koll
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *koljoi.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
koll (genitive kolli, partitive kolli)
- bugaboo, bugbear (a vague supernatural being, malevolent spirit)
- (colloquial) booger, boogie (dried up lump of tat on the nose)
Declension edit
| Declension of koll (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | koll | kollid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | kolli | ||
| genitive | kollide | ||
| partitive | kolli | kolle kollisid | |
| illative | kolli kollisse |
kollidesse kollesse | |
| inessive | kollis | kollides kolles | |
| elative | kollist | kollidest kollest | |
| allative | kollile | kollidele kollele | |
| adessive | kollil | kollidel kollel | |
| ablative | kollilt | kollidelt kollelt | |
| translative | kolliks | kollideks kolleks | |
| terminative | kollini | kollideni | |
| essive | kollina | kollidena | |
| abessive | kollita | kollideta | |
| comitative | kolliga | kollidega | |
Further reading edit
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
koll
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
koll c
- (colloquial) a look, a check, an inspection
- (colloquial, uncountable) track, watch, control, grasp (a good "watch" on something, concrete or abstract, sometimes with implied control)
- att hålla koll på sin ekonomi
- to keep track of one's finances / (by implication) to keep one's finances in order
- Håll koll på hunden medan jag är borta!
- Keep an eye on the dog while I'm away!
- ha bra koll på ett ämnesområde
- have a good grasp of a subject area
- Han har noll koll
- He is clueless ("noll koll" (zero koll) is idiomatic)
Declension edit
| Declension of koll | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | koll | kollen | kollar | kollarna |
| Genitive | kolls | kollens | kollars | kollarnas |