coli

Ellipsis of Bacterium coli or Bacillus coli, obsolete taxonomic names of the species (now called Escherichia coli). The word itself derives from Latin colī, genitive of colon (“colon, large intestine”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊ.laɪ/

coli (plural coli)

1. (often attributive, bacteriology) Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms.

   Synonym: colibacillus

   • 1939 January, Thomas T. Mackie, “The Specificity of the Agglutinin Reaction for Shigella dysenteriae: II. Agglutinin Absorption Relationships between Shigella dysenteriae and Escherichia coli”, in Journal of Bacteriology‎^[1], volume 37, number 1, →PMID, archived from the original on 10 June 2020, page 47:

     Five of the strains of E. coli are related to only one of the S. dysenteriae strains. Three of the coli are related to two of the strains of S. dysenteriae, four are related to three of the S. dysenteriae strains, and one, A-H6, is related to all.

• Clio, Coil, coil, loci

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkɔ.li]

coli

1. inflection of colar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

From Javanese ngocok + Javanese peli. Equivalent to blend of mengocok +‎ pelir.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃo.li/
• Hyphenation: co‧li

coli

1. (vulgar, slang) masturbation

   Synonyms: masturbasi, onani, rancap

coli

1. (vulgar, slang) to masturbate

   Synonyms: masturbasi, onani, merancap

From Malay coli, culi, probably from Hindi चोली (colī).

coli (plural coli-coli)

1. (obsolete) bra

   Synonyms: beha, bra, kutang

   Synonyms: anak baju, baju dalam (Standard Malay)

From Alas-Kluet Batak coli.

coli

1. (dialect) ripe jackfruit

   Synonym: nangka matang

• “coli” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

coli

1. inflection of colare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

• Clio

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkoː.liː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔː.li]

cōlī n

1. genitive singular of cōlum (“colander, strainer”)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkoː.liː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔː.li]

cōlī n

1. genitive singular of cōlum (“colon (member or part of a verse or poem)”)
2. genitive singular of cōlon (“colon (member or part of a verse or poem)”)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔ.liː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔː.li]

colī n

1. genitive singular of colon (“colon (large intestine)”)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔ.liː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔː.li]

colī

1. present passive infinitive of colō

• culi

Probably from Hindi चोली (colī).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoli/ [ˈt͡ʃo.li]
• Rhymes: -oli
• Hyphenation: co‧li

coli (Jawi spelling چولي, plural coli-coli)

1. bra; brassiere

   Synonyms: anak baju, baju dalam, bra

   Synonyms: beha (Indonesia), kutang (chiefly Indonesian)

• > Indonesian: (obsolete) coli (inherited)

• “coli” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.