თოლი

Georgian

Noun

თოლი • (toli)

1. Mtiuleti, Ingilo, Khevi, Fereydan, and Tusheti form of თვალი (tvali)

Laz

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *twal-.

Noun

თოლი • (toli) (Latin spelling toli, plural თოლეფე)

1. eye

Further reading

• Adjarian, H. (1898) “Étude sur la langue laze”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume X, page 391
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 794
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “toli”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Marr, N. (1910) “თოლი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 147b
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “თოლი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

Mingrelian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *twal-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɔli/
• Hyphenation: თო‧ლი

Noun

თოლი • (toli) (plural თოლეფი)

1. eye

   ფერი სერი რდუ, თოლიშა კინთი ვემიღინედუ

   peri seri rdu, toliša ḳinti vemiɣinedu

   The night was so dark, you wouldn't see a finger in front of your eyes

2. precious stone

Further reading

• Kajaia, Otar (2005) “თოლი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, pages 603–605
• Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “თოლი”, 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)‎^[3] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 243b
• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 794
• Kobalia, Alio (2010) “თოლი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎^[4], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN