შქვერთი

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From შქორთი (škorti), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *šol-. Doublet of შორტი (šorṭi).

Noun

შქვერთი • (škverti)

  1. leather strip, whip
  2. freshly sprouted plant
  3. long strip of tree bark

Derived terms
  • ეშქვერთუნს (eškvertuns)
  • შქვართალი (škvartali)
  • შქვერთერე (škvertere)
  • შქვირთა (škvirta)

See also
  • შვები (švebi)

Further reading
  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “შქვერთი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1677
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