kolo

See also: Kolo, koló, kóló, kôlo, kôlô, koło, Koło, kòło, and kɔlɔ

Languages (27)

English

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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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

national folk dance

• Hungarian: kóló (hu)
• Polish: kolo (pl) n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ко̏ло n

  Latin: kȍlo (sh) n

• Slovene: kolo (sl) n

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.

Bokar

Noun

kolo

1. wheel

References

• 欧阳觉亚 (1985), “kolo”, in 珞巴族語言简志:崩尼-博嘎尔语‎^[2], Beijing: 民族出版社, →OCLC, page 107

Breton

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos

Proto-Celtic *kolmos

Proto-Brythonic *koloβ̃

Breton kolo

Inherited from Proto-Brythonic *koloβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *kolmos. Cognate with Cornish cala and Welsh calaf, borrowed from equivalent Latin culmus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolo/, [ˈkoːlo]

Noun

kolo m (collective, singulative koloenn)

1. straw

Mutation

Mutation of kolo

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
kolo	golo	c'holo	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkolo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: ko‧lo

Noun

kolo n (relational adjective kolový, diminutive kolečko)

1. bicycle, bike

   Synonyms: jízdní kolo, bicykl

2. wheel
3. (sports) round

Declension

Declension of kolo (hard neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	kolo	kola
genitive	kola	kol
dative	kolu	kolům
accusative	kolo	kola
vocative	kolo	kola
locative	kole	kolech
instrumental	kolem	koly

Derived terms

nouns

• čtyrkolka
• čtyřkolka
• dvojkolka
• dvoukolka
• elektrokolo
• jednokolka
• jízdní kolo
• koloběh
• koloběžka
• kolotoč
• lehokolo
• trojkolka
• tříkolka

Related terms

adverb

• kolem

nouns

• kolář
• kolečko
• koloběžka
• kolomaz
• kolovrat
• okolí
• soukolí

Further reading

• “kolo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kolo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kolo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance, from Latin collum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolo/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Audio 3:

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• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: ko‧lo

Noun

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

1. neck

Derived terms

• kolumo (“collar”)
• markolo (“strait”)
• uterkolo (“cervix”)

Finnish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kolo

1. hole, dent, groove, nook (hollow place or cavity, especially a small one)
2. notch, indentation, recess

   Synonym: lovi

3. dimple (small depression or indentation in generic surface)
4. burrow, den (tunnel or hole dug by a small creature)

Declension

Inflection of kolo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		kolo	kolot
genitive		kolon	kolojen
partitive		koloa	koloja
illative		koloon	koloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kolo	kolot
accusative	nom.	kolo	kolot
	gen.	kolon
genitive		kolon	kolojen
partitive		koloa	koloja
inessive		kolossa	koloissa
elative		kolosta	koloista
illative		koloon	koloihin
adessive		kololla	koloilla
ablative		kololta	koloilta
allative		kololle	koloille
essive		kolona	koloina
translative		koloksi	koloiksi
abessive		kolotta	koloitta
instructive		—	koloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of kolo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative koloni koloni accusative nom. koloni koloni gen. koloni genitive koloni kolojeni partitive koloani kolojani inessive kolossani koloissani elative kolostani koloistani illative kolooni koloihini adessive kolollani koloillani ablative kololtani koloiltani allative kololleni koloilleni essive kolonani koloinani translative kolokseni koloikseni abessive kolottani koloittani instructive — — comitative — koloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative kolosi kolosi accusative nom. kolosi kolosi gen. kolosi genitive kolosi kolojesi partitive koloasi kolojasi inessive kolossasi koloissasi elative kolostasi koloistasi illative koloosi koloihisi adessive kolollasi koloillasi ablative kololtasi koloiltasi allative kolollesi koloillesi essive kolonasi koloinasi translative koloksesi koloiksesi abessive kolottasi koloittasi instructive — — comitative — koloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kolomme kolomme accusative nom. kolomme kolomme gen. kolomme genitive kolomme kolojemme partitive koloamme kolojamme inessive kolossamme koloissamme elative kolostamme koloistamme illative koloomme koloihimme adessive kolollamme koloillamme ablative kololtamme koloiltamme allative kolollemme koloillemme essive kolonamme koloinamme translative koloksemme koloiksemme abessive kolottamme koloittamme instructive — — comitative — koloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative kolonne kolonne accusative nom. kolonne kolonne gen. kolonne genitive kolonne kolojenne partitive koloanne kolojanne inessive kolossanne koloissanne elative kolostanne koloistanne illative koloonne koloihinne adessive kolollanne koloillanne ablative kololtanne koloiltanne allative kolollenne koloillenne essive kolonanne koloinanne translative koloksenne koloiksenne abessive kolottanne koloittanne instructive — — comitative — koloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative kolonsa kolonsa accusative nom. kolonsa kolonsa gen. kolonsa genitive kolonsa kolojensa partitive koloaan koloansa kolojaan kolojansa inessive kolossaan kolossansa koloissaan koloissansa elative kolostaan kolostansa koloistaan koloistansa illative koloonsa koloihinsa adessive kolollaan kolollansa koloillaan koloillansa ablative kololtaan kololtansa koloiltaan koloiltansa allative kololleen kolollensa koloilleen koloillensa essive kolonaan kolonansa koloinaan koloinansa translative kolokseen koloksensa koloikseen koloiksensa abessive kolottaan kolottansa koloittaan koloittansa instructive — — comitative — koloineen koloinensa

