tolo

From Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

tolo

1. three

• 2021, Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis (阿美語中部方言辭典) (in Mandarin Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples.

From a contraction of the determiner too (“all”) + neuter singular article lo (“the”).

tolo n (masculine tol, feminine tola, masculine plural tolos, feminine plural toles)

1. all the

tolo

1. front
2. forehead

Borrowed from French toile.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtolo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: to‧lo

tolo (accusative singular tolon, plural toloj, accusative plural tolojn)

1. linen cloth

• tolaĵo

Unknown. Perhaps from *tollo, from *toldo, from Vulgar Latin *tollĭtus (“removed”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈtolo̝/

tolo m (plural tolos, feminine tola, feminine plural tolas)

1. madman, crazy

   Synonyms: doudo, louco

tolo m (feminine singular tola, masculine plural tolos, feminine plural tolas)

1. mad; insane; crazy

   Synonyms: doudo, louco

• tolaxe
• tolear
• tolemia

• “tolo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “tolo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “tolo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɔlɔ]

tolo (Lontara spelling ᨈᨚᨒᨚ)

1. stupid

• tôlo (superseded)

Unknown. Maybe from Latin stolidus (“foolish”) or tōles (“tonsilitis”).

• Hyphenation: to‧lo

tolo (feminine tola, masculine plural tolos, feminine plural tolas, comparable, comparative mais tolo, superlative o mais tolo or tolíssimo, diminutive tolinho)

1. foolish; silly (having or characterised by poor judgement or little intelligence)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

   Pare de ser tolo e comece a pensar.

   Stop being foolish and start thinking.

   Infelizmente, o que fizemos foi extremamente tolo.

   Unfortunately, what we did was extremely foolish.

tolo m (plural tolos, feminine tola, feminine plural tolas)

1. fool, idiot (foolish person)

   Synonyms: (Brazil) bobo, idiota, bobalhão; see also Thesaurus:idiota

• → Malay: tolol
  • → Indonesian: tolol

tolo

1. sugar cane

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

tolo

1. three