Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian cogliere and French cueillir.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ko.liˈar/, /kolˈjar/

Verb

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koliar (present tense kolias, past tense koliis, future tense kolios, imperative koliez, conditional kolius)

  1. (transitive) to pick, to pluck
    • 1926, L. Kauling, Evangelio da Santa Lukas, page 25:
      Lor ula sabato Iesu promenis tra la frument-agri, e lua dicipuli koliis spiki, manu-trituris e manjis oli.
      Once on a sabbath, Jesus walked through the wheat fields, and his disciples plucked ears, triturated them with their hands and ate them.

Conjugation

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