Macedonian edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

колва (kolva) third-singular presentimpf (perfective исколва or колвне)

  1. (transitive) to pick up with one's beak (typically used to speak of birds eating seeds off the ground)
  2. (transitive) to hit with one's beak

Conjugation edit

Mariupol Greek edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek κόλλυβα (kólluba), reanalysed as a feminine singular. Cognates include Greek κόλλυβα (kóllyva).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkoɫvɐ]
  • Hyphenation: кол‧ва

Noun edit

ко́лва (kólvaf

  1. koliva

Declension edit

Declension of ко́лва
singular plural
nominative ко́лва (kólva) ко́лвис (kólvis)
oblique ко́лва (kólva) ко́лвис (kólvis)
*) Some dialects don't use the oblique plural form, instead using the nominative plural.

References edit

  • A. A. Diamantopulo-Rionis with D. L. Demerdzhi, A. M. Davydova-Diamantopulo, A. A. Shapurma, R. S. Kharabadot, and D. K. Patricha (2006) “ко́лва”, in Румейско-русский и русско-румейский словарь пяти диалектов греков Приазовья, Mariupol, →ISBN
  • G. A. Animica, M. P. Galikbarova (2013) Румеку глоса[1], Donetsk, page 75