onoliko

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *onoliko.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /onolǐkoː/
• Hyphenation: o‧no‧li‧ko

Adverb

onolìkō (Cyrillic spelling онолѝко̄)

1. (distal) that much/many, so much/many, as much/many

   Koncert je bio nevjerojatan! Nikad nisam vidio onoliko ljudi na jednom mjestu!

   The concert was incredible! I've never seen so many people in one place!

2. (in comparisons, formal, followed by koliko) as, as much/many as

   Kupite onoliko igračaka koliko je djece. ― Buy as many toys as there are children.

   On je skoro onoliko visok koliko i ja. ― He is almost as tall as I am.

Synonyms

• ovoliko (proximal equivalent)
• toliko (usually instead of onoliko in past tense)

Antonyms

• koliko

Further reading

• “onoliko”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024