tolo

Amis

Amis cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tolo     Ordinal : sakatolo

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral

tolo

1. three

References

• “Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎^[1] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

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Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the determiner too (“all”) + neuter singular article lo (“the”).

Contraction

tolo n (masculine tol, feminine tola, masculine plural tolos, feminine plural toles)

1. all the

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Chamicuro

Noun

tolo

1. front
2. forehead

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French toile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtolo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: to‧lo

Noun

tolo (accusative singular tolon, plural toloj, accusative plural tolojn)

1. linen cloth

Derived terms

• tolaĵo

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Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from *tollo, from *toldo, from Vulgar Latin *tollĭtus (“removed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtolo̝/

Noun

tolo m (plural tolos, feminine tola, feminine plural tolas)

1. madman, crazy

   Synonyms: doudo, louco

Adjective

tolo m (plural tolos, feminine tola, feminine plural tolas)

1. mad; insane; crazy

   Synonyms: doudo, louco

Related terms

• tolear
• tolemia

References

• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “tolo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tôlo (superseded)

Etymology

Unknown. Maybe from Latin stolidus (“foolish”) or tōles (“tonsilitis”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈto.lu/
• Hyphenation: to‧lo

Adjective

1. foolish; silly (having or characterised by poor judgement or little intelligence)

   Pare de ser tolo e comece a pensar.

   Stop being foolish and start thinking.

   Infelizmente, o que fizemos foi extremamente tolo.

   Unfortunately, what we did was extremely foolish.

Synonyms

• (foolish): See here

Noun

tolo m (plural tolos, feminine tola, feminine plural tolas)

1. fool, idiot (foolish person)

   Synonyms: (Brazil) bobo, idiota, bobalhão

Synonyms

• (fool): See here

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Samoan

Noun

tolo

1. sugar cane

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Uma

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral

tolo

1. three