Derived terms

• koloa
• koloinen
• kolottaa

compounds

• hampaankolo
• hiirenkolo
• kaatokolo
• kallionkolo
• kaninkolo
• ketunkolo
• kivenkolo
• kololintu
• kolopallo
• kolopesijä
• kolopuu
• kolorauta
• koloverkosto
• kuusiokolo
• kuusiokoloavain
• murukoloinen
• myyränkolo
• pesäkolo
• puunkolo
• rotankolo

Further reading

• “kolo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tolo (“creep, crawl”), from Proto-Central Pacific *dolo "crawl along the ground", from Proto-Oceanic *dolo (“to crawl along the ground” – compare with Māori toro, Rarotongan toro, Tahitian toro, Samoan tolo, Tongan tolo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.lo/

Verb

kolo

1. (intransitive) to crawl
2. (intransitive) to grumble
3. (transitive) to drag, to tow

Derived terms

• hoʻokolo (causative)
• kolokolo (reduplicated form)
• ʻakolo (“attempt to creep”, verb)
• ʻōkolo

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto kolo, Latin collum, Italian collo, Spanish cuello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolo/
• Rhymes: -olo

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/, [ˈko̞ɫo̞ˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkoloi̯/, [ˈko̞ɫo̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -olo, -oloi̯
• Hyphenation: ko‧lo

Noun

kolo

1. shelf used to keep icons on

Declension

Declension of kolo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	kolo	kolot
genitive	kolon	kolloin, kololoin
partitive	kolloa	koloja, kololoja
illative	kolloo	kolloi, kololoihe
inessive	kolos	kolois, kololois
elative	kolost	koloist, kololoist
allative	kololle	koloille, kololoille
adessive	kolol	koloil, kololoil
ablative	kololt	koloilt, kololoilt
translative	koloks	koloiks, kololoiks
essive	kolonna, kolloon	koloinna, kololoinna, kolloin, kololoin
exessive1)	kolont	koloint, kololoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Slavic *kȍlo

Old Czech kolo

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kȍlo.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kolo n

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

Declension

Declension of kolo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	kolo	kole	kola
genitive	kola	kolú	kol
dative	kolu	koloma	kolóm
accusative	kolo	kole	kola
vocative	kolo	kole	kola
locative	kole, kolu	kolú	koléch
instrumental	kolem	koloma	koly

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Derived terms

• kolem
• koleso
• kolečko
• kolář
• okolek
• okolo
• okolé

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

kōlo 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 [with 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

• Pannonian Rusyn: кoло (kolo)
• 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/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔlɔ
• Syllabification: ko‧lo

Etymology 1

Clipping of kolega.

