ჰუ̈ლ

Svan

Alternative forms

  • ჰილ (hil)Upper Bal
  • ჰუ̂ილ (hûil)Lower Bal
  • უ̂ილ (ûil)Lashkhian
  • ჰილუ̂ (hilû)Kodori

Etymology

Compare Old Georgian ვირი (viri, donkey, ass).

Noun

ჰუ̈ლ • (hül) (plural ჰუ̈ლა̈რ) (Upper Bal)

  1. mule
    Synonym: ჯორ (ǯor)

Further reading

  • Topuria, Varlam, Kaldani, Maksime (1994) “ჰუ̈ლ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni [Svan Dictionary] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Merani-3 Publishing, page 2011
  • Čanṭlaʒe, Iza, Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Margiani-Dadvani, Ketevan, Margiani-Subari, Ketevan, Ioseliani, Rusudan (2020) Merab Čuxua, Rusudan Zekalašvili, editors, Ḳodoruli svanuri [Kodori Svan] (in Georgian), Tbilisi-Jena, →ISBN, page 632
  • Dondua, Ḳarṗez (2001) “ვილ”, in Svanur-kartul-rusuli leksiḳoni (lašxuri dialekṭi) [Svan–Georgian–Russian Dictionary (Lashkh dialect)] (Kartvelologiuri biblioteḳa; 6), revised and prepared for publication by Aleksandre Oniani, Tbilisi: Tbilisi State Pedagogical University Press, page 98
  • Liṗarṭeliani, Aslan (1994) “ჰუ̈ლ”, in Svanuri leksiḳoni (čoluruli ḳilo) [Svan-Georgian dictionary (Cholur dialect)], Tbilisi, page 103a
  • Nižaradze, B. Š. (2012) “ჯორი”, in Gruzino-svansko-russkij slovarʹ. Verxnebalskij dialekt [Georgian–Svan–Russian Dictionary: Upper Bal Dialect], 2nd edition, prepared for publication and prefaced by Lela Nižaradze, Tbilisi: Universal, page 253b