koro

Possibly from Makasar garring koro' (lit. koro illness, "shrinking of the toilet", Matthes 1859), Buginese, or Malay. See "Koro § Etymology and geographical background" at Wikipedia for a full discussion.

koro (uncountable)

1. (psychology) A delusional syndrome found in Malay and southern Chinese populations, characterized by a belief that the subject's penis will retract into the abdomen and cause death.

• Mathes B. F. (1859). Makassaarsch-Hollandsch Woordenboek. Amsterdam: Het Nederlandsch Bijbelgenootschap te Amsterdam, p. 43 ("inkrimping van het gemak").

From Maori koro (“grandfather”).

koro (plural koros)

1. A Maori male elder.

• Kroo, okro, Orok, kroo, roko, rook

From Latin cor. Doublet of kero.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoro/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oro
• Hyphenation: ko‧ro

koro (accusative singular koron, plural koroj, accusative plural korojn)

1. heart
2. clapper (tongue of a bell)

From Proto-Central-Pacific *koro, from Proto-Oceanic *koro (compare Tongan kolo, Maori koro)

koro

1. town
2. village (use koro lailai to specify that it's smaller in size than a town)
3. settlement

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoro/, [ˈko̞ro̞]
• Rhymes: -oro
• Syllabification^(key): ko‧ro
• Hyphenation^(key): ko‧ro

Probably borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᛊᚲᛟᚱᛟ (*skoro), from Proto-Germanic *skurō.

koro

2. (heraldry) line of partition, line
4. (botany) open scar

Back-formation from korottaa.

koro

1. (ballistics) elevation (angle)

From Proto-Finnic *koroi, of onomatopoeic origin.

koro (dialectal)

1. synonym of palokärki (“black woodpecker; Dryocopus martius”)

• orko

koro (plurale tantum)

1. water

• Angelika Jakobi, A Fur Grammar: Phonology, Morphophonology, and Morphology (1990)
• Arthur Charles Beaton, A grammar of the Fur language (1968)

From Proto-Finnic *koroi, of onomatopoeic origin. Cognates include dialectal Finnish koro and Votic kora.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkoro/, [ˈko̞ro̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkoroi̯/, [ˈko̞ro̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -oro, -oroi̯
• Hyphenation: ko‧ro

koro

1. synonym of tulilintu

Declension of koro (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	koro	korot
genitive	koron	korroin, koroloin
partitive	korroa	koroja, koroloja
illative	korroo	korroi, koroloihe
inessive	koros	korois, korolois
elative	korost	koroist, koroloist
allative	korolle	koroille, koroloille
adessive	korol	koroil, koroloil
ablative	korolt	koroilt, koroloilt
translative	koroks	koroiks, koroloiks
essive	koronna, korroon	koroinna, koroloinna, korroin, koroloin
exessive1)	koront	koroint, koroloint
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.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 195

koro

1. Rōmaji transcription of ころ

Khoekhoe cardinal numbers

<  4	5	6  >
Cardinal : koro

koro

1. five

koro

1. body
2. self

Cognate with Rapa Nui koro (“father”).

koro (used in the form koro-a)

1. grandfather
2. term of address to an elderly man

• → English: koro

From Proto-Polynesian *kolo (“enclosed fortress”), from Proto-Oceanic *koro. Cognate with Niuean kolo (“tower, fortress”).

koro

1. cove, inlet
2. noose
3. white rātā (Metrosideros perforata)

   Synonyms: whakapiopio, akatoki, torotoro, akatea, akatorotoro

From Proto-Polynesian *kolo (“intend, desire”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kele.

koro (passive koroa or korongia or korotia)

1. to desire

• koronga (“purpose”)

• “koro” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Cognate with Kanuri kóró.

• Audio:

  (file)

koro

1. ass, donkey

kòro f

1. (non-standard since 1917) definite singular of kòru

• IPA^(key): /kò.ɾò/

kòrò (plural kòròzhì)

1. neck

   Synonym: kpatsùn

• IPA^(key): /kō.ɾō/

koro

1. navel; belly button

• IPA^(key): /kō.ɾō/

koro

1. rheum; sleepy dust

• IPA^(key): /koɾo/

koro (plural ka koroke)

1. black-backed jackal

• Shah, Sheena, and Matthias Brenzinger. Ouma Geelmeid ke kx’u ǁxaǁxa Nǀuu. Cape Town: CALDi, University of Cape Town. 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17432.
• Sands, Bonny & Jones, Kerry & Esau, Katrina & Collins, Chris & Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena & Job, Sylvanus & Miller, Amanda & Steyn, Betta & Zaanen, Menno & Namaseb, Levi & Berg, Dietloff & Mantzel, Dotty & Damarah, Willem & Snyman, Claudia & Wyk, David & Brugman, Johanna & Exter, Mats & Vaalbooi, Antjie & Westhuizen, Mietjie. (2022). Nǀuuki Namagowab Afrikaans English ǂXoakiǂxanisi/Mîdi di ǂKhanis/Woordeboek/Dictionary

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.rɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔrɔ
• Syllabification: ko‧ro

koro f

1. vocative singular of kora

Cognate with Maori koro (“grandfather”).

koro

1. (archaic) father

Considered archaic; the following are preferred:

• matu'a tamaaroa
• matu'a tane

Borrowed from Spanish coro, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾo/ [ˈkoː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: ko‧ro
• Homophone: Corro

koro (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜓ)

1. choir; chorus (group of singers performing together)
2. (music) chorus (part of a song repeated between verses)
3. (architecture) choir (part of a church for choir assembly)

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

Clipping of kòrónà.

• àrùn kòró

• IPA^(key): /kò.ɾó/

kòró

1. (colloquial) corona (disease)

Compare with Ifè korò

• IPA^(key): /kō.ɾò/

korò

1. to be bitter

   Synonyms: lúkú, rorò

• korò bí ewúro (“to be as bitter as bitter leaf”)

• IPA^(key): /kó.ɾó/

kóró

1. seed; kernel

• dúdú bí kóró iṣin (“to be as dark as an ackee seed”)