polo

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Balti پولو (polo, ball). Cognate with Tibetan པོ་ལོ (po lo), ཕོ་ལོང (pho long), སྤོ་ལོ (spo lo, ball).

Noun

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polo (usually uncountable, plural polos)

  1. (uncountable) A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
    • 2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 227:
      There were polo fields – sometimes green, sometimes brown – where in the old days, people had actually played that strange game that seems like a drunken bet about golf and horse riding.
  2. The game of ice polo, one of the ancestors of ice hockey; a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.
  3. (countable) A polo shirt.
    • 2007 February 22, Mike Albo, “Outfitters to Presidents, Preppies, Me”, in New York Times[5]:
      Then on the second floor there is the creepy boy’s section, which had little headless mannequins in premium polos ($39.50), rugby shirts ($49.50) and a precocious leather pilot jacket for $148.
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Translations
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Etymology 2

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From Spanish, an air or popular song in Andalusia.

Noun

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polo

  1. A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands.

Etymology 3

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Unknown.

Noun

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polo (plural polos)

  1. (Philippines) A dress shirt.

Etymology 4

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From the game marco polo, from the explorer Marco Polo, from Latin Paulus.

Interjection

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polo

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Polo
    Coordinate terms: marco, marco polo

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Anagrams

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Asturian

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Etymology

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From a contraction of the preposition por (for, by) + neuter singular article lo (the).

Contraction

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polo n (masculine pol, feminine pola, masculine plural polos, feminine plural poles)

  1. for the, by the

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: po‧lo

Etymology 1

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From English polo shirt.

Noun

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polo

  1. a polo shirt

Etymology 2

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From English polo, from Balti پولو (polo, ball).

Noun

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polo

  1. a ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal
  2. a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates

Etymology 3

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Unknown.

Noun

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polo

  1. a dress shirt

Chinese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English polo.

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Noun

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polo

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) polo shirt (Classifier: c)

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Adverb

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polo

  1. half

Etymology 2

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Noun

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polo n

  1. Alternative form of pólo (polo) (a ball game played on horseback)
Declension
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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  • polo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • polo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • polo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

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Noun

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polo

  1. polo (ball game played on horseback)
  2. polo shirt
    Synonyms: poloskjorte, polotrøje

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Esperanto

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Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eo

Etymology

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From German Pole, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pȍľe (field). Doublet of poljo.

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Noun

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polo (accusative singular polon, plural poloj, accusative plural polojn)

  1. Pole (person from Poland)

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Related to and likely derived from polkea.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpolo/, [ˈpo̞lo̞]
  • Rhymes: -olo
  • Hyphenation(key): po‧lo

Noun

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polo

  1. poor (one to be pitied)
    poikapolo
    poor boy
    Synonyms: raasu, ressukka, poloinen, raukka, parka, raukkaparka

Declension

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Inflection of polo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative polo polot
genitive polon polojen
partitive poloa poloja
illative poloon poloihin
singular plural
nominative polo polot
accusative nom. polo polot
gen. polon
genitive polon polojen
partitive poloa poloja
inessive polossa poloissa
elative polosta poloista
illative poloon poloihin
adessive pololla poloilla
ablative pololta poloilta
allative pololle poloille
essive polona poloina
translative poloksi poloiksi
abessive polotta poloitta
instructive poloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of polo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative poloni poloni
accusative nom. poloni poloni
gen. poloni
genitive poloni polojeni
partitive poloani polojani
inessive polossani poloissani
elative polostani poloistani
illative polooni poloihini
adessive polollani poloillani
ablative pololtani poloiltani
allative pololleni poloilleni
essive polonani poloinani
translative polokseni poloikseni
abessive polottani poloittani
instructive
comitative poloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative polosi polosi
accusative nom. polosi polosi
gen. polosi
genitive polosi polojesi
partitive poloasi polojasi
inessive polossasi poloissasi
elative polostasi poloistasi
illative poloosi poloihisi
adessive polollasi poloillasi
ablative pololtasi poloiltasi
allative polollesi poloillesi
essive polonasi poloinasi
translative poloksesi poloiksesi
abessive polottasi poloittasi
instructive
comitative poloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative polomme polomme
accusative nom. polomme polomme
gen. polomme
genitive polomme polojemme
partitive poloamme polojamme
inessive polossamme poloissamme
elative polostamme poloistamme
illative poloomme poloihimme
adessive polollamme poloillamme
ablative pololtamme poloiltamme
allative polollemme poloillemme
essive polonamme poloinamme
translative poloksemme poloiksemme
abessive polottamme poloittamme
instructive
comitative poloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative polonne polonne
accusative nom. polonne polonne
gen. polonne
genitive polonne polojenne
partitive poloanne polojanne
inessive polossanne poloissanne
elative polostanne poloistanne
illative poloonne poloihinne
adessive polollanne poloillanne
ablative pololtanne poloiltanne
allative polollenne poloillenne
essive polonanne poloinanne
translative poloksenne poloiksenne
abessive polottanne poloittanne
instructive
comitative poloinenne

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References

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  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

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French

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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polo m

  1. polo (ball game played on horseback)
  2. polo shirt

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Galician

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Etymology 1

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Contraction of the preposition por (through, by, for) + alternative form of the masculine singular definite article lo (the).

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Contraction

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polo (feminine pola, masculine plural polos, feminine plural polas)

  1. Contraction of por o (through the; by the; for the).
    O ladrón entrou pola ventá
    The thief entered through the window

Etymology 2

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From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pullus.

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Noun

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polo m (plural polos)

  1. chick (young bird, especially a chicken)
    • 1418, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:
      Iten o par dos polos et polas, seis blanquas et dous coroados.
      Item, the pair of chickens and chicks, six white coins and a crown
    Synonyms: pito, pitiño
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Etymology 3

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Learned borrowing from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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polo m (plural polos)

  1. (geography, electricity) pole

Etymology 4

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Borrowed from English polo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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polo m (plural polos)

  1. polo (ball game)
  2. polo shirt, polo

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Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English poleFrench pôleGerman PolItalian poloRussian по́люс (póljus)Spanish polo, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

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Noun

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polo (plural poli)

  1. pole (point where an axis meets the surface of a rotating body)

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *polo. Cognates include Finnish polo.

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Noun

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polo

  1. (in compounds) poor (one deserving pity)

Declension

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Declension of polo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative polo polot
genitive polon polloin, pololoin
partitive polloa poloja, pololoja
illative polloo polloi, pololoihe
inessive polos polois, pololois
elative polost poloist, pololoist
allative pololle poloille, pololoille
adessive polol poloil, pololoil
ablative pololt poloilt, pololoilt
translative poloks poloiks, pololoiks
essive polonna, polloon poloinna, pololoinna, polloin, pololoin
exessive1) polont poloint, pololoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 422

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

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Noun

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polo m (plural poli)

  1. (countable) pole (geographic, electrical or magnetic)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English polo.

Noun

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polo m (plural poli)

  1. (uncountable) polo (sport)
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References

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  1. ^ polo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

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Noun

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polō

  1. dative/ablative singular of polus

References

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  • polo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

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Noun

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polo m (invariable)

  1. polo
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Lower Sorbian

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Noun

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polo n (diminutive polack)

  1. Superseded spelling of pólo.

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Maranao

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Etymology

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From pulo, compare Cebuano pulo.

Noun

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polo

  1. island

Mokilese

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Noun

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polo

  1. group

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North Moluccan Malay

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Etymology

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From Malay peluk.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɔˈlɔ/
  • Hyphenation: po‧lo

Verb

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poló

  1. (transitive) to hug (to embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms)
    Dia suka polo depe anjing.
    He loves to hug his dog.

Noun

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poló

  1. hug (a close embrace)
    Depe polo biking kita lebe sayang pa dia.
    His hugs makes me love him more.

Usage notes

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  • For the reciprocal sense (each other), the word bakupoló or bapoló is used instead.

Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From English polo, from Balti پولو (polo, ball).

Noun

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polo m (definite singular poloen, uncountable)

  1. (sports, equestrianism) polo

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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From English polo, from Balti پولو (polo, ball).

Noun

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polo m (definite singular poloen, uncountable)

  1. (sports, equestrianism) polo

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from English polo, from Balti پولو (polo).

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Noun

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polo n (indeclinable)

  1. (equestrianism) polo (ball game)
  2. polo shirt
    Synonyms: koszulka polo, polówka

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noun

Further reading

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

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin polus (pole), from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, axis of rotation).

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

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polo m (plural polos)

  1. (geography, electricity) pole (geographic, magnetic)
  2. (complex analysis) pole
  3. (figurative) extreme opposite
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English polo, from Balti པོ་ལོ (po lo, ball).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

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polo m (plural polos)

  1. polo (ball game)
  2. polo shirt, polo

Etymology 3

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From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (animal young). Doublet of polho, which came from Spanish.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

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polo m (plural polos)

  1. eyas
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Etymology 4

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From Old Galician-Portuguese polo, from por + lo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (unstressed) /pu.lu/, [pu.lu]
  • Hyphenation: po‧lo

Contraction

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polo (feminine pola, masculine plural polos, feminine plural polas)

  1. (obsolete) Contraction of por (by; through; for) + o (the)
    Synonym: pelo

Ramoaaina

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Noun

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polo

  1. liquid

Further reading

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  • Robyn Davies and Lisbeth Fritzell, Duke of York Grammar Essentials (Ramoaaina) (October 1992)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French polo.

Noun

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polo n (uncountable)

  1. polo

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Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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polo (sport)
A polo shirt
A T-shirt
A popsicle

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpolo/ [ˈpo.lo]
  • Rhymes: -olo
  • Syllabification: po‧lo

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

Noun

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polo m (plural polos)

  1. (geography, electricity) pole
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English polo.

Noun

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polo m (uncountable)

  1. polo (ball game)
  2. polo shirt
  3. (Peru) T-shirt
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:camiseta
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Etymology 3

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Originally a trademark.

Noun

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polo m (plural polos)

  1. (chiefly Spain) popsicle, ice lolly
    Synonym: paleta

Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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polo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of polir

Etymology 5

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From corruption of polong, Hispanicized spelling of Tagalog pulong, meaning "community work". [1][2] An alternate etymology posits it to be from Tagalog ikapulo ("tenth") or tithe (diezmos prediales), for a tenth (10%) of the harvest is given to the Church. [3][4]

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polo m (plural polos)

  1. (Philippines, historical) unpaid compulsory work; corvée
  2. (Philippines, historical) tax levied on the natives of the Philippine islands and paid as labor, goods, and/or money
    Synonyms: tributo, impuesto

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References

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  1. ^ Agoncillo, Teodoro A. (1960) History of the Filipino People[1], 8th edition, Quezon City: Garotech Publishing, published 1990, →ISBN, page 83
  2. ^ Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
  3. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (1992) “Numeral expressions in Tagalog”, in Archipel, volume 44, pages 167-181
  4. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Numbers and Units in Old Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN

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Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English polo, from Balti پولو (polo).

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polo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

  1. (sports) polo (sport)
  2. (clothing) polo shirt
    Synonym: polosirt
    • 1981, Clodualdo Del Mundo, Writing for Film:
      Maraming reklamo si Arni tungkol sa initiation; sisisihin pa nito si Sid dahil ito ang pumilit sa kanyang sumali sa frat. Magsusuot ng polo si Arni. Halos hindi niya maigalaw ang kanyang braso.
      Arni have a lot of complaints about the initiation; he even blamed Sid for forcing him to join the frat. Arni would wear a polo shirt. He could almost not move his arms.
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish polo, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

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Noun

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polo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ) (geography, electricity)

  1. pole
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Spanish polo (corvée), which came from either:

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Noun

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polo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ) (historical)

  1. unpaid compulsory work; corvee; forced labor
    Synonym: atag
  2. tax levied on the natives and paid as labor, goods, and/or money
    Synonyms: buwis, tributo, alkabala, amilyar, impuwesto
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References

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  1. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (1992) “Numeral expressions in Tagalog”, in Archipel, volume 44, pages 167-181
  2. ^ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Numbers and Units in Old Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN
  3. ^ Agoncillo, Teodoro A. (1960) History of the Filipino People[3], 8th edition, Quezon City: Garotech Publishing, published 1990, →ISBN, page 83
  4. ^ Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[4] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

Etymology 4

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From Proto-Philippine *pujuq. Compare Malay pulau.

Noun

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polô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

  1. Obsolete spelling of pulo: island

Etymology 5

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puluq. Compare Malay puluh.

Noun

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polô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

  1. Obsolete spelling of pulo: ten

Veps

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian по́ло (pólo).

Noun

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polo

  1. polo (sport)

Inflection

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Inflection of polo (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing. polo
genitive sing. polon
partitive sing. polod
partitive plur.
singular plural
nominative polo
accusative polon
genitive polon
partitive polod
essive-instructive polon
translative poloks
inessive polos
elative polospäi
illative polho
poloho
adessive polol
ablative pololpäi
allative polole
abessive polota
comitative polonke
prolative polodme
approximative I polonno
approximative II polonnoks
egressive polonnopäi
terminative I polhosai
polohosai
terminative II pololesai
terminative III polossai
additive I polhopäi
polohopäi
additive II pololepäi

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References

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  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “поло”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[7], Petrozavodsk: Periodika