different between koto vs kolo

English

Etymology

From Japanese ? (koto).

Noun

koto (plural kotos)

1. (music) A Japanese stringed instrument having numerous strings, usually seven or thirteen, that are stretched over a convex wooden sounding board and are plucked with three plectra, worn on the thumb, index finger, and middle finger of one hand.
   • 1962, Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle, in Four Novels of the 1960s, Library of America 2007, p. 94:

     Seated on the soft carpet with their drinks, they listened to a recording of koto, Japanese thirteen-string harp.

Derived terms

• kotoist

Translations

Anagrams

• Koot, Otok, toko, toko-, took

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ko?.to?/
• Hyphenation: ko?to
• Rhymes: -o?to?

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sranan Tongo koto, from English coat.

Noun

koto m (plural koto's)

1. A traditional Surinamese dress, traditionally worn by women of African descent.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese ? (koto).

Noun

koto m (plural koto's)

1. A koto; a Japanese stringed instrument.

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?koto/
• Hyphenation: ko?to
• Rhymes: -oto

Noun

koto (accusative singular koton, plural kotoj, accusative plural kotojn)

1. mud

Derived terms

• kota (muddy)
• kotanimulo (“low-minded person”)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?koto/, [?ko?t?o?]
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: ko?to

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *koto, which is derived from Proto-Finnic *kota. Cognate with Estonian kodu.

Noun

koto

1. (archaic) home
   • 1855 — Aleksis Kivi, Koto ja kahleet [1]

     Hän muisteli kotoansa kivisellä aholla yläpuolella vihantoja peltoja ja korkean vuoren alla.

Declension

Synonyms

• koti

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Japanese ? (koto)

Noun

koto

1. (music) koto (instrument)

Declension

Anagrams

• koot, toko

French

Etymology

From Japanese ? (koto).

Pronunciation

Noun

koto m (plural kotos)

1. koto (musical instruments)

See also

• koto on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Further reading

• “koto” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Japanese

Romanization

koto

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Madurese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

Noun

koto (plural kotokoto)

1. louse (insect)

Sambali

Noun

koto

1. louse (insect)

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English coat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ko.to/

Noun

koto

1. A traditional African-Surinamese dress.

Descendants

• ? Dutch: koto

Votic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

koto (genitive koo, partitive [please provide])

1. house, home

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• "koto" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat

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