tolo

From Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

tolo

1. three

• “Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎^[1] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

From a contraction of the determiner too (“all”) + neuter singular article lo (“the”).

tolo n (masculine tol, feminine tola, masculine plural tolos, feminine plural toles)

1. all the

tolo

1. front
2. forehead

From French toile.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtolo/
• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: to‧lo

tolo (accusative singular tolon, plural toloj, accusative plural tolojn)

1. linen cloth

• tolaĵo
• tolŝuo

Unknown. Perhaps from *tollo, from *toldo, from Vulgar Latin *tollĭtus (“removed”).^[1] First attested in 1594.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtolo/ [ˈt̪o.lʊ]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: to‧lo

tolo m (plural tolos, feminine tola, feminine plural tolas)

1. madman, crazy

   Synonyms: doudo, louco

2. (regional, Eastern) dumb, foolish, stupid

   Synonym: parvo

tolo (feminine tola, masculine plural tolos, feminine plural tolas)

1. mad; insane; crazy

   Synonyms: doudo, louco

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tolo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tolo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tolo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Probably borrowed from Portuguese tolo (“foolish; silly”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈtolo/, [ˈt̪ʰɔ.lɔ]
• Hyphenation: to‧lo

tolo (Lontara spelling ᨈᨚᨒᨚ)

1. dumb, stupid
2. silly, goofy

• pongoroʼ
• dompalaʼ

• Cense, A. A. (1979) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

• tôlo (superseded)

Unknown. Maybe from Latin stolidus (“foolish”) or tōles (“tonsilitis”).

• Rhymes: -olu
• Hyphenation: to‧lo

tolo (feminine tola, masculine plural tolos, feminine plural tolas, comparable, comparative mais tolo, superlative o mais tolo or tolíssimo, diminutive tolinho)

1. foolish; silly (having or characterised by poor judgement or little intelligence)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

   Para/e de ser tolo e começa/ce a pensar.

   Stop being foolish and start thinking.

   Infelizmente, o que fizemos foi extremamente tolo.

   Unfortunately, what we did was extremely foolish.

2. (Brazil, regional) a whiny kid

tolo m (plural tolos, feminine tola, feminine plural tolas)

1. fool, idiot (foolish person)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

   • 2018, “Kanye West da Bahia”, performed by Baco Exu do Blues:

     Meus ancestrais se banhavam com ouro / Olhe bem pra minha pele / Ela reluz, seu tolo

     My ancestors bathed in gold / Take a good look at my skin / It glistens, you fool

• → Malay: tolol
  • → Indonesian: tolol

tolo

1. sugar cane

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

tolo

1. three