ხოლო

Georgian

Etymology

Compare მხოლოდ (mxolod, “only”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [χoɫo]

Particle

ხოლო • (xolo)

1. (literary) however, whereas (contrasts whatever follows with something mentioned earlier)

Usage notes

• Preceded by a comma.

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)

1. 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)

1. (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 [Laz–Mingrelian Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Gamomcemloba Meridiani, page 890
• Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “xolo”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı‎^[1] (in Turkish)
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ხოლო”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[2], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi