kolf

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Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Dutch kolf, from Middle Dutch colve, from Proto-West Germanic *kolbō, from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (round object), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (to form into a ball).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

kolf (plural kolwe, diminutive kolfie)

  1. bat; club; an object which becomes wider to the end
  2. any of the bats or clubs used in various sports

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

kolf (present kolf, present participle kolwende, past participle gekolf)

  1. to bat; to hit with a bat
  2. (intransitive) to take a turn at batting

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch colve, from Proto-West Germanic *kolbō, from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (round object), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (to form into a ball).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kolf f or m (plural kolven, diminutive kolfje n)

  1. the blunt end of something
    1. rifle butt, stock
      • 2015 July 25, Edwin Ruis, “Nederlandse zoeaven in dienst van de paus”, in Historiek:
        De boomlange Hollander zou met de kolf van zijn geweer veertien Roodhemden hebben gedood, voordat zij hem neerstaken.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. flask with a narrow neck and a wide base
  3. ear of maize/corn
  4. spadix

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Afrikaans: kolf
  • Indonesian: kolf

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “kuklba(n)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch kolf, from Middle Dutch colve, from Proto-West Germanic *kolbō, from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (round object), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (to form into a ball).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔlf]
  • Hyphenation: kolf

Noun[edit]

kolf (first-person possessive kolfku, second-person possessive kolfmu, third-person possessive kolfnya)

  1. flask, a unit for blood product.