ხვილარი

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ხველარი (xvelari), ხოლარი (xolari)
• ხვიარი (xviari) — Martvili–Bandza

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Kartvelian *m-xul-.

Noun

ხვილარი • (xvilari) (plural ხვილარეფი)

1. lizard

   Synonym: ტინტილა (ṭinṭila)

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ხვილარი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1977
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ხვილარი”, in Грамматика мингрельского (иверского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Mingrelian (Iverian) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 7)‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 403b
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 819
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ხვილარი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[2], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ხვიარი”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎^[3], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
• Č̣araia, Ṗeṭre (1997) “ხველარი”, in Zurab Sarǯvelaʒe, editor, Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian-Georgian dictionary] (Kartuli enis ḳatedris šromebi; 2), Tbilisi: Sulxan-saba orbelianis saxelobis tbilisis ṗedagogiuri universiṭeṭi, page 178b