koll

See also: Koll and köll

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *koll, from Proto-Celtic *koslos, from Proto-Indo-European *kóslos. Cognate with Irish and Scottish Gaelic coll, Manx coull, and Welsh cyll.

Noun

koll m (singulative kollen)

1. (collective) hazel trees

Derived terms

• know koll (“hazelnuts”)

Mutation

Mutation of koll

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
koll	goll	holl	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *koljoi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

koll (genitive kolli, partitive kolli)

1. bugaboo, bugbear (a vague supernatural being, malevolent spirit)
2. (colloquial) booger, boogie (dried up lump of tat on the nose)

Declension

Declension of koll (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		koll	kollid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kolli
genitive			kollide
partitive		kolli	kolle kollisid
illative		kolli kollisse	kollidesse kollesse
inessive		kollis	kollides kolles
elative		kollist	kollidest kollest
allative		kollile	kollidele kollele
adessive		kollil	kollidel kollel
ablative		kollilt	kollidelt kollelt
translative		kolliks	kollideks kolleks
terminative		kollini	kollideni
essive		kollina	kollidena
abessive		kollita	kollideta
comitative		kolliga	kollidega

Further reading

• koll in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Icelandic

Noun

koll

1. indefinite accusative singular of kollur

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from kolla.

Noun

koll c

1. (colloquial) a look, a check, an inspection
2. (colloquial, uncountable) track, watch, control, grasp (a good "watch" on something, concrete or abstract, sometimes with implied control)

   att hålla koll på sin ekonomi

   to keep track of one's finances / (by implication) to keep one's finances in order

   Håll koll på hunden medan jag är borta!

   Keep an eye on the dog while I'm away!

   ha bra koll på ett ämnesområde

   have a good grasp of a subject area

   Han har noll koll

   He is clueless ("noll koll" (zero koll) is idiomatic)

Declension

Declension of koll

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	koll	kolls
	definite	kollen	kollens
plural	indefinite	kollar	kollars
	definite	kollarna	kollarnas

Derived terms

• benkoll
• faktakoll
• järnkoll
• snabbkoll
• stenkoll
• örnkoll

References

• koll in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• koll in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• koll in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)