Labials: b f p [b p p']
Dentals: d T t [d t t']
Frontalveolars: Z c w z s [dz c c' z s]
Backalveolars: j C W J S [dzh ch ch' zh sh]
Velars: g q k [g k k']
Postvelars: R x [gh x]
Uvular y [q']
Sonorants: r m n l [r l m n]

Labials: b f p [b p p']


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baba
fafa
papa
baba
papa
p'ap'a
grandfather (dialect. form)
porridge
grandfather (Standard Georgian)


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briali
friali
priali
briali
priali
p'riali
 flashing of a flame
 waving
shining 


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daba
dafa
papa
daba
dapa
p'ap'a
village
blackboard
grandfather


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vaqeb
vkref
vakeb
vk'rep
I praise; I am praising
I gather; I am gathering





Dentals: d T t [d t t']

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dari
Tari
tari
dari
tari
t'ari
good weather
oriental musical instrument
handle


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Cadi
CiTi
Citi
chadi
chiti
chit'i
go down
printed cotton
bird


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magrad
albaT
magrad
albat
hard (adverb), strongly
probably





Velars: g q k [g k k']


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guda
qudi
kudi
guda
kudi
k'udi
special sack made of skin, wineskin
hat
tail

 

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kari
qari
k'ari
kari
door
wind


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baga
laqa
laki
baga
laka
lak'i
1. feeding rack; 2. kindergarten for babies
spot
nail polish


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Semdeg
sdeq
drek
shemdeg
sdek
drek'
then
stand!
You bend, you are bending





Frontalveolars: Z c w z s [dz c c' z s]

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Zeli
celi
weli
dzeli
celi
c'eli
log
scythe
1. year. 2. waist, loins, small of the back


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siZe
vaci
pewi
sidze
vaci
p'ec'i
son in law
he-goat, billy-goat
polish


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zari
sari
zari
sari
bell
stake, picket



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vazi
aTasi
vazi
atasi
vine
thousand


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ramaz
modis
ramaz
modis
a proper name of a man
He / she / it comes, is coming





Backalveolars: j C W J S [dzh ch ch' zh sh]


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jari
Ciri
Wiri
dzhari
chiri
ch'iri
army
dry fruit
plague. sorrow


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goji
goWi
godzhi
goch'i
measure (inch)
sucking pig


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vglej
vCeC
vkreW
vgledzh
vchech
vk'rech'
I tear;  I am tearing
I scutch; I am scutching
I clip; I am clipping


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Jami
Savi
zhami
shavi
1. time (old form); 2. plague (old form)
black


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vaJa
vaSa
vazha
vasha
proper name of a man 
hurrah!





 Postvelars: R x [gh x]

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Rari
xari
ghari
xari
 ditch, drain
 bull, ox


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TaRi
taxi
 tagi
t'axi 
 arch
hog, male pig 



Uvular y [q']


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yuri
yeli
q'uri
q'eli
ear
throat


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laye
bayayi
laq'e
baq'aq'i
rutten
frog



Sonorants: r m n l [r l m n]


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romi
bari
vwer
romi
bari
vc'er
Rome
1. plain (place); 2. spade
I write; I am writing



 

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lomi
bali
wuxel
lomi
bali
c'uxel
lion
cherry
last nihgt


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mama
wami
vWam
mama
c'ami
vch'am
father
second (about time)
I eat; I am eating



 
 

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nana
bani
vban
nana
bani
vban
proper name of a woman
1. special kind of roofing; 2. bass
   I wash (only about animated subject)