koloni

See also: kolonî

Danish

Etymology

From Latin colonia.

Noun

koloni c (singular definite kolonien, plural indefinite kolonier)

1. colony

Inflection

Declension of koloni

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	koloni	kolonien	kolonier	kolonierne
genitive	kolonis	koloniens	koloniers	koloniernes

Derived terms

• kolonial
• kolonialforretning
• kolonialhandel
• kolonialhandler
• kolonialisme
• kolonialist
• kolonialistisk
• kolonialvare
• kolonidyr
• kolonihave
• kolonihavebevægelse
• kolonihaveforening
• kolonihavehus
• kolonihaveområde
• koloniherre
• koloniimperie
• koloniimperium
• kolonikrig
• kolonimagt
• kolonirige
• kolonisation
• kolonisator
• kolonisere
• kolonisering
• kolonist
• kolonistil
• kolonistyre
• kolonitid
• kunstnerkoloni

References

• “koloni” in Den Danske Ordbog

Finnish

Noun

koloni

1. inflection of kolo:
   1. first-person singular possessive form of nominative/genitive singular
   2. first-person singular possessive form of nominative/accusative plural

Anagrams

• klooni, likoon, olinko

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• kolonie (1901–1947)

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch kolonie, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), colō (“till, cultivate, worship”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /koˈloni/ [koˈlo.ni]
• Rhymes: -oni
• Syllabification: ko‧lo‧ni

Noun

koloni (plural koloni-koloni)

1. colony,
   1. (government, politics) a governmental unit created on land of another country owned by colonists from a country; region or governmental unit created by another country and generally ruled by another country

      Synonyms: jajahan, tanah jajahan

   2. (government, politics) a group of people with the same interests or ethnic origin concentrated in a particular geographic area
   3. (zoology) a group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association

Alternative forms

• colonie (1901–1947)

Derived terms

• berkoloni

• koloni jaringan
• koloni rayap
• koloni sel

Related terms

• kolonial
• kolonialis
• kolonialisme
• kolonialitas
• kolonis

Further reading

• “koloni”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin colonia.

Noun

koloni m (definite singular kolonien, indefinite plural kolonier, definite plural koloniene)

1. a colony

Derived terms

• fuglekoloni
• kolonimakt
• kolonist
• kolonitid
• kronkoloni
• straffekoloni

Related terms

• kolonisere

References

• “koloni” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin colonia.

Noun

koloni m (definite singular kolonien, indefinite plural koloniar, definite plural koloniane)

1. a colony

Derived terms

• fuglekoloni
• kolonimakt
• kolonist
• kolonitid
• kronkoloni
• straffekoloni

References

• “koloni” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon)bor.

Latin cōlon

English colonbor.

Swahili koloni

Borrowed from English colon.

Noun

koloni class IX (plural koloni class X)

1. colon (punctuation mark)

   Synonyms: nukta mbili, nukta pacha

See also

Punctuation

• ritifaa, apostrofi ( ' ) ( ’ )
• mabano ya mraba ( { } )
• mabano ya maua ( [ ] )
• nukta mbili, nukta pacha, koloni ( : )
• alama ya mkato, koma ( , )
• kistariungio ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
• alama ya mshangao ( ! )
• alama ya mkwaju ( ⁄ )
• kistariungio ( - ) ( ‐ )
• mabano, parandesi, braketi ( ( ) )
• nukta ( . )
• alama ya swali ( ? )
• alama ya kunukuu ( ‘ ’ ‚ ) ( “ ” „ )
• nukta mkato ( ; )
• alama ya mkwaju ( / )

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti

Proto-Italic *kʷelō

Latin colō

Latin colōnus

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin colōniader.

Middle English colane

English colonybor.

Swahili koloni

Borrowed from English colony.

Noun

koloni class V (plural makoloni class VI)

1. colony

Derived terms

• kikoloni (“colonial”)
• mkoloni (“colonialist”)
• ukoloni (“colonialism”)

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin colonia.

Noun

koloni c

1. a colony

Declension

Declension of koloni

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	koloni	kolonis
	definite	kolonin	kolonins
plural	indefinite	kolonier	koloniers
	definite	kolonierna	koloniernas

Derived terms

• barnkoloni
• bäverkoloni
• fågelkoloni
• fångkoloni
• hägerkoloni
• kollo
• koloniförening
• koloniland
• kolonilott
• koloniområde
• kolonistuga
• koloniträdgård
• konstnärskoloni
• korallkoloni
• kronkoloni
• skarvkoloni
• sommarkoloni
• straffkoloni
• svenskkoloni
• sälkoloni

Related terms

• kolonial
• kolonisation
• kolonisera
• kolonist

References

• “koloni”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “koloni”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “koloni”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English colony.

Noun

koloni

1. colony

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قولونی (koloni, “colony”), from French colonie, from Latin colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from Latin colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from Proto-Italic *kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move, to turn (around), to revolve around, and therefore to sojourn, to dwell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ko.loˈni/, (some speakers) /koˈlo.ni/
• Hyphenation: ko‧lo‧ni

Noun

koloni (definite accusative koloniyi, plural koloniler)

1. colony (region or governmental unit)

   Synonyms: sömürge, (archaic) müstemleke

2. colony (group of people who settle such an area)
3. colony (group of people residing in a different country, city, or area)
4. (biology) colony (group of organisms)

Derived terms

• kolonileşmek

Related terms

• dekolonizasyon
• kolonial
• kolonist
• kolonizasyon
• kolonizatör
• kolonize
• kolonyal
• kolonyalist
• kolonyalizm

Further reading

• “koloni”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “koloni”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “koloni”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “koloni”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2659