colf

Italian

Etymology

Abbreviation of collaboratrice familiare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔlf/
• Rhymes: -ɔlf
• Hyphenation: còlf

Noun

colf f (invariable)

1. a home help

Scots

Alternative forms

• culf, calf

Etymology

From Early Scots calfat, borrowed from French calfater.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɔlf], [kʌlf]

Verb

colf (third-person singular simple present colfs, present participle colfin, simple past colft, past participle colft)

1. (transitive) to fill in (a hole)
2. (transitive) to wad (a gun)

References

• “COLF, Culf, Calf, v. and n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.