Bolo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bolo"

English

Proper noun

Bolo

  1. A barangay of Roxas, Capiz, Philippines.

Derived terms

Noun

Bolo (plural Bolos)

  1. (early 20th c.) Clipping of Bolshevik.
    • 1938, Ira Jones, An Air Fighter's Scrapbook, London: Nicholson & Watson, page 86:
      [G]round strafing, however, was as exciting as in France, particularly when it was carried out dozens of miles behind the Bolo lines.

Cebuano

Proper noun

Bolo

  1. a surname

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

  • polo (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

Etymology tree
Old Occitan bollabor.
Old Galician-Portuguese bola?
Old Galician-Portuguese bollo
Brazilian Portuguese bolobor.
Hunsrik Bolo

    Unadapted borrowing from Brazilian Portuguese bolo.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈpoːlo/, /ˈpolo/
    • Rhymes: -oːlo, -olo
    • Syllabification: Bo‧lo

    Noun

    Bolo m (plural Bolos, diminutive Boloche)

    1. cake (sweet dessert)
      Ich brauche fier Euer fer de Bolo. ― I need four eggs for the cake.

    References

    1. ^ Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Bolo”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 27, column 2
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