κόλλα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *kol-, with cognates including Russian кле́й (kléj), Middle Dutch helen.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κόλλᾰ • (kólla) f (genitive κόλλης); first declension

  1. glue
  2. flour paste

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόλλᾰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 736

Further reading

Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈko.la/
  • Hyphenation: κόλ‧λα
  • Homophone: κόλα (kóla)

Noun

κόλλα • (kólla) f (plural κόλλες)

  1. glue, gum
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  2. sizing, size
  3. flour paste, starch paste, starch glue

Declension

Synonyms

  • κόλληση f (kóllisi, process of glueing)
  • κόλλημα n (kóllima, glueing, glued joint)

See also

  • for sense "piece of paper" see κόλα (kóla)

Verb

κόλλα • (kólla)

  1. 2nd person singular imperfect perfective imperative active form of κολλάω (kolláo)/κολλώ.
    alternative form: κόλλαγε (kóllage)
  2. 2nd person singular simple past perfective imperative active form of κολλάω (kolláo)/κολλώ.
    alternative form: κόλλησε (kóllise)

Derived terms

  • κόλλα το! (kólla to!, literally: stick it!)
  • κόλλα πέντε! (kólla pénte!)

Further reading

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