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icvams>icoms (Ingilo); ċagvartva>ċagorto>ċogorto, c ħvari>cħori, ĵvali>ĵoli
(Fereydanian); sxvamis>sxomis, icvams>icoms, časva>časo, gaušva>gaušo
(Upper Rachan, Glolian); sxvagan>sxogan, miartva>miarto (Imeretian); moirtvams>meirtoms
(Lechkhumian); sxvagan>sxogan (Gurian, Acharan); usvamda>usomda,
marħva>marħo (Meskhian); kvabi>kobai (Taoan); u¥vars> u¥ors
"s/he loves", ğvarans>ğorans "s/he is shouting", toli "an eye", kvara>kora
`stomach" (Megrelian), etc.
2. ve (we) > o oricess also occurs more or less in all dialects:
kveode>kood «fully« (Khevsurian); kveqana>koqana/ ħoqana (Psh avian);
gveĵaħis>goĵaħis, čven>čon (Mokhevian); gvedga>godga, kvevit>koit
(Mtiuli-Gudamakarian); ušvebs>ušops, kvevit>koit (Kartlian);
naķverčħali>naķorčħali, dačveuli>dačouli (Kakhetian); gvebara>gobara (Fereydanian);
švreboda>šoboda, ċveuleba>ċouloba (Upper Rachan, Lower R achan);
qvelaperi>qoliperi, moqveba>moqoba (Imeretian); aħvevs>aħo vs, sveldeba>soldeba
(Lechkhumian); gaušvebs>gūšops, čveuleba>čouleba (Acharan);
šedğveben>šedğoben (Imerkhevian); kvemot>komot (Livanan); qveli>qoli,
kvemo>komo (Taoan-Sh. Putkaradze, 1995, pp. 16,31); čveni>čoni,
ħveċnebi>ħoċnebi (Taoan – M. Tsintsadze, 2001).
Ve (we) > ö occurs in Ingilo, Mokhevian, oartly in Southern Kartlian
and Samtskhian dialects: ķverc ħi> ķ örcħi (Ingilo); gverdi>gördi
(Mokhevian) ; kvevri>kövri (Samtskhean); tve>tö (Kartlian), etc.
3. vi (wi) > u is rather rare: mšvidoba>mšudoba,
aķvirdebis>aķurdebis (Mokhevian); saķvirveli>saķurveli (Mtiuli-
Gudamakarian); ċvivi>ċuvi, qivili>qiuli ( Kvemo (Lower) Kartlian);
gvitħres>gutħres, gvidga>gudga (Fereydanian); rasaķvirvelia>rasaķurvelia,
ċvima>ċuma (Rachan-Glolian, Rivnistavian (Rivnistavian)); gatħovili>
gatħouli, ċvims> ċums (Imeretian); ğvino>ğuno, alvis ħe>alus ħe (Lechkhumian),
etc.
vi (wi) > ü occurs in Ingilo dialect, Mokhevian, partly in
Samtskhe-Javakhian and Kvemo (Lower) Kartlian: ċvima> ċümay,
gvian>güan (Ingilo); švidi>šüdi, gvitħra>gütħra (Mokhevian); ķvici>ķüci,
ĵmistvin>ĵmistün (Samtskhe-Javakhian), ċqvili>ċqüli (Kvemo (Lower) Ka rtlian).
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298 The opposite process also occurs: o>va, o>ve, u>vi. For instance, sabanavad>sabanaod
(Kakhetian); ħorbali>ħvarbali, durbindi>dvirbindi (Mokhevian);
ħoragi>ħvaragi (Imeretian); oraguli>veraguli (Khevsurian); osi>vasi, orsuli>varsuli,
giorgi>givargi, niori>nivari, eqopa>eqvapa (Mtiulian); gaţqorcna>gaţqvarcna; ţoţ
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