a-la, “dog”).[1]

Noun

а-мшынла • (a-mŝənla)

  1. shark
    Synonym: а-ӷлам (a-ğlam)

References
  1. Дзидзария (Дзари-ипа), О. П. (2020) Ш. К. Арстаа, editor, Материалы по абхазо-адыгской лексикологии и общего языкознания [Materials on Abkhazo-Adyghean lexicology and general linguistics]‎ (in Russian), Sukhum, page 81
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