kolo

Borrowing 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.

From Old Czech kolo, from Proto-Slavic *kolo, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkolo]

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kolo n

1. bicycle, bike

   Synonyms: jízdní kolo, bicykl

2. wheel
3. (sports) round

• kolo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kolo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• kolo in Internetová jazyková příručka

Common Romance, from Latin collum.

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

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

1. neck

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

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

kolo

1. hole
2. groove
3. notch, indentation
4. burrow, den

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

kolo

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

• 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)

kolo (plural koli)

1. (anatomy) neck

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

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkolo/, [ˈko̞ɫo̞]
• (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

Borrowed from Latin caulis.

kolo m

1. savoy

• German: Kohl

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, slang) a midterm exam conducted mainly by a university

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian kolo.

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

From Proto-Slavic *kolo, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlom (“circle”), *kʷékʷlos.

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

kȍlo n (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ло)

1. wheel
2. kolo
3. level, phase, volume, round, stage

• okolina
• spavaća kola

• “kolo” in Hrvatski jezični portal

From Proto-Slavic *kolo, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlom (“circle”), *kʷékʷlos. The sense "bicycle" is probably a calque of German Rad.

• IPA^(key): /kɔlóː/

kolọ̑ n

1. wheel
2. bicycle

• (bicycle): bicíkel

• IPA^(key): /kóːlɔ/

kọ̑lo n

1. kolo (dance)

• “kolo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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)‎ (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 105

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

• IPA^(key): /ko.lo/

kolo

1. village

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

kolo

1. turkey cock

• tiu̱ún (“turkey hen”)

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

• IPA^(key): /kó.ló/

kóló

1. money box
2. piggy bank, bank