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polo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "polo"

English edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Balti پولو (“ball”). Cognate with Tibetan པོ་ལོ (po lo), ཕོ་ལོང (pho long), སྤོ་ལོ (spo lo, “ball”).

Noun edit

polo (usually uncountable, plural polos)

  1. (uncountable) A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
    • 2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 227:
      There were polo fields – sometimes green, sometimes brown – where in the old days, people had actually played that strange game that seems like a drunken bet about golf and horse riding.
  2. The game of ice polo, one of the ancestors of ice hockey; a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.
  3. (countable) A polo shirt.
    • 2007 February 22, Mike Albo, “Outfitters to Presidents, Preppies, Me”, in New York Times‎[5]:
      Then on the second floor there is the creepy boy’s section, which had little headless mannequins in premium polos ($39.50), rugby shirts ($49.50) and a precocious leather pilot jacket for $148.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
ice polo — see ice polo
polo shirt — see polo shirt

Etymology 2 edit

Spanish, an air or popular song in Andalusia.

Noun edit

polo

  1. A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands.

Etymology 3 edit

Unknown.

Noun edit

polo (plural polos)

  1. (Philippines) A dress shirt.

Etymology 4 edit

From the game marco polo, from the explorer Marco Polo, from Latin Paulus

Interjection edit

polo

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Polo
    Coordinate terms: marco, marco polo

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Asturian edit

Etymology edit

From a contraction of the preposition por (“for, by”) + neuter singular article lo (“the”).

Contraction edit

polo n (masculine pol, feminine pola, masculine plural polos, feminine plural poles)

  1. for the, by the

Cebuano edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: po‧lo

Etymology 1 edit

From English polo shirt.

Noun edit

polo

  1. a polo shirt

Etymology 2 edit

From English polo, from Balti پولو (“ball”).

Noun edit

polo

  1. a ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal
  2. a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates

Etymology 3 edit

Unknown.

Noun edit

polo

  1. a dress shirt

Czech edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Adverb edit

polo

  1. half

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

polo n

  1. Alternative form of pólo (“polo”) (a ball game played on horseback)
Declension edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading edit

  • polo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • polo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • polo in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish edit

Noun edit

polo

  1. polo (ball game played on horseback)
  2. polo shirt
    Synonyms: poloskjorte, polotrøje

Further reading edit

Esperanto edit

 
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Etymology edit

From German Pole, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pȍľe (“field”). Doublet of poljo.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

polo (accusative singular polon, plural poloj, accusative plural polojn)

  1. Pole (person from Poland)

Hypernyms edit

Related terms edit

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

Related to and likely derived from polkea.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpolo/, [ˈpo̞lo̞]
  • Rhymes: -olo
  • Syllabification(key): po‧lo

Noun edit

polo

  1. poor (one to be pitied)
    poikapolo
    poor boy
    Synonyms: raasu, ressukka, poloinen, raukka, parka, raukkaparka

Declension edit

Inflection of polo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative polo polot
genitive polon polojen
partitive poloa poloja
illative poloon poloihin
singular plural
nominative polo polot
accusative nom. polo polot
gen. polon
genitive polon polojen
partitive poloa poloja
inessive polossa poloissa
elative polosta poloista
illative poloon poloihin
adessive pololla poloilla
ablative pololta poloilta
allative pololle poloille
essive polona poloina
translative poloksi poloiksi
abessive polotta poloitta
instructive — poloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of polo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative poloni poloni
accusative nom. poloni poloni
gen. poloni
genitive poloni polojeni
partitive poloani polojani
inessive polossani poloissani
elative polostani poloistani
illative polooni poloihini
adessive polollani poloillani
ablative pololtani poloiltani
allative pololleni poloilleni
essive polonani poloinani
translative polokseni poloikseni
abessive polottani poloittani
instructive — —
comitative — poloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative polosi polosi
accusative nom. polosi polosi
gen. polosi
genitive polosi polojesi
partitive poloasi polojasi
inessive polossasi poloissasi
elative polostasi poloistasi
illative poloosi poloihisi
adessive polollasi poloillasi
ablative pololtasi poloiltasi
allative polollesi poloillesi
essive polonasi poloinasi
translative poloksesi poloiksesi
abessive polottasi poloittasi
instructive — —
comitative — poloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative polomme polomme
accusative nom. polomme polomme
gen. polomme
genitive polomme polojemme
partitive poloamme polojamme
inessive polossamme poloissamme
elative polostamme poloistamme
illative poloomme poloihimme
adessive polollamme poloillamme
ablative pololtamme poloiltamme
allative polollemme poloillemme
essive polonamme poloinamme
translative poloksemme poloiksemme
abessive polottamme poloittamme
instructive — —
comitative — poloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative polonne polonne
accusative nom. polonne polonne
gen. polonne
genitive polonne polojenne
partitive poloanne polojanne
inessive polossanne poloissanne
elative polostanne poloistanne
illative poloonne poloihinne
adessive polollanne poloillanne
ablative pololtanne poloiltanne
allative polollenne poloillenne
essive polonanne poloinanne
translative poloksenne poloiksenne
abessive polottanne poloittanne
instructive — —
comitative — poloinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative polonsa polonsa
accusative nom. polonsa polonsa
gen. polonsa
genitive polonsa polojensa
partitive poloaan
poloansa 		polojaan
polojansa
inessive polossaan
polossansa 		poloissaan
poloissansa
elative polostaan
polostansa 		poloistaan
poloistansa
illative poloonsa poloihinsa
adessive polollaan
polollansa 		poloillaan
poloillansa
ablative pololtaan
pololtansa 		poloiltaan
poloiltansa
allative pololleen
polollensa 		poloilleen
poloillensa
essive polonaan
polonansa 		poloinaan
poloinansa
translative polokseen
poloksensa 		poloikseen
poloiksensa
abessive polottaan
polottansa 		poloittaan
poloittansa
instructive — —
comitative — poloineen
poloinensa

