kolo

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian kolo and Slovene kolo, from Proto-Slavic *kolo (“wheel”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊləʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊloʊ/

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kolo (plural kolos)

1. A national folk dance common in regions pertaining to South Slavic people, performed in a circle.
   • 1942: As we came to this promenade [...] we heard the throbbing of a drum that announces a kolo, a communal dance. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 660)
2. A mixed grain dish from East Africa

• Look, kool, look

• IPA^(key): [kóloò]

kolo

1. (anatomy) bone

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

kolo

1. wheel

• 欧阳觉亚 (1985), “kolo”, in 珞巴族語言简志:崩尼-博嘎尔语‎^[2], Beijing: 民族出版社, →OCLC, page 107

Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *koloβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *kolmos. Cognate with Cornish kala and Welsh calaf, borrowed from equivalent Latin culmus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolo/, [ˈkoːlo]

kolo m (collective, singulative koloenn)^[1]

1. straw

Inherited from Old Czech kolo, from Proto-Slavic *kolo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkolo]

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• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: ko‧lo

kolo n (relational adjective kolový, diminutive kolečko)

1. bicycle, bike

   Synonyms: jízdní kolo, bicykl

2. wheel
3. (sports) round

• “kolo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kolo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kolo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Common Romance, from Latin collum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolo/

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• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: ko‧lo

kolo (accusative singular kolon, plural koloj, accusative plural kolojn)

1. neck

adv=9

From Proto-Finnic *kolo, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kolɜ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolo/, [ˈko̞lo̞]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification^(key): ko‧lo
• Hyphenation^(key): ko‧lo

kolo

1. hole, dent, groove, nook (hollow place or cavity, especially a small one)
2. notch, indentation, recess

   Synonym: lovi

3. dimple (small depression or indentation in generic surface)
4. burrow, den (tunnel or hole dug by a small creature)

• “kolo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoloˣ/, [ˈko̞lo̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification^(key): ko‧lo
• Hyphenation^(key): ko‧lo

kolo

1. inflection of koloa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• olko

• IPA^(key): /kóː.lóː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kʷóː.lóː]

kōlō m (plural kōlā̀yē, possessed form kōlon)

1. A fixed-pitch drum, similar to the jauje.

kōlō m (possessed form kōlon)

1. (derogatory) dog (abusive way to refer to a person)

From Proto-Polynesian *tolo (“creep, crawl”), from Proto-Central Pacific *dolo "crawl along the ground", from Proto-Oceanic *dolo (“to crawl along the ground” – compare with Māori toro, Rarotongan toro, Tahitian toro, Samoan tolo, Tongan tolo).^[1][2][3]

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.lo/

kolo

1. (intransitive) to crawl
2. (intransitive) to grumble
3. (transitive) to drag, to tow

• hoʻokolo (causative)
• kolokolo (reduplicated form)
• ʻakolo (“attempt to creep”, verb)
• ʻōkolo

Borrowed from Esperanto kolo, Latin collum, Italian collo, Spanish cuello.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolo/
• Rhymes: -olo

kolo (plural koli)

1. (anatomy) neck

From Proto-Finnic *kolo (“hole”) +‎ -o. Cognates include Finnish kolo and Estonian kolu.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkolo/, [ˈko̞ɫo̞ˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkoloi̯/, [ˈko̞ɫo̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -olo, -oloi̯
• Hyphenation: ko‧lo

kolo

1. shelf used to keep icons on

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 190

kolo

1. trouble; disturbance

kolo

1. tax debt

• koło (alternative writing)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kȍlo.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkoɫo/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈkolo/

kolo n

1. wheel
2. (in the plural) cart
3. zodiac
4. breaking wheel

• Czech: kolo

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “kolo”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Borrowed from Latin caulis.

kōlo m

1. savoy

• German: Kohl

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kȍlo. First attested in 1473.

kolo n

1. wheel (round device allowing vehicles to move)
2. breaking wheel
3. circle (round shape)

kolo [with genitive]

1. around (close to, in the vicinity of)
2. around (at the approximate time of)
3. around (surrounding, forming a circle around)

kolo

1. around; in relation to

• Pannonian Rusyn: кoло (kolo)
• Slovak: kolo

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “kolo”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

From Dutch kool.

kolo

1. cabbage

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.lɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlɔ
• Syllabification: ko‧lo

Clipping of kolega.

kolo m pers

1. (colloquial) bloke

Clipping of kolokwium.

kolo n

1. (education, university slang) midterm exam conducted mainly by a university

   Synonyms: kolokwium, kolos, sprawdzian

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian kȍlo. Doublet of koło

kolo n

1. kolo (national folk dance common in regions pertaining to South Slavic people, performed in a circle)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kolo f

1. vocative singular of kola

• kolo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kolo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

kolo

1. water

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolo.

• IPA^(key): /kôlo/
• Hyphenation: ko‧lo

kȍlo n (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ло)

1. wheel

   kolo sreće ― wheel of fortune

2. kolo

   Na njihovu sambu, mi ćemo kolo. ― To their samba, we're gonna dance kolo. (quote from the movie Montevideo, Bog te video!)

3. level, phase, volume, round, stage

• “kolo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolo. Etymology 1 sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Rad. First attested in the 16th century.

• IPA^(key): /kɔlóː/

kolọ̑ n

1. wheel
3. bicycle

   Synonym: bicíkel

• kóla

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /kóːlɔ/

kọ̑lo n

1. kolo (dance)

• “kolo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “kolo”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Borrowed from Dutch kool.

kolo

1. cabbage

Cf. Alcozauca Mixtec ko̱ꞌló, Chayuco Mixtec colo, Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec kolo, San Juan Colorado Mixtec colo, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec cóhló, Sinicahua Mixtec koꞌlo, Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec kolo, Yosondúa Mixtec koꞌlo.

kolo

1. turkey cock

• F. de Williams, Judith; Ojeda Morales, Gerardo; Torres Benavides, Liborio (2017), Diccionario mixteco de San Andrés Yutatío, Tezoatlán, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 49)‎^[4] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 105

From Proto-Oceanic [Term?] (compare Fijian koro).

• IPA^(key): /ko.lo/

kolo

1. village

From Proto-Finnic *kolo (“hole”) +‎ -o. Cognates include Ingrian kolo and Finnish kolo.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkolo/, [ˈkoɫo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: ko‧lo

kolo

1. icon case, kiot

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “kolo”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

kolo

1. turkey cock

   Coordinate term: tiu̱ún (“turkey hen”)

• Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Tu̱ꞌun na̱ ñuu Ki̱yaa xíꞌin na̱ xiyo oeste ñuu Skuíya: Mixteco del oeste de Juxtlahuaca, Oaxaca‎^[5], third edition (overall work in Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec and Spanish), 2014, page 8

• IPA^(key): /kó.ló/

kóló

1. money box
2. piggy bank, bank