golo

See also: Golo, goló, goło, golǫ, and -golo

Asturian

Verb

golo

1. first-person singular present indicative of golar

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian golo, Russian гол (gol), Polish gol, all from English goal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡolo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: go‧lo

Noun

golo (accusative singular golon, plural goloj, accusative plural golojn)

1. goal (point scored in a game)

Derived terms

• golejo (“goal”)
• golulo (“goalkeeper”)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin galbulus. See also gaulo and gravolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔ.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɔlo
• Hyphenation: gò‧lo

Noun

golo m (plural goli)

1. Synonym of gruccione (“European bee-eater”)

Further reading

• golo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• -logo, logo, logo-

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kʊ́dʊ́.

Adjective

golo

1. big

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

golo

1. (obsolete) past plural of gala

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.lu/

• Rhymes: -olu
• Hyphenation: go‧lo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English goal.

Alternative forms

• gol (Brazil)

Noun

golo m (plural golos)

1. (Portugal, sports) goal (area into which the players attempt to put an object)
2. (Portugal, sports) goal (act of placing the object into the goal)

Derived terms

• golaço
• golear

 

Etymology 2

Back-formation from engolir.

Alternative forms

• gole

Noun

golo m (plural golos)

1. Synonym of gole

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.l̪o/

Verb

golo

1. (stative, inanimate) to be old

   pala ne igolo omo ― this house is already old

2. (stative) to distant, far away

Conjugation

Conjugation of golo (stative verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tigolo	migolo	agolo
2nd person		nigolo	figolo
3rd person	inanimate	igolo	digolo
	animate	magolo
imperative		—, golo	—, golo

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics

Wolof

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔlɔ/

Noun

golo (definite form golo gi)

1. monkey