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Further reading edit

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

polo m

  1. polo (ball game played on horseback)
  2. polo shirt

Further reading edit

Galician edit

Etymology 1 edit

Contraction of the preposition por (“through, by, for”) + alternative form of the masculine singular definite article lo (“the”).

Pronunciation edit

Contraction edit

polo (feminine pola, masculine plural polos, feminine plural polas)

  1. Contraction of por o (“through the; by the; for the”).
    O ladrón entrou pola ventá
    The thief entered through the window

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pullus.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

polo m (plural polos)

  1. chick (young bird, especially a chicken)
    • 1418, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:
      Iten o par dos polos et polas, seis blanquas et dous coroados.
      Item, the pair of chickens and chicks, six white coins and a crown
    Synonyms: pito, pitiño
Related terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

polo m (plural polos)

  1. (geography, electricity) pole

Etymology 4 edit

Borrowed from English polo.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

polo m (plural polos)

  1. polo (ball game)
  2. polo shirt, polo

References edit

  • “polo” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
  • “polo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “polo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “polo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “polo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “polo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ido edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English pole, French pôle, German Pol, Italian polo, Russian по́люс (póljus), Spanish polo, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

polo (plural poli)

  1. pole (point where an axis meets the surface of a rotating body)

Derived terms edit

Ingrian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *polo. Cognates include Finnish polo.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

polo

  1. (in compounds) poor (one deserving pity)

Declension edit

Declension of polo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative polo polot
genitive polon polloin, pololoin
partitive polloa poloja, pololoja
illative polloo polloi, pololoihe
inessive polos polois, pololois
elative polost poloist, pololoist
allative pololle poloille, pololoille
adessive polol poloil, pololoil
ablative pololt poloilt, pololoilt
translative poloks poloiks, pololoiks
essive polonna, polloon poloinna, pololoinna, polloin, pololoin
exessive1) polont poloint, pololoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 422

Italian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

polo m (plural poli)

  1. (countable) pole (geographic, electrical or magnetic)
Related terms edit
See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from English polo.

Noun edit

polo m (plural poli)

  1. (uncountable) polo (sport)
Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ polo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin edit

Noun edit

polō

  1. dative/ablative singular of polus

References edit

  • “polo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian edit

Noun edit

polo m (invariable)

  1. polo

Related terms edit

Lower Sorbian edit

Noun edit

polo n inan (diminutive polack)

  1. Superseded spelling of pólo.

Declension edit

Declension of polo
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative polo poli pola
Genitive pola polowu polow
Dative poloju, polu poloma polam
Accusative polo poli pola
Instrumental polom poloma polami
Locative polu poloma polach

Maranao edit

Etymology edit

From pulo, compare Cebuano pulo.

Noun edit

polo

  1. island

Mokilese edit

Noun edit

polo

  1. group

Possessive forms edit

Possessive forms of polo (tight inalienable possession, -ooa stem)
singular possessor first person polohioa
second person polohmwen
third person polooa, poloh
dual possessors first person inclusive polohsa
first person exclusive polohma
second person polohmwa
third person polohra
plural possessors first person inclusive polohsai
first person exclusive polohmai
second person polohmwai
third person polohrai
construct form polohn

Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
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Etymology edit

From English polo, from Balti پولو (“ball”).

Noun edit

polo m (definite singular poloen, uncountable)

  1. (sports, equestrianism) polo

Derived terms edit

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
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Etymology edit

From English polo, from Balti پولو (“ball”).

Noun edit

polo m (definite singular poloen, uncountable)

  1. (sports, equestrianism) polo

Derived terms edit

References edit

Polish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English polo, from Balti پولو.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

polo n (indeclinable)

  1. (equestrianism) polo (ball game)
  2. polo shirt
    Synonyms: koszulka polo, polówka

Derived terms edit

noun

Further reading edit

  • polo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • polo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin polus (“pole”), from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun edit

polo m (plural polos)

  1. (geography, electricity) pole (geographic, magnetic)
  2. (complex analysis) pole
  3. (figurative) extreme opposite
Derived terms edit
Derived terms

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from English polo, from Balti པོ་ལོ (po lo, “ball”).

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun edit

polo m (plural polos)

  1. polo (ball game)
  2. polo shirt, polo

Etymology 3 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”). Doublet of polho, which came from Spanish.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun edit

polo m (plural polos)

  1. eyas
Related terms edit

Etymology 4 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese polo, from por + lo.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (unstressed) /pu.lu/, [pu.lu]
  • Hyphenation: po‧lo

Contraction edit

polo (feminine pola, masculine plural polos, feminine plural polas)

  1. (obsolete) Contraction of por (“by; through; for”) + o (“the”)
    Synonym: pelo

Ramoaaina edit

Noun edit

polo

  1. liquid

Further reading edit

  • Robyn Davies and Lisbeth Fritzell, Duke of York Grammar Essentials (Ramoaaina) (October 1992)

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French polo.

Noun edit

polo n (uncountable)

  1. polo

Declension edit

declension of polo (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) polo poloul
genitive/dative (unui) polo poloului
vocative poloule

Spanish edit

 
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polo (sport)
 
A polo shirt
 
A T-shirt
 
A popsicle

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpolo/ [ˈpo.lo]
  • Rhymes: -olo
  • Syllabification: po‧lo

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

Noun edit

polo m (plural polos)

  1. (geography, electricity) pole
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from English polo.

Noun edit

polo m (uncountable)

  1. polo (ball game)
  2. polo shirt
  3. (Peru) T-shirt
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:camiseta
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Originally a trademark.

Noun edit

polo m (plural polos)

  1. (chiefly Spain) popsicle, ice lolly
    Synonym: paleta

Etymology 4 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

polo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of polir

Etymology 5 edit

From corruption of polong, Hispanicized spelling of Tagalog pulong, meaning "community work". [1][2] An alternate etymology posits it to be from Tagalog ikapulo ("tenth") or tithe (diezmos prediales), for a tenth (10%) of the harvest is given to the Church. [3][4]

Noun edit

polo m (plural polos)

  1. (Philippines, historical) unpaid compulsory work; corvée
  2. (Philippines, historical) tax levied on the natives of the Philippine islands and paid as labor, goods, and/or money
    Synonyms: tributo, impuesto

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Agoncillo, Teodoro A. (1960) History of the Filipino People‎[1], 8th edition, Quezon City: Garotech Publishing, published 1990, →ISBN, page 83
  2. ^ Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
  3. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (1992) “Numeral expressions in Tagalog”, in Archipel, volume 44, pages 167-181
  4. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Numbers and Units in Old Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN

Further reading edit

Tagalog edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from English polo.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpolo/, [ˈpo.lo]
  • Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun edit

polo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

  1. polo (sport)
  2. polo shirt
    • 1981, Clodualdo Del Mundo, Writing for Film:
      Maraming reklamo si Arni tungkol sa initiation; sisisihin pa nito si Sid dahil ito ang pumilit sa kanyang sumali sa frat. Magsusuot ng polo si Arni. Halos hindi niya maigalaw ang kanyang braso.
      Arni have a lot of complaints about the initiation; he even blamed Sid for forcing him to join the frat. Arni would wear a polo shirt. He could almost not move his arms.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Spanish polo (“corvée”), which came from either:

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpolo/, [ˈpo.lo]
  • Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun edit

polo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

  1. unpaid compulsory work; corvée
    Synonym: atag
  2. tax levied on the natives and paid as labor, goods, and/or money
    Synonyms: buwis, tributo, alkabala, amilyar, impuwesto
Related terms edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (1992) “Numeral expressions in Tagalog”, in Archipel, volume 44, pages 167-181
  2. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Numbers and Units in Old Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN
  3. ^ Agoncillo, Teodoro A. (1960) History of the Filipino People‎[3], 8th edition, Quezon City: Garotech Publishing, published 1990, →ISBN, page 83
  4. ^ Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎[4] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

Etymology 3 edit

Either from Proto-Philippine *pujuq. Compare Malay pulau.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /poˈloʔ/, [poˈloʔ]
  • Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun edit

polô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

  1. Obsolete form of pulo: island

Etymology 4 edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puluq. Compare Malay puluh.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /poˈloʔ/, [poˈloʔ]
  • Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun edit

polô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

  1. Obsolete form of pulo: ten

Veps edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian по́ло (pólo).

Noun edit

polo

  1. polo (sport)

Inflection edit

Inflection of polo (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing. polo
genitive sing. polon
partitive sing. polod
partitive plur. —
singular plural
nominative polo —
accusative polon —
genitive polon —
partitive polod —
essive-instructive polon —
translative poloks —
inessive polos —
elative polospäi —
illative polho
poloho 		—
adessive polol —
ablative pololpäi —
allative polole —
abessive polota —
comitative polonke —
prolative polodme —
approximative I polonno —
approximative II polonnoks —
egressive polonnopäi —
terminative I polhosai
polohosai 		—
terminative II pololesai —
terminative III polossai —
additive I polhopäi
polohopäi 		—
additive II pololepäi —

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “поло”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[7], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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