გვერი

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• გუერი (gueri), ნგვერი (ngveri)

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *gwel-.

Adjective

გვერი • (gveri)

1. (figuratively) evil, spiteful (of people)

Noun

გვერი • (gveri) (plural გვერეფი)

1. snake

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “გვერი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 206
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “გვერი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 216a
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 782
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “გვერი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN