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Yes. The word koro is a Scrabble US word. The word koro is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word koro is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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4-letter words (2 found)

KORO,ROOK,

3-letter words (4 found)

KOR,OOR,ROK,ROO,

2-letter words (4 found)

KO,OK,OO,OR,

You can make 10 words from koro according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of koro

koro okro kroo rkoo orko roko koor okor koor okor ookr ookr kroo rkoo koro okro roko orko orok rook oork oork rook orok

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Definitions and meaning of koro

koro

Etymology

Possibly from Makasar garring koro' (lit. koro illness, "shrinking of the toilet", Matthes 1859), Buginese, or Malay. See "Koro § Etymology and geographical background" at Wikipedia for a full discussion.

Noun

koro (uncountable)

  1. (psychology) A delusional syndrome found in Malay and southern Chinese populations, characterized by a belief that the subject's penis will retract into the abdomen and cause death.

References

  • Mathes B. F. (1859). Makassaarsch-Hollandsch Woordenboek. Amsterdam: Het Nederlandsch Bijbelgenootschap te Amsterdam, p. 43 ("inkrimping van het gemak").

Anagrams

  • Kroo, Orok, kroo, roko, rook

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin cor. Doublet of kero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkoro]
  • Audio:
  • Rhymes: -oro
  • Hyphenation: ko‧ro

Noun

koro (accusative singular koron, plural koroj, accusative plural korojn)

  1. heart
  2. clapper (tongue of a bell)

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *koro, from Proto-Oceanic *koro (compare Tongan kolo).

Noun

koro

  1. town
  2. village (use koro lailai to specify that it's smaller in size than a town)
  3. settlement

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoro/, [ˈko̞ro̞]
  • Rhymes: -oro
  • Syllabification(key): ko‧ro

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᛊᚲᛟᚱᛟ (*skoro), from Proto-Germanic *skurō.

Noun

koro

  1. (heraldry) line of partition, line
  2. (botany) open scar
Declension

Etymology 2

Back-formation from korottaa.

Noun

koro

  1. (ballistics) elevation (angle)
Declension

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic

Noun

koro (dialectal)

  1. Synonym of palokärki (“black woodpecker; Dryocopus martius”)
Declension

Anagrams

  • orko

Fur

Noun

koro (plurale tantum)

  1. water

References

  • Angelika Jakobi, A Fur Grammar: Phonology, Morphophonology, and Morphology (1990)
  • Arthur Charles Beaton, A grammar of the Fur language (1968)

Ingrian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, cognate with dialectal Finnish koro.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkoro/, [ˈko̞ro̞]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkoroi̯/, [ˈko̞ro̞i̯]
  • Rhymes: -oro, -oroi̯
  • Hyphenation: ko‧ro

Noun

koro

  1. Synonym of tulilintu

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 195

Japanese

Romanization

koro

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ころ

Khoekhoe

Numeral

koro

  1. five

Lindu

Noun

koro

  1. body
  2. self

Maori

Noun

koro (used in the form koro-a)

  1. grandfather

Ngambay

Etymology

Cognate with Kanuri kóró.

Pronunciation

Noun

koro

  1. ass, donkey

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kòro f

  1. (non-standard since 1917) definite singular of kòru

Nupe

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kò.ɾò/

Noun

kòrò (plural kòròzhì)

  1. neck
    Synonym: kpatsùn

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kō.ɾō/

Noun

koro

  1. navel; belly button

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kō.ɾō/

Noun

koro

  1. rheum; sleepy dust

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.rɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrɔ
  • Syllabification: ko‧ro

Noun

koro f

  1. vocative singular of kora

Rapa Nui

Noun

koro

  1. (archaic) father

Usage notes

Considered archaic; the following are preferred:

  • matu'a tamaaroa
  • matu'a tane

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish coro, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkoɾo/, [ˈko.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -oɾo
  • Homophone: Corro
  • Syllabification: ko‧ro

Noun

koro (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜓ)

  1. choir; chorus (group of singers performing together)
  2. (music) chorus (part of a song repeated between verses)
  3. (architecture) choir (part of a church for choir assembly)

Related terms

See also

Further reading

  • “koro”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Clipping of kòrónà.

Alternative forms

  • àrùn kòró

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kò.ɾó/

Noun

kòró

  1. (colloquial) corona (disease)

Etymology 2

Compare with Ifè korò

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kō.ɾò/

Verb

korò

  1. to be bitter
    Synonyms: lúkú, rorò
Derived terms
  • korò bí ewúro (“to be as bitter as bitter leaf”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kó.ɾó/

Noun

kóró

  1. seed; kernel
Derived terms
  • dúdú bí kóró iṣin (“to be as dark as an ackee seed”)

Source: wiktionary.org