Muteli 🔊

Usage examples

• გადი აქედან, შე მუტელო!
  gadi aqedan, she mutelo!
  Get out of here, you pussy! (used as a strong insult)
• ის ყველაზე ცუდ სიტყვებს იყენებს, მათ შორის მუტელს.
  is q'velaze tsud sit'q'vebs iq'enebs, mat shoris mutels.
  He uses the worst words, including 'muteli'.

Etymology

"Muteli" (მუტელი) is a Georgian vulgar term for female genitalia. It is related to the root "muti" (მუტი), which is itself the base coarse anatomical term in Georgian; the suffix "-eli" is a Georgian adjectival or nominal suffix that in this context functions as a diminutive or colloquial modifier, giving the full form a slightly more emphatic or slang-inflected quality. The root has no established borrowing from neighboring languages and appears to be native to the South Caucasian Georgian lexicon. In Georgian, as in many languages, the most taboo anatomical vocabulary tends to be of native rather than borrowed origin.

Cultural notes

Georgian society maintains strong conservative norms around public language, and "muteli" is considered one of the harshest obscenities in the Georgian lexicon. Its use in public or mixed company — especially in the presence of elders or women — is regarded as a serious social violation. The term is used primarily among young men in street or peer-group contexts as an insult or exclamation rather than a descriptive term. Despite Georgia's rapid modernization and urbanization, traditional family values continue to exert strong pressure against the open use of such language.

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