કોળિયો

Gujarati

Etymology

From કોગળો (kogaḷo, “mouthful of liquid, gargle”), inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀯𑀮 (kavala​), perhaps borrowed from Dravidian (compare Malayalam കവളം (kavaḷaṁ, “ball of boiled rice”), Tamil கவளம் (kavaḷam, “mouthful”), Kannada ಕಬಳ (kabaḷa)). Cognate with Hindi कौर (kaur), Sindhi ڪورو (koro, “piece of fish”), and Sinhalese කවලය (kawalaya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ɭɪ.jɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ

Noun

કોળિયો • (koḷiyo) m

1. mouthful, morsel; bite (of food)

Declension

Declension of કોળિયો
	Singular	Plural
nominative	કોળિયો (koḷiyo)	કોળિયા (koḷiyā), કોળિયાઓ (koḷiyāo)
oblique	કોળિયા (koḷiyā)	કોળિયાઓ (koḷiyāo)
vocative	કોળિયા (koḷiyā)	કોળિયાઓ (koḷiyāo)
instrumental	કોળિયે (koḷiye)	કોળિયાએ (koḷiyāe)
locative	કોળિયે (koḷiye)	કોળિયે (koḷiye)

Further reading

• “કોળિયો”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “કોળિયો”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kavala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “kappu (kappi-)”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 114.