მთირი

Laz

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *mama-m-til- (“father-in-law”).

Noun

მთირი • (mtiri) (Latin spelling mtiri)

1. father-in-law

   ნუსა მთირიმუშიშა ვარჯეწვაზდეტუკო ალაჲიცო ოხორიშა მემხვანერტუ

   nusa mtirimuşişa varceǯvazdeťuǩo alayiʒo oxorişa memxvanerťu

   If the bride was not afraid of her father-in-law, she would have thrown us all out of the house

Further reading

• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “mtiri”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “მთირი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi