karo

See also: Karo, karó, and káró

English

Etymology

From Maori [Term?].

Noun

karo

1. Pittosporum crassifolium, a shrub of New Zealand.

Balinese

Romanization

karo

1. Romanization of ᬓᬭᭀ

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

• arko, okra, orka

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

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) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *garut (“rub against, scrape, scratch”) (compare with Malay garut (“to grind against one another, to scrape”) and garu “to scratch”). Doublet of raku.

Verb

karo

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

Derived terms

• hīkaro
• tīkaro

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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:

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• 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

Declension

Declension of karo

	singular	plural
nominative	karo	kara
genitive	kara	kar
dative	karowi	karom
accusative	karo	kara
instrumental	karem	karami
locative	karze	karach
vocative	karze	kara

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

Verb

karo

1. dig

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• kàrōn

Etymology

Borrowed from German Karo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâro/

Noun

kȁro m (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ро)

1. ♦, diamonds in card- and boardgames

Declension

Declension of karo

	singular	plural
nominative	kȁro	—
genitive	kȁra	—
dative	kȁru	—
accusative	kȁro	—
vocative	—	—
locative	kȁru	—
instrumental	kȁrom	—

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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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

Related terms

• karera
• kareta
• karetela
• kariton
• karosa
• karwahe

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rako, arok, arko, okra

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

Inflection
Nominative	karo
Definite accusative	karoyu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	karo	karolar
Definite accusative	karoyu	karoları
Dative	karoya	karolara
Locative	karoda	karolarda
Ablative	karodan	karolardan
Genitive	karonun	karoların

Further reading

• “karo”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “karo”, in Nişanyan Sözlük