koro
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
koro (uncountable)
- (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[edit]
- Mathes B. F. (1859). Makassaarsch-Hollandsch Woordenboek. Amsterdam: Het Nederlandsch Bijbelgenootschap te Amsterdam, p. 43 ("inkrimping van het gemak").
Anagrams[edit]
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin cor. Doublet of kero.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
koro (accusative singular koron, plural koroj, accusative plural korojn)
Fijian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Central-Pacific *koro, from Proto-Oceanic *koro (compare Tongan kolo).
Noun[edit]
koro
- town
- village (use koro lailai to specify that it's smaller in size than a town)
- settlement
Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Probably borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᛊᚲᛟᚱᛟ (*skoro), from Proto-Germanic *skurō.
Noun[edit]
koro
Declension[edit]
Inflection of koro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | koro | korot | |
genitive | koron | korojen | |
partitive | koroa | koroja | |
illative | koroon | koroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | koro | korot | |
accusative | nom. | koro | korot |
gen. | koron | ||
genitive | koron | korojen | |
partitive | koroa | koroja | |
inessive | korossa | koroissa | |
elative | korosta | koroista | |
illative | koroon | koroihin | |
adessive | korolla | koroilla | |
ablative | korolta | koroilta | |
allative | korolle | koroille | |
essive | korona | koroina | |
translative | koroksi | koroiksi | |
instructive | — | koroin | |
abessive | korotta | koroitta | |
comitative | — | koroineen |
Possessive forms of koro (type valo) | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | koroni | koromme |
2nd person | korosi | koronne |
3rd person | koronsa |
Etymology 2[edit]
Back-formation from korottaa.
Noun[edit]
koro
- (ballistics) elevation (angle)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of koro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | koro | korot | |
genitive | koron | korojen | |
partitive | koroa | koroja | |
illative | koroon | koroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | koro | korot | |
accusative | nom. | koro | korot |
gen. | koron | ||
genitive | koron | korojen | |
partitive | koroa | koroja | |
inessive | korossa | koroissa | |
elative | korosta | koroista | |
illative | koroon | koroihin | |
adessive | korolla | koroilla | |
ablative | korolta | koroilta | |
allative | korolle | koroille | |
essive | korona | koroina | |
translative | koroksi | koroiksi | |
instructive | — | koroin | |
abessive | korotta | koroitta | |
comitative | — | koroineen |
Possessive forms of koro (type valo) | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | koroni | koromme |
2nd person | korosi | koronne |
3rd person | koronsa |
Anagrams[edit]
Fur[edit]
Noun[edit]
koro (plurale tantum)
References[edit]
- Angelika Jakobi, A Fur Grammar: Phonology, Morphophonology, and Morphology (1990)
- Arthur Charles Beaton, A grammar of the Fur language (1968)
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
koro
Khoekhoe[edit]
< 4 | 5 | 6 > |
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Cardinal : koro | ||
Numeral[edit]
koro
Lindu[edit]
Noun[edit]
koro
Maori[edit]
Noun[edit]
koro (used in the form koro-a)
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
kòro f
Nupe[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kòrò (plural kòròzhì)
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
koro
Etymology 3[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
koro
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
koro f
Rapa Nui[edit]
Noun[edit]
koro
Usage notes[edit]
Considered archaic; the following are preferred:
Yoruba[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kòró
- (colloquial) corona (disease)
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
korò
- to be bitter
Derived terms[edit]
- korò bí ewúro (“to be as bitter as bitter leaf”)
Etymology 3[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kóró
Derived terms[edit]
- dúdú bí kóró iṣin (“to be as dark as an ackee seed”)
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