klo
Bahnar
Etymology
From Proto-Bahnaric *kləw (“male, husband”). The Proto-Bahnaric root was probably contaminated by Proto-Bahnaric *klaːw (“penis, testes”) (< Proto-Mon-Khmer *klaaw (“male sexual organ”)) if not derived from it.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klɔː/
Noun
klo
Danish
Etymology
Noun
klo c (singular definite kloen, plural indefinite kløer)
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | klo | kloen | kløer | kløerne |
| genitive | klos | kloens | kløers | kløernes |
Derived terms
See also
References
- “klo” in Den Danske Ordbog
Ewe
Noun
klo
Finnish
Noun
klo
Anagrams
Gun
Etymology
Cognates include Fon kló, Saxwe Gbe glò
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kló/
Verb
kló
- to be big
Derived terms
- kíkló (“big”)
Luxembourgish
Verb
klo
- second-person singular imperative of kloen
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse kló (“claw, talon”), from Proto-Germanic *klawō (“claw”), from *klawjaną (“to claw; scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to ball up, clump together; swelling, lump”), from *gel- (“to be cold, to freeze”).
Noun
klo m or f (definite singular kloa or kloen, indefinite plural klør, definite plural klørne)
References
- “klo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kluː/, /kɽuː/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse kló. Akin to English claw.
Noun
klo f (definite singular kloa, indefinite plural klør, definite plural klørne)
Etymology 2
Verb
klo
- (non-standard since 1938) past tense of klå
References
- “klo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse kló, from Proto-Germanic *klawō.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
klo c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | klo | klos |
| definite | klon | klons | |
| plural | indefinite | klor | klors |
| definite | klorna | klornas |
See also
References
- klo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- klo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- klo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)