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See also: Kallo

Albanian

Pronunciation

Verb

kallo

  1. second-person singular present imperative of kalloj

Chickasaw

Verb

kallo

  1. to be difficult

Choctaw

Alternative forms

Noun

kallo

  1. strength, nerve
  2. hardness

Adjective

kallo

  1. strong, sturdy
  2. hard, solid, heavy, tough

Adverb

kallo

  1. rigidly

Verb

kallo

  1. to be strong
  2. (intransitive) to harden
  • ikkallo
  • ikkallochi
  • kallochi
  • kallot

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?] (compare Old Norse skalli (a bald head), Icelandic skalli).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑlːo/, [ˈkɑ̝lːo̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlːo
  • Syllabification(key): kal‧lo
  • Hyphenation(key): kal‧lo

Noun

kallo

  1. (anatomy) skull, cranium
  2. (in metaphors) head, e.g. in tao se kalloosi "get it through your thick skull"
  3. (archaic, dialectal) a smooth and round hard surface

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

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Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kál.lóː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [kál.lóː]

Noun

kallō m (possessed form kallon)

  1. looking, watching
  2. facing

References

  • Newman, Paul (2007), A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 105.

Kholosi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian کله (kalle).

Noun

kallo ?

  1. (anatomy) head

References

  • Eric Anonby; Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014), “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx, pages 13-36

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