მთირი

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Laz[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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