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.

Derived terms

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