გველი

Georgian

გველი

Etymology

From Old Georgian გუელი (gueli), from Proto-Kartvelian *gwel-. Cognate with Mingrelian გვერი (gveri), Laz მგვერი (mgveri) and possibly Svan უ̂იჯ (ûiǯ) (if not, then the protoform can only be reconstructed for the Proto-Georgian-Zan stage).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡvɛli/
  • Hyphenation: გვე‧ლი

Noun

გველი (gveli) (plural გველები)

  1. snake, serpent
  2. (figuratively) serpent

Inflection

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