kolla

Estonian

Noun

kolla

  1. genitive singular of kold

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kolla.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔtla/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtla

Noun

kolla f (genitive singular kollu, nominative plural kollur)

  1. polled ewe
  2. female eider
  3. mug, tankard (especially for beer)
  4. wig
  5. brimless hat

Declension
declension of kolla
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kolla kollan kollur kollurnar
accusative kollu kolluna kollur kollurnar
dative kollu kollunni kollum kollunum
genitive kollu kollunnar kolla/kollna kollanna/kollnanna

Derived terms
  • bjórkolla (“beer mug”)
  • hárkolla (“wig”)
  • kollur (“crown of the head”)

Noun

kolla

  1. inflection of kollur:
    1. indefinite accusative plural
    2. indefinite genitive plural

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian colla.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔl.la/

Noun

kolla f (plural kolol)

  1. glue, paste

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

kolla (present tense kollar, past tense kolla, past participle kolla, passive infinitive kollast, present participle kollande, imperative kolla/koll)

  1. alternative spelling of kolle

Noun

kolla f (definite singular kolla, indefinite plural koller or kollor, definite plural kollene or kollone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of kolle
  2. definite singular of kolle

Old Norse

Etymology

From a form related to Proto-Germanic *kelþaz (“infant, fetus, child in womb”)[1]

Noun

kolla f (genitive kollu, plural kollur)

  1. hind, cow
  2. woman

Usage notes
  • In the sense of a woman, it is only found in compounds.

Descendants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kolle

References
  • “kolla”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 356-364

Swedish

Etymology

Shortened from kollationera (“collate (documents or the like, to discover similarities and differences)”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔˌla/

Verb

kolla (present kollar, preterite kollade, supine kollat, imperative kolla)

  1. to look, to watch
    De kollade på den stora älgen
    They looked at the large moose
    Vi kollade på en film
    We watched a movie
  2. (colloquial, with in) to check out (look at)
    Kolla in hyllan på bruden där borta
    Check out the rack on the chick over there
  3. to check (examine, inspect)
    Kolla om mjölken är slut!
    Check/see if we're out of milk!

Usage notes

Etymology notwithstanding, likely thought of as synonymous with se/titta by most native speakers, except sometimes more idiomatic for checking something.

Conjugation
Conjugation of kolla (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive kolla kollas
Supine kollat kollats
Imperative kolla —
Imper. plural1 kollen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative kollar kollade kollas kollades
Ind. plural1 kolla kollade kollas kollades
Subjunctive2 kolle kollade kolles kollades
Participles
Present participle kollande
Past participle kollad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

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