koliva

English

koliva

Alternative forms

• kollyba
• kollyva

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόλλυβα (kólluba, “small cakes”), from κόλλυβος (kóllubos, “small coin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒlɪvə/, /ˈkəʊlɪvə/

Noun

koliva (uncountable)

1. A dish made of sweetened boiled wheat, optionally mixed with nuts and spices, and used in Eastern Orthodox rituals to commemorate the dead or at slava.

Translations

dish of sweetened boiled wheat

• Bulgarian: коливо n (kolivo)
• Finnish: koliva
• Greek: κόλλυβα (el) n pl (kóllyva)
• Hebrew: קוֹליִבָה f (kolivá)
• Macedonian: блудец m (bludec), коливо n (kolivo)
• Polish: kutia (pl) f
• Romanian: colivă (ro) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ко̏љӣво n, жи̏то n

  Latin: kȍljīvo (sh) n, žȉto (sh) n

• Ukrainian: коливо n (kolyvo), кутя f (kutja)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from a Hellenic language.

Noun

koliva

1. (dialect) (Rize) boiled maize
2. (dialect) (Rize) boiled cereal in water