different between koro vs kolo

English

Etymology

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

koro (uncountable)

1. (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

• Mathes B. F. (1859). Makassaarsch-Hollandsch Woordenboek. Amsterdam: Het Nederlandsch Bijbelgenootschap te Amsterdam, p. 43 ("inkrimping van het gemak").

Anagrams

• Kroo, kroo, roko, rook

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin cor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?koro/
• Hyphenation: ko?ro

Noun

koro (accusative singular koron, plural koroj, accusative plural korojn)

1. heart
2. clapper (tongue of a bell)

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *koro, from Proto-Oceanic *koro (compare Tongan kolo).

Noun

koro

1. town
2. village (use koro lailai to specify that it's smaller in size than a town)
3. settlement

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?koro/, [?ko?ro?]
• Rhymes: -oro
• Syllabification: ko?ro

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skur?.

Noun

koro

1. (heraldry) line of partition, line
2. (botany) open scar

Declension

Etymology 2

Back-formation from korottaa.

Noun

koro

1. (ballistics) elevation (angle)

Declension

Anagrams

• orko

Fur

Noun

koro (plurale tantum)

1. water

References

• Angelika Jakobi, A Fur Grammar: Phonology, Morphophonology, and Morphology (1990)
• Arthur Charles Beaton, A grammar of the Fur language (1968)

Japanese

Romanization

koro

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Khoekhoe

Numeral

koro

1. five

Lindu

Noun

koro

1. body
2. self

Maori

Noun

koro (used in the form koro-a)

1. grandfather

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kòro f

1. (non-standard since 1917) definite singular of kòru

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.r?/

Noun

koro f

1. vocative singular of kora

Rapa Nui

Noun

koro

1. (archaic) father

Usage notes

Considered archaic; the following are preferred:

• matu'a tamaaroa
• matu'a tane

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??l??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ko?lo?/

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)

Translations

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.

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kolo, from Proto-Indo-European *k?ek?lom (“circle”), *k?ék?los.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kolo/

Noun

kolo n

1. bicycle, bike

   Synonyms: jízdní kolo, bicykl

2. wheel
3. (sports) round

Declension

Derived terms

• kolový
• kole?ko n
• kolob?žka f
• kolovrat m
• kolomaz
• kolem
• okolí
• soukolí

Further reading

• kolo in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• kolo in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Esperanto

Etymology

Common Romance, from Latin collum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kolo/
• Hyphenation: ko?lo
• Rhymes: -olo
• Audio:

Noun

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

1. neck

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kolo, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kol?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kolo/, [?ko?lo?]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: ko?lo

Noun

kolo

1. hole
2. groove
3. notch, indentation
4. burrow, den

Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kolo?/, [?ko?lo?(?)]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: ko?lo

Verb

kolo

1. Indicative present connegative form of koloa.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of koloa.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of koloa.

Anagrams

• olko

Hausa

Noun

k?l? m (plural k?l??y?, possessed form k?lon)

1. A fixed-pitch drum, similar to the jauje.

Noun

k?l? m (possessed form k?lon)

1. (derogatory) dog (abusive way to refer to a person)

Ido

Noun

kolo (plural koli)

1. (anatomy) neck

Karao

Noun

kolo

1. trouble; disturbance

Lindu

Noun

kolo

1. tax debt

Old High German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caulis.

Noun

kolo m

1. savoy

Descendants

• German: Kohl

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch kool.

Noun

kolo

1. cabbage

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.l?/

Noun

kolo f

1. vocative singular of kola

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kolo, from Proto-Indo-European *k?ek?lom (“circle”), *k?ék?los.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

k?lo n (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. wheel
2. kolo
3. level, phase, volume, round, stage

Declension

Related terms

• okolina
• spava?a kola

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kolo, from Proto-Indo-European *k?ek?lom (“circle”), *k?ék?los. The sense "bicycle" is probably a calque of German Rad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?ló?/

Noun

kol?? n

1. wheel
2. bicycle

Inflection

Synonyms

• (bicycle): bicíkel

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kó?l?/

Noun

k??lo n

1. kolo (dance)

Inflection

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kool.

Noun

kolo

1. cabbage

Tezoatlán Mixtec

Etymology

Cf. Alcozauca Mixtec ko??ló, Chayuco Mixtec colo, Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec kolo, San Juan Colorado Mixtec colo, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec cóhló, Sinicahua Mixtec ko?lo, Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec kolo, Yosondúa Mixtec ko?lo.

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)?^[1] (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

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 terms

• tiu?ún (“turkey hen”)

References

• Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Tu??un na? ñuu Ki?yaa xí?in na? xiyo oeste ñuu Skuíya: Mixteco del oeste de Juxtlahuaca, Oaxaca?^[2] (in Mixtec and Spanish), third edition, 2014, page 8