kalo

Borrowed from Hawaiian kalo. Doublet of taro, from Maori.

kalo

1. (chiefly Hawaii) taro (Colocasia esculenta)
   • 2010 December 31, Charles H. Fletcher, Robynne Boyd, William J. Neal, Virginia Tice, Living on the Shores of Hawaii: Natural Hazards, the Environment, and Our Communities, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 111:

     Three hundred varieties of kalo are named in the Hawaiian language, 85 of which are still known today. In addition to being the source of the staple Hawaiian food poi, kalo was also used for fishing bait and as a dye.

• Kola, Okla, Okla., kola

kalo

1. second-person singular imperative of kaloj

• kala, kali, kalli, kallo, kawla, kawlo, kawlu, kora, kowlo, kula

From Romani kalo, from Sanskrit काल (kāla).

kalo

1. black

• “kalo”, in Angloromani Dictionary‎^[1], The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, page 18

kalo

1. (Bugurdži, Crimea, Kosovo Arli, Macedonian Arli, Sepečides, Sofia Erli, Ursari) black
2. (Sepečides, Sofia Erli, Ursari) dark
3. (Sepečides) dark-skinned
4. (Sofia Erli) sooty

kalo m

1. (Macedonian Arli) blackness

• “kalo” in Bugurdži Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “kalo” in Crimean Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “kalo” in Kosovo Arli Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “kalo” in Macedonian Arli Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “kalo” in Sepečides Romani-English dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “kalo” in Sofia Erli Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “kalo” in Ursari Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

• kaalò (Lotfitka)

kalo

1. (Litovska, Xaladitka) black
2. (Litovska, Xaladitka) dark
3. (Xaladitka) tan

kalo m

1. (Xaladitka) Romani person

• “kalo” in Lithuanian Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “kalo” in North Russian Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

kalo

1. moon
2. month
3. menses

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaloʔ/ [ˈka.l̪oʔ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧lo

kalò (Basahan spelling ᜃᜎᜓ)

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) hat

   Synonyms: kopya, sombrero

• kaalo (Romungro)
• kaulo (Prekmurski)
• kálo (Veršend)

kalo

1. (Burgenland, East Slovakia, Gurvari, Hungarian Vend) black
2. (Burgenland, East Slovakia) dark
3. (East Slovakia) cruel
4. (East Slovakia) desperate

kalo m

1. (East Slovakia) blackness, black color
2. (East Slovakia) mourning (dress)
3. (East Slovakia) Black (person), swarthy person

• “kalo” in Burgenland Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “kalo” in East Slovak Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “kalo” in Gurvari Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “kalo” in Hungarian Vend Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

• Hyphenation: ka‧lo
• IPA^(key): /ˈkaloʔ/ [ˈka.l̪oʔ]

kalò

1. hat

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalo/

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• Rhymes: -alo
• Hyphenation: ka‧lo

kalo (accusative singular kalon, plural kaloj, accusative plural kalojn)

1. callus (in general)
2. corn (callus on the foot)

   Synonym: (very explicit) piedkalo

From Proto-Polynesian *talo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taləs.

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.lo/, [ˈkɐ.lo]

kalo

1. taro; colocasia

• → English: kalo

kalo

1. hat

From Malay kalau.

kalo

1. (informal, colloquial) alternative form of kalau (“if; when”)
   • 2018 June 6, Yulianto, “Bazar Ramadan di Balaikota Semarang Disambut Antusias Warga [Ramadan Bazaar at Semarang City Hall Welcomed by Enthusiastic Citizens]”, in Suara Merdeka‎^[2], archived from the original on 27 October 2018:

     "Meski jauh datang dari Boja, gak masalah yang penting bisa belikan baju baru untuk anak saya buat Lebaran nanti. Soalnya, kalo sudah mepet hari Lebaran biasanya gak sempet lagi," ujarnya.

     "Even though it is far to come from Boja, it is not a problem, what's important is being able to buy new clothing for my son for Lebaran (Eid al-Fitr) later. The problem is, if/when it is already approaching the day for Lebaran, there is usually no chance anymore," she says.

Borrowed from Javanese kalo.

kalo (plural kalo-kalo)

1. type of bamboo sieve used to filter coconut milk

   Hypernyms: ayakan, penyaring, saringan, tapis, tapisan

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

kalo (Javanese spelling ꦏꦭꦺꦴ)

1. type of bamboo sieve used to filter coconut milk

kalō (present infinitive kalāre, supine kalātum); first conjugation, no perfect stem

1. alternative form of calō

From kalau.

kalo (Jawi spelling کالو)

1. (informal, colloquial) alternative form of kalau (“if”)

Borrowed from Javanese kalo.

kalo (Jawi spelling کالو, plural kalo-kalo)

1. (uncommon) sieve

   Synonyms: ayak, penapis, penyaring, saringan, tapisan

Inherited from Sanskrit काल (kāla), ultimately borrowed from Proto-Dravidian *kār.

kalo (feminine kali, plural kale)

1. black

   Antonym: parno

• Angloromani: kalo, kala, kali, kalli, kallo, kawla, kawlo, kawlu, kora, kowlo, kula
• Caló: caló (“tanned, dark-skinned; Romani”)
  • → Catalan: caló, calé
  • → Portuguese: caló, calão
  • → Spanish: caló

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 157
• Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “kaló”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 133
• Marcel Courthiade (2009) “kal/o, -i pl. -e”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, pages 184-185
• “kalo” in Dolenjski Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎^[3], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39

Borrowed from Italian calo (“fall”).

kȁlo m inan (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ло)

1. difference in weight of delivered goods compared to invoice weight caused by drying, evaporation or similar processes
2. compensation for this loss of weight

• kalírati (“to lose weight, to weaken”)

Ultimately from Sanskrit काल (kāla).

kalo (feminine singular kali, plural kale)

1. black

   Synonym: kales

• “kalo” in Sinte Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkaloʔ/ [ˈkaː.loʔ]
• Rhymes: -aloʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧lo

kalò (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜓ)

1. bowl; large cup

   Synonyms: mangkok, tason

Compare Cebuano kalo.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkaloʔ/ [ˈkaː.loʔ]
• Rhymes: -aloʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧lo

kalò (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜓ)

1. hat (made from thin wood)

   Synonym: sumbrero

Compare Javanese ꦏꦼꦭꦸꦃ (keluh, “bridle with nosering for cattle”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈloʔ/ [kɐˈloʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧lo

kalô (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜓ)

1. pulley

• alok, lako, loka

kalo

1. (Banatiski Gurbet, Gurbet, Kalderaš, Lovara, Macedonian Džambazi, Sremski Gurbet) black
2. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) swarthy, dark(-skinned)
3. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) (sun-)tanned
4. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) bad, evil
5. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) unlucky, ominous, ill-omened, fatal
6. (Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) fatal, mortal, deadly, malignant (e.g. disease, illness)

kalo m

1. (Gurbet, Kalderaš) policeman
2. (Gurbet) chimney sweep
3. (Gurbet) Black, African
4. (Gurbet) Swarthy, Dark (Romani nickname)
5. (Gurbet) kidney
6. (Gurbet) train
7. (Kalderaš) a dark-skinned man

• “kalo” in Banatiski Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “kalo” in Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “kalo” in Kalderaš Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “kalo” in Lovara Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “kalo” in Macedonian Džambazi Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “kalo” in Sremski Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.