different between koro vs kore

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

From Ancient Greek ???? (kór?, “girl, maiden”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k???e?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ko?e?/

Noun

kore (plural korai or kores)

1. (art, sculpture) An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.
   • 1966, Spyros Meletz?s, Helen? A. Papadak?, Akropolis and Museum, page 42,

     Mus. No 685: Archaic kore of island marble (500-490 B. C.) 4 ft high. Attic work. This kore is not wearing the Ionian smile, but a look of solemn gravity. She does not gather up her robes with the left hand like the other kores, […] .

   • 1995, Irene Bald Romano, University of Pennsylvania Museum, The Terracotta Figurines and Related Vessels, page 14,

     Ducat believes that all the kore plastic vessels wearing transverse himatia ending in stepped folds over the abdomen originate in Rhodes (1966: 72).

   • 2002, Matthew Dillon, Girls and Women in Classical Greek Religion, page 9,

     Inscribed dedications often took the form of korai (singular: kore): statues, usually life-size or larger of female figures, generally goddesses.

Coordinate terms

• kouros (statue of a male)

Related terms

• korephilia

Translations

Further reading

• Kore (sculpture) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• kero, oker, roke

Afrikaans

Noun

kore

1. plural of koor

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *k?sra, from Proto-Indo-European *kars (“to scratch, rub”). Compare Lithuanian kar?šti (“comb, curry”), Latvian k??ršu (“wool comb”), Latin cardus (“thistle”), Middle High German harsten (“become hard, rough”).

Noun

kore f (indefinite plural kore, definite singular korja, definite plural koret)

1. scrub, crust (of baked products, wounds)

Related terms

• kothere
• kërce

Esperanto

Etymology

koro +? -e

Pronunciation

Adverb

kore

1. cordially, heartily

Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (kór?, “girl, maiden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kore/, [?ko?re?]
• Rhymes: -ore
• Syllabification: ko?re

Noun

kore

1. kore (Greek sculpture)

Declension

Speakers prefer not to inflect this word, and use it only for the nominative singular. If inflection is needed, the term kore-veistos (“kore-sculpture”) is used instead.

Synonyms

• kore-veistos

Anagrams

• kero

Japanese

Romanization

kore

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese correr.

Verb

kore

1. to run
2. to race
3. to hurry

Latvian

Noun

kore f (5th declension)

1. ridge
2. gable
3. comb
4. crest

Declension

Maori

Adjective

kore

1. without (not having)

Numeral

kore

1. zero

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

kore (present tense korar, past tense kora, past participle kora, passive infinitive korast, present participle korande, imperative kor)

1. to choir

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese correr and Spanish correr and Kabuverdianu kori and Kabuverdianu kore.

Verb

kore

1. to flow
2. to run

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

kore (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. third-person plural present indicative of koriti

Ternate

Noun

kore

1. wind (real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure)

Derived terms

• simote kore

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001). A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia. University of Pittsburgh