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4-letter words (2 found)

KOLO,LOOK,

3-letter words (1 found)

LOO,

2-letter words (4 found)

KO,LO,OK,OO,

You can make 7 words from kolo according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of kolo

kolo oklo kloo lkoo olko loko kool okol kool okol ookl ookl kloo lkoo kolo oklo loko olko olok look oolk oolk look olok

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Definitions and meaning of kolo

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)
  2. A mixed grain dish from East Africa

Translations

Anagrams

  • Look, kool, look

Bambara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kóloò]

Noun

kolo

  1. (anatomy) bone

References

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

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkolo]

Noun

kolo n

  1. bicycle, bike
    Synonyms: jízdní kolo, bicykl
  2. wheel
  3. (sports) round

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

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

Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance, from Latin collum.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. neck

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kolo

  1. hole, dent, groove (hollow place or cavity)
  2. notch, indentation, recess
    Synonym: lovi
  3. burrow, den (tunnel or hole dug by a small creature)
Declension
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “kolo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Verb

kolo

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

Anagrams

  • olko

Hausa

Pronunciation

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

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)

Ido

Noun

kolo (plural koli)

  1. (anatomy) neck

Ingrian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kolo

  1. shelf used to keep icons on

Declension

References

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

Karao

Noun

kolo

  1. trouble; disturbance

Lindu

Noun

kolo

  1. tax debt

Old Czech

Alternative forms

  • koło (alternative writing)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolo.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kolo n

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

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Czech: kolo

Further reading

  • 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

Old High German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caulis.

Noun

kolo m

  1. savoy

Descendants

  • German: Kohl

Old Slovak

Etymology

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

Noun

kolo n

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

Preposition

kolo [+genitive]

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

Adverb

kolo

  1. around; in relation to

Descendants

  • Slovak: kolo

References

  • 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

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch kool.

Noun

kolo

  1. cabbage

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.lɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlɔ
  • Syllabification: ko‧lo

Etymology 1

Clipping of kolega.

Noun

kolo m pers

  1. (colloquial) bloke
Declension

Etymology 2

Clipping of kolokwium.

Noun

kolo n

  1. (education, university slang) midterm exam conducted mainly by a university
    Synonyms: kolokwium, kolos, sprawdzian
Declension

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian kolo. Doublet of koło

Noun

kolo n

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

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kolo f

  1. vocative singular of kola

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolo

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kȍlo n (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ло)

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

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • “kolo” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolo. The sense "bicycle" is probably a calque of German Rad.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔlóː/

Noun

kolọ̑ n

  1. wheel
  2. bicycle
    Synonym: bicíkel
Inflection

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kóːlɔ/

Noun

kọ̑lo n

  1. kolo (dance)
Inflection

Further reading

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

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kool.

Noun

kolo

  1. cabbage

Tezoatlán Mixtec

Etymology

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.

Noun

kolo

  1. turkey cock

References

  • 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)‎[2] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 105

Tongan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko.lo/

Noun

kolo

  1. village

Votic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kolo

  1. icon case, kiot

Inflection

References

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

Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec

Etymology

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

Noun

kolo

  1. turkey cock

Coordinate terms

  • tiu̱ún (“turkey hen”)

References

  • Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Tu̱ꞌun na̱ ñuu Ki̱yaa xíꞌin na̱ xiyo oeste ñuu Skuíya: Mixteco del oeste de Juxtlahuaca, Oaxaca‎[3] (in Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec and Spanish), third edition, 2014, page 8

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kó.ló/

Noun

kóló

  1. money box
  2. piggy bank, bank

Source: wiktionary.org