karo

See also: Karo, karó, and káró

English

Etymology

From Maori karo.

Noun

karo

  1. Pittosporum crassifolium, a shrub of New Zealand.

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese karwa (both; and; with). By surface analysis, rua (two) +‎ ka-. Doublet of Karo.

Numeral

karo (Balinese script ᬓᬭᭀ)

  1. two

Derived terms

  • karo belah
  • karo sigar

Further reading

  • karo” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Borôro

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaːɾʌ/

Noun

karo

  1. fish

Cebuano

Etymology

  • From Spanish carro (cart), from Latin carrus, from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥s-o-, from *k̑ers- (to run). Also short for karosa.

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: ka‧ro

    Noun

    karo

    1. carriage used to carry images of saints during a procession

    Anagrams

    Indonesian

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    karo (plural karo-karo)

    1. syllabic abbreviation of kepala biro (head of bureau)

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Tobelo [Term?].

    Noun

    karo (plural karo-karo)

    1. dead coral washed up on the beach

    Etymology 3

    Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦫꦺꦴ (karo), from Old Javanese karwa (the two, both; a second, with).

    Noun

    karo (plural karo-karo)

    1. annual Tengger community traditional ceremony of the second month after Kasada

    Further reading

    Japanese

    Romanization

    karo

    1. Rōmaji transcription of かろ

    Javanese

    Romanization

    karo

    1. romanization of ꦏꦫꦺꦴ

    Latvian

    Verb

    karo

    1. inflection of karot:
      1. second/third-person singular present indicative
      2. third-person plural present indicative
      3. second-person singular imperative
    2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of karot
    3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of karot

    Lithuanian

    Noun

    kãro m

    1. genitive singular of kãras

    Maori

    Etymology 1

    From Proto-Polynesian *kalo₃ from Proto-Oceanic *kalo or *karut (to scratch with fingernails, to claw at) (compare with Fijian kadru, also doublet of raku)[1][2] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *garut (rub against, scrape, scratch) (compare with Malay garut (to grind against one another, to scrape) and garu “to scratch”).[3] Doublet of raku.

    Verb

    karo

    1. to pick out or scoop something out of a hole

    Derived terms

    • hīkaro
    • tīkaro

    References

    1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kalo.3”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
    2. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891), Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 131
    3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (1998), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 237

    Etymology 2

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

    Noun

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    karo

    1. Pittosporum crassifolium, a shrub of New Zealand.

    Further reading

    • Williams, Herbert William (1917), “karo”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 120
    • karo” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

    Polish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈka.rɔ/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -arɔ
    • Syllabification: ka‧ro

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from French carreau (square), from Old French quarel, from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus, from Classical Latin quadrus.

    Noun

    karo n

    1. (card games) diamond
    2. (clothing) square-shaped cleavage
    3. diagonal style of laying tiles
    Declension
    Coordinate terms
    Suits in Polish · kolor (layout · text)
    kier karo pik trefl

    Adjective

    karo (indeclinable)

    1. (card games) of diamonds
      Synonym: karowy

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Noun

    karo

    1. vocative singular of kara

    Further reading

    • karo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • karo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

    Rapa Nui

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kɐ.ro/

    Verb

    karo

    1. dig

    Serbo-Croatian

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Borrowed from German Karo.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kâro/

    Noun

    kȁro m inan (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ро)

    1. , diamonds in card- and boardgames

    Declension

    See also

    Suits in Serbo-Croatian · boje (layout · text)
    herc, srce karo, kocka pik, list tref, detelina

    Swahili

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

    Noun

    karo class IX (plural karo class X)

    1. tuition fee (monetary payment charged for education)

    Etymology 2

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

    Noun

    karo class IX (plural karo class X)

    1. sink, washbasin

    Tagalog

    Etymology

  • Borrowed from Spanish carro, from Old Spanish carro, from Latin carrus. Doublet of kar.

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkaɾo/ [ˈkaː.ɾo]
    • Rhymes: -aɾo
    • Syllabification: ka‧ro

    Noun

    karo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜓ)

    1. carriage used to carry an image of a saint in a procession
    2. hearse
      Synonym: karosa

    Further reading

    • karo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

    Anagrams

    Turkish

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French carreau.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kaˈɾo/

    Noun

    karo (definite accusative karoyu, plural karolar)

    1. (architecture) tile
    2. (card games) diamonds
      Synonym: orya

    Declension

    Declension of karo
    singular plural
    nominative karo karolar
    definite accusative karoyu karoları
    dative karoya karolara
    locative karoda karolarda
    ablative karodan karolardan
    genitive karonun karoların

    Coordinate terms

    Suits in Turkish · takım (layout · text)
    kupa orya, karo maça ispati, sinek

    Further reading