Noun

kolo m pers

1. (colloquial) bloke

Declension

Declension of kolo

	singular	plural
nominative	kolo	kolowie
genitive	kola	kolów
dative	kolowi	kolom
accusative	kola	kolów
instrumental	kolem	kolami
locative	kolu	kolach
vocative	kolu	kolowie

Etymology 2

Clipping of kolokwium.

Noun

kolo n

1. (education, university slang) midterm exam conducted mainly by a university

   Synonyms: kolokwium, kolos, sprawdzian

Declension

Declension of kolo

	singular	plural
nominative	kolo	kola
genitive	kola	koli
dative	kolu	kolom
accusative	kolo	kola
instrumental	kolem	kolami
locative	kolu	kolach
vocative	kolo	kola

Etymology 3

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Slavic *kȍlo

Serbo-Croatian kȍlobor.

Polish kolo

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian kȍlo. Doublet of koło

Noun

kolo n

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

Declension

Declension of kolo

	singular
nominative	kolo
genitive	kola
dative	kolu
accusative	kolo
instrumental	kolem
locative	kolu
vocative	kolo

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

Roviana

Noun

kolo

1. water

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Slavic *kȍlo

Serbo-Croatian kolo

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolo.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kȍlo n (Cyrillic spelling ко̏ло)

1. wheel

   kolo sreće ― wheel of fortune

2. kolo

   Na njihovu sambu, mi ćemo kolo. ― To their samba, we're gonna dance kolo. (quote from the movie Montevideo, Bog te video!)

3. level, phase, volume, round, stage

Declension

Declension of kolo

	singular	plural
nominative	kȍlo	kola
genitive	kola	kȏlā / kolésā
dative	kolu	kolima
accusative	kolo	kola
vocative	kolo	kola
locative	kolu	kolima
instrumental	kolom	kolima

Related terms

nouns

• kolar
• kolotečina
• okolina
• spavaća kola

Further reading

• “kolo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolo. Etymology 1 sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Rad. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔlóː/

Noun

kolọ̑ n

1. wheel
3. bicycle

   Synonym: bicíkel

Declension

Declension of kolo (neuter, s-stem)
nom. sing.	kolo
gen. sing.	kolesa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	kolo	kolesi	kolesa
accusative	kolo	kolesi	kolesa
genitive	kolesa	koles	koles
dative	kolesu	kolesoma	kolesom
locative	kolesu	kolesih	kolesih
instrumental	kolesom	kolesoma	kolesi

Related terms

• kóla

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kóːlɔ/

Noun

kọ̑lo n

1. kolo (dance)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Neuter, hard
nom. sing.	kólo
gen. sing.	kóla
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kólo	kóli	kóla
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kóla	kól	kól
dative (dajȃlnik)	kólu	kóloma	kólom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kólo	kóli	kóla
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kólu	kólih	kólih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kólom	kóloma	kóli

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)‎^[4] (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

Declension of kolo (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kolo	kolod
genitive	kolo	kolojõ, koloi
partitive	kolloa	koloitõ, koloi
illative	kollosõ, kollo	koloisõ
inessive	koloz	koloiz
elative	kolossõ	koloissõ
allative	kololõ	koloilõ
adessive	kolollõ	koloillõ
ablative	kololtõ	koloiltõ
translative	kolossi	koloissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

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 term: tiu̱ún (“turkey hen”)

References

• Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Tu̱ꞌun na̱ ñuu Ki̱yaa xíꞌin na̱ xiyo oeste ñuu Skuíya: Mixteco del oeste de Juxtlahuaca, Oaxaca‎^[5], third edition (overall work in Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec and Spanish), 2014, page 8

Yoruba

Kóló tí a máa ń fi pa ohun iyebíye mọ́.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kó.ló/

Noun

kóló

1. money box
2. piggy bank, bank