მხულივი

Old Georgian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *m-xul-.

Noun

მხულივი • (mxulivi)

  1. lizard

Descendants

  • Georgian: (Chveneburi) ხლივი (xlivi), ხვლიკი (xvliḳi), ხლუ̈კ (xlüḳ)Ingilo, ხლიკი (xliḳi)Fereydan, ფხლიკვი̆ (pxliḳvĭ)Tusheti, სხვლიკი (sxvliḳi)Imereti, contaminated with სვლიკი (svliḳi), ხლუკი (xluḳi)Mtiuleti

Further reading

  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “მხულივი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎[1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 314b
  • Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2001) “მხულივი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni [Dictionary of Old Georgian] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: University Press, page 261a
  • Sardshweladse, Surab, Fähnrich, Heinz (2005) “მხულივი”, in Altgeorgisch-Deutsches Wörterbuch (Handbook of Oriental Studies; VIII.12), with the collaboration of Irine Melikishvili and Sopio Sardshweladse, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 881a