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Georgian
Etymology
Compare მხოლოდ (mxolod, “only”).
Pronunciation
Particle
ხოლო • (xolo)
- (literary) however, whereas (contrasts whatever follows with something mentioned earlier)
Usage notes
Laz
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxɔlɔ/
- Hyphenation: ხო‧ლო
Etymology 1
From earlier *ოხოლო (*oxolo), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *axl-a(d) (“now, recently”).
Adverb
ხოლო • (xolo) (Latin spelling xolo)
- again
ნანაქ მოთამუში ნოღაშა ოშქუმერტაშა მუ ეჭოფასენ ხოლო არ ჶარა გოშინამს- nanak motamuşi noğaşa oşkumerťaşa mu eç̌opasen xolo ar fara goşinams
- My mother reminds her/him once again what to buy when she sends her grandson to the market.
Etymology 2
From earlier *ოხოლო (*oxolo), from Proto-Georgian-Zan *axlo- (“near”).
Adjective
ხოლო • (xolo) (Latin spelling xolo) (Arkabi)
- (rare) near, close
- Synonym: მეგზა (megza)
თქვანი ოხორი დიდო მენდრა დოსქიდუნ. მექთები მციქა ჩქვა ხოლო რენ.- tkvani oxori dido mendra doskidun. mektebi mʒika çkva xolo ren.
- Your house is far away. The school is a little closer.
Further reading
- Kiria, Č̣abuḳi, Ezugbaia, Lali, Memišiši, Omar, Čuxua, Merab (2015) Lazur-megruli gramaṭiḳa (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 890
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “xolo”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ხოლო”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni, online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi