See also: коля and Коля

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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *kolo. Compare with Polish koło.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkoɫa]
  • (file)

Noun edit

ко́ла (kólan inan (genitive ко́ла, nominative plural ко́лы, genitive plural ко́лаў)

  1. wheel (round simple machine allowing vehicles to move)
  2. wheel (simple machine on an axis allowing for rotation)
  3. circle (anything round)
    Synonym: круг (kruh)
  4. circle (enclosure made by people usually holding hands, often as a children's game)
    Synonym: круг (kruh)
  5. circle (specific groups of persons; especially one who shares a common interest)
    Synonym: круг (kruh)
  6. kolo (Slavic dance in which dancers stand in a circle and hold hands)

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Derived terms edit

References edit

  • кола” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • кола”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

Bulgarian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Reanalyzed plural of Proto-Slavic *kolo n (wheel), reinterpreted as а feminine singular.

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Noun edit

кола́ (koláf

  1. car, motorcar, automobile, sedan, saloon car
    Synonym: автомобил (avtomobil)
  2. cart, wagon
  3. cartload
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Related terms edit

References edit

  • кола”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • кола”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • кола in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Italian colla, from Vulgar Latin colla, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla).

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Noun edit

ко́ла (kólaf

  1. starch
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Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Greek κόλλα (kólla, sheet (of paper)).

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ко́ла (kólaf

  1. (printer’s) sheet, quire
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Etymology 4 edit

Borrowed from English cola, from a Niger-Congo language.

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ко́ла (kólaf

  1. (botany) cola
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Macedonian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolo, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-.

Noun edit

кола (kolaf (plural коли, diminutive количка or количе, augmentative колиште)

  1. car, motorcar, automobile
  2. cart, wagon
  3. cartload
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Etymology 2 edit

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

Noun edit

кола (kolaf

  1. (archaic) starch
    Synonym: штирак (štirak)
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Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from English cola, from a Niger-Congo language.

Noun edit

кола (kolaf (plural коли)

  1. Coca-Cola, a coke, a cola
  2. (botany) cola
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Etymology 4 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

кола (kola)

  1. count plural of кол m (kol)
Related terms edit

References edit

  • кола” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Old Church Slavonic edit

Etymology edit

From коло (kolo), from Proto-Slavic *kolo.

Noun edit

кола (kolan

  1. wheels
  2. a cart

Russian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from English cola, from a Niger-Congo language.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ко́ла (kólaf inan (genitive ко́лы, nominative plural ко́лы, genitive plural кол)

  1. (informal) Coca-Cola
  2. (botany) cola
    оре́хи колаoréxi kolacola nuts
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  • Armenian: կոլա (kola)

Etymology 2 edit

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кола́ (kolám inan

  1. genitive singular of кол (kol)

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From ко̏ло (wheel).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kôla/
  • Hyphenation: ко‧ла

Noun edit

ко̏ла n pl (Latin spelling kȍla)

  1. (plural only) cart, wagon, vehicle
  2. (plural only, Bosnia, Serbia) car
  3. plural of коло
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Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from English cola, from a Niger-Congo language.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kôːla/
  • Hyphenation: ко‧ла

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ко̑ла f (Latin spelling kȏla)

  1. Coca-Cola, a coke, a cola
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Ukrainian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from English cola, from a Niger-Congo language.

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ко́ла (kólaf inan (genitive ко́ли, nominative plural ко́ли, genitive plural кол)

  1. (botany) cola, kola
  2. kola nut
  3. (informal) cola (a drink originally made with kola nut flavouring)
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кола́ (kolám inan

  1. genitive singular of кіл (kil)

Etymology 3 edit

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ко́ла (kólan inan

  1. inflection of ко́ло (kólo):
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural