kalo
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hawaiian kalo. Doublet of taro, from Maori.
Noun edit
kalo
- taro (Colocasia esculenta)
- 2010 December 31, Charles H. Fletcher, Robynne Boyd, William J. Neal, Virginia Tice, Living on the Shores of Hawaii: Natural Hazards, the Environment, and Our Communities, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 111:
- Three hundred varieties of kalo are named in the Hawaiian language, 85 of which are still known today. In addition to being the source of the staple Hawaiian food poi, kalo was also used for fishing bait and as a dye.
Anagrams edit
Angloromani edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Romani kalo, from Sanskrit काल (kāla).
Adjective edit
kalo
References edit
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Balkan Romani edit
Etymology edit
From Romani kalo, from Sanskrit काल (kāla).
Adjective edit
kalo
- (Bugurdži, Crimea, Kosovo Arli, Macedonian Arli, Sepečides, Sofia Erli, Ursari) black
- (Sepečides, Sofia Erli, Ursari) dark
- (Sepečides) dark-skinned
- (Sofia Erli) sooty
Noun edit
kalo m
- (Macedonian Arli) blackness
References edit
- “kalo” in Bugurdži Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
- “kalo” in Crimean Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
- “kalo” in Kosovo Arli Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
- “kalo” in Macedonian Arli Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
- “kalo” in Sepečides Romani-English dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
- “kalo” in Sofia Erli Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
- “kalo” in Ursari Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
Baltic Romani edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Romani kalo, from Sanskrit काल (kāla).
Adjective edit
kalo
Noun edit
kalo m
References edit
Bambara edit
Noun edit
kalo
Bikol Central edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kalò (Basahan spelling ᜃᜎᜓ)
Carpathian Romani edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Romani kalo, from Sanskrit काल (kāla).
Adjective edit
kalo
- (Burgenland, East Slovakia, Gurvari, Hungarian Vend) black
- (Burgenland, East Slovakia) dark
- (East Slovakia) cruel
- (East Slovakia) desperate
Noun edit
kalo m
- (East Slovakia) blackness, black color
- (East Slovakia) mourning (dress)
- (East Slovakia) Black (person), swarthy person
References edit
- “kalo” in Burgenland Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
- “kalo” in East Slovak Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
- “kalo” in Gurvari Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
- “kalo” in Hungarian Vend Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kalò
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kalo (accusative singular kalon, plural kaloj, accusative plural kalojn)
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *talo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs.
Noun edit
kalo
Descendants edit
- → English: kalo
Higaonon edit
Noun edit
kalo
Indonesian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Conjunction edit
kalo
- (informal, colloquial) Alternative form of kalau (“if; when”)
- 2018 June 6, Yulianto, “Bazar Ramadan di Balaikota Semarang Disambut Antusias Warga [Ramadan Bazaar at Semarang City Hall Welcomed by Enthusiastic Citizens]”, in Suara Merdeka[2], archived from the original on 27 October 2018:
- "Meski jauh datang dari Boja, gak masalah yang penting bisa belikan baju baru untuk anak saya buat Lebaran nanti. Soalnya, kalo sudah mepet hari Lebaran biasanya gak sempet lagi," ujarnya.
- "Even though it is far to come from Boja, it is not a problem, what's important is being able to buy new clothing for my son for Lebaran (Eid al-Fitr) later. The problem is, if/when it is already approaching the day for Lebaran, there is usually no chance anymore," she says.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
kalo (first-person possessive kaloku, second-person possessive kalomu, third-person possessive kalonya)
Javanese edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
kalo (Javanese spelling ꦏꦭꦺꦴ)
- type of bamboo sieve used to filter coconut milk
Latin edit
Verb edit
kalō (present infinitive kalāre, supine kalātum); first conjugation, no perfect stem
- Alternative form of calō
Conjugation edit
Malay edit
Etymology 1 edit
From kalau.
Conjunction edit
kalo (Jawi spelling کالو)
- (informal, colloquial) Alternative form of kalau (“if”)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
kalo (Jawi spelling کالو, plural kalo-kalo, informal 1st possessive kaloku, 2nd possessive kalomu, 3rd possessive kalonya)
Related terms edit
Romani edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit काल (kāla), ultimately borrowed from Proto-Dravidian *kār.
Adjective edit
kalo (feminine kali, plural kale)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 157
- Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “kaló”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 133
- Marcel Courthiade (2009) “kal/o, -i pl. -e”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, pages 184-185
- “kalo” in Dolenjski Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
- Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction[3], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian calo (“fall”).
Noun edit
kȁlo m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ло)
- difference in weight of delivered goods compared to invoice weight caused by drying, evaporation or similar processes
- compensation for this loss of weight
Derived terms edit
- kalírati (“to lose weight, to weaken”)
Sinte Romani edit
Etymology edit
From Romani kalo, from Sanskrit काल (kāla).
Adjective edit
kalo (feminine singular kali, plural kale)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “kalo” in Sinte Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
Tagalog edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kalò (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜓ)
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kalò (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜓ)
Etymology 3 edit
Compare Javanese ꦏꦼꦭꦸꦃ (keluh, “bridle with nosering for cattle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kalô (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜓ)
Vlax Romani edit
Etymology edit
From Romani kalo, from Sanskrit काल (kāla).
Adjective edit
kalo
- (Banatiski Gurbet, Gurbet, Kalderaš, Lovara, Macedonian Džambazi, Sremski Gurbet) black
- (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) swarthy, dark(-skinned)
- (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) (sun-)tanned
- (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) bad, evil
- (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) unlucky, ominous, ill-omened, fatal
- (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) fatal, mortal, deadly, malignant (e.g. disease, illness)
Noun edit
kalo m
- (Gurbet, Kalderaš) policeman
- (Gurbet) chimney sweep
- (Gurbet) Black, African
- (Gurbet) Swarthy, Dark (Romani nickname)
- (Gurbet) kidney
- (Gurbet) train
- (Kalderaš) a dark-skinned man
References edit
- “kalo” in Banatiski Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
- “kalo” in Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
- “kalo” in Kalderaš Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
- “kalo” in Lovara Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
- “kalo” in Macedonian Džambazi Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
- “kalo” in Sremski Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.