different between coll vs coly

English

Etymology

From Old French coler, acoler (“accoll, throw arms round neck of”); ultimately from Latin ad + collum (“neck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?l/
• Homophone: call (with the cot-caught merger)

Verb

coll (third-person singular simple present colls, present participle colling, simple past and past participle colled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To hug or embrace.

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Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?k??/

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan, from Latin collum.

Noun

coll m (plural colls)

1. (anatomy) neck
2. (anatomy) throat

   Synonym: gola

3. (clothing) collar (part of a garment)
4. neckline
5. (card games) suit

Derived terms

• collada
• collejar
• colltort

Etymology 2

From Latin colle, collis (“hill”).

Noun

coll m (plural colls)

2. (archaic or regional) hill

   Synonyms: puig, turó

3. col, pass (through hills)

   Synonym: pas

Derived terms

• collet

Further reading

• “coll” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “coll” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “coll” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.

Irish

Alternative forms

• call (Ulster)

Etymology

From Old Irish coll, from Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”) (compare Welsh cyll).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /kal??/ (corresponding to the alternative form call)

Noun

coll m (genitive singular coill)

1. hazel (“wood of a hazelnut tree”)

Declension

Derived terms

• cnó coill
• crann coill

Mutation

References

• "coll" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kol?/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”), from Proto-Indo-European *koselos (“hazel”) (compare Welsh cyll).

Noun

coll m

1. hazel (tree)

Inflection

Descendants

• Irish: coll
• Manx: coull
• Scottish Gaelic: coll

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *koldom (“destruction”).

Noun

coll n

1. destruction, injury, violation

Inflection

Descendants

• Scottish Gaelic: coll

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 coll (‘hazel tree’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “2 coll (‘destruction’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish coll (“hazel”), from Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”) (compare Welsh cyll).

Noun

coll m

1. hazel (tree)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish coll (“destruction”), from Proto-Celtic *koldom (“destruction”).

Noun

coll m

1. destruction

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

New Latin colius, probably from Ancient Greek ?????? (koliós, “a kind of woodpecker”).

Noun

coly (plural colies)

1. Any bird of either of the genera Colius or Urocolius, endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.
   • 1999, Michael A. Mares, Mousebird, entry in Encyclopedia of Deserts, page 378,

     Coliiformes is the only order of birds endemic to Africa. Six species from two genera (Urocolius and Colius) are recognized, all of which are sedentary. Mousebirds (also known as colies) range through sub-Saharan open savannas and are often common in such areas.

Usage notes

Extant species of order Coliiformes are classified into the genera Colius and Urocolius, both in family Coliidae.

Synonyms

• (bird): mousebird

See also

• Coliiformes (order)
• Coliidae (family)

Anagrams

• cloy