kolo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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)

Anagrams

• Look, kool, look

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kóloò]

Noun

kolo

1. (anatomy) bone

References

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

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kolo, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlom (“circle”), *kʷékʷlos. Jiří Rejzek claims a kinship to Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”) and wheel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolo/

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Noun

kolo n

1. bicycle, bike
2. wheel
3. (sport): round

Further reading

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

Etymology

Common Romance, from Latin collum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolo/

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• Hyphenation: ko‧lo

Noun

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

1. neck

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *kolV.

Noun

kolo

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

Verb

kolo

1. Indicative present connegative form of koloa.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of koloa.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of koloa.

Anagrams

• olko

Noun

kōlō m (plural kōlā̀yē, possessed form kōlon)

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

Noun

kōlō m (possessed form kōlon)

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

Noun

kolo (plural koli)

1. (anatomy) neck

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caulis.

Noun

kolo m

1. savoy

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kȍlo n (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ло)

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

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Etymology

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

Noun

kolo

1. village