მყუარი

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Old Georgian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *q̇uw- (to cry). Akin to Svan ლიყუ̂ლი (liq̇ûli).

Noun

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მყუარი (mq̇uari)

  1. frog

References

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  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “მყუარი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 304
  • Fähnrich, Heinz (2007) Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 520