ოხორი

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Laz

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *xol-.

Noun

ოხორი (oxori) (Latin spelling oxori)

  1. house, home
    ღომამჯი ონდღე შქულე ოხოშე მომალუ
    ğomamci ondğe şkule oxoşe momalu
    I was able to come home yesterday afternoon
  2. (figurative) shell
    ფენწეშ ოხორი
    penǯeş oxori
    Snail's shell

Usage notes

ოხო (oxo) form is sometimes observed to be pronounced as ოხო-მუში (oxo-muşi) instead of ოხორი-მუში (oxori-muşi), ოხოშე (oxoşe) instead of ოხორიშე (oxorişe), etc. It is also pronounced as ოხო- (oxo-) instead of ოხორ- (oxor-) in some compound words.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 828
  • Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “oxori”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
  • Marr, N. (1910) “ოხორი”, 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 178a
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ოხორი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *xol-.

Noun

ოხორი (oxori) (plural ოხორეფი)

  1. home, house, dwelling
    Synonym: ჸუდე (ʾude)
  2. (rare) castle

Further reading

  • Kajaia, Otar (2005) “ოხორი”, in Megrul-kartuli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian–Georgian Dictionary], online version prepared by Joost Gippert, Frankfurt am Main, published 2001–2004, page 1167
  • Kipšidze, Iosif (1914) “ოხორი”, 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)‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 295b
  • Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 828
  • Kobalia, Alio (2010) “ოხორი”, in Merab Čuxua, Nona Kobalia, Nana Kobalia, editors, Megruli leksiḳoni [Mingrelian Dictionary] (Ḳolxuri seria; 7)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN
  • Pipia, Daniel (2008) “ოხორი”, in Tamaz Pipia, Givi Boǯgua, editors, Megruli saleksiḳono masalebi [Megrelian dictionary materials] (Ḳolxuri seria; 3)‎, online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN