შვე

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• შვეე (švee)

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian შვავი (švavi). For development, see კილე (ḳile).

Noun

შვე • (šve) (plural შვეეფი)

1. avalanche

   Synonym: სვიმონი (svimoni)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “შვე”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1651
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “შვე”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[1], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN