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Mingrelian
Etymology
From Proto-Georgian-Zan *gwel-.
Adjective
გვერი • (gveri)
- (figuratively) evil, spiteful (of people)
Noun
გვერი • (gveri) (plural გვერეფი)
- snake
Further reading
- Kajaia, Otar (2005) “გვერი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni, 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 (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 216a
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 782
- Kobalia, Alio (2010) “გვერი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni (Ḳolxuri seria; 7), online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN