ოხორი

Laz

Alternative forms

• ოხოჲი (oxoyi) — Alternative spelling
• ოხო (oxo) — Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa–Batumi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *lʿa-xal-.

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.

Declension

Declension of ოხორი (oxori) (see Laz declension)

	singular	plural
absolutive	ოხორი (oxori)	ოხორეფე (oxorepe)
ergative	ოხორიქ (oxorik)	ოხორეფექ (oxorepek)
dative	ოხორის (oxoris)	ოხორეფეს (oxorepes)
genitive	ოხორიშ(ი) (oxoriş(i))	ოხორეფეშ(ი) (oxorepeş(i))
directive	ოხორიშე (oxorişe)	ოხორეფეშე (oxorepeşe)
ablative	ოხორიშენ (oxorişen)	ოხორეფეშენ (oxorepeşen)
locative	ოხორის (oxoris)	ოხორეფეს (oxorepes)
instrumental	ოხორითენ (oxoriten)	ოხორეფეთენ (oxorepeten)

Notes: dialects may differ on declension.

Derived terms

• მანდროხორი (mandroxori)
• ოხომონდულე (oxomondule)
• ოხომონდული (oxomonduli)
• ოხომონდუნი (oxomonduni)
• ოხორიამოლვა (oxoriamolva)
• ოხორიდოხუნაშე (oxoridoxunaşe)
• ოხორიპიჯი (oxorip̌ici)
• ოხორიში პიჯი (oxorişi p̌ici)
• ოხორმონდუნი (oxormonduni)
• ოხორპიჟი (oxorp̌iji)
• ოხორპიჯი (oxorp̌ici)
• ფენწეშ ოხორი (penǯeş oxori)
• ფენწოშ ოხორი (penǯoş oxori)

Further reading

• Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 828
• Klaproth, Julius (1823) Asia polyglotta, Paris: A. Schubart, page 123: “Okori”
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “oxori”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (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]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi

Mingrelian

Alternative forms

• ოხორე (oxore) — rare

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *lʿa-xal-.

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)‎^[3] (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)‎^[4], 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)‎^[5], online version prepared by Manana Buḳia, Tbilisi: Artanuji, →ISBN