kello

From Proto-Finnic *këllo (compare Karelian kello, Ludian kello, Veps kelo), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skellǭ (“bell”) (compare German Schelle and Swedish skälla (“bell”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkelːo/, [ˈk̟e̞lːo̞]
• Rhymes: -elːo
• Syllabification^(key): kel‧lo

kello

1. bell (object made of metal or other hard material, which resonates when struck)

   vahinko ei tule kello kaulassa

   Kenelle kello soi? ― For whom the bell tolls?

   1. bell (signal at a school)
2. clock (instrument used to measure time)
   1. watch (portable or wearable timepiece)

      Synonyms: rannekello, taskukello

   2. timer (device that gives an alarm after a specified time)

      Synonym: ajastin

      munakello ― egg timer

   3. o'clock (when indicating time)

      Kello on kahdeksan. ― It's eight o'clock. (literally, “The clock is eight.”)

      kello kahdelta ― at two o'clock (literally, “at clock two”)

   4. time (when asking the time or telling exact time)

      Paljonko kello on? ― What's the time? (literally, “How much is the clock?”)

      Kello on 20:32. ― The time is 8:32 pm.

   5. clock (metaphor for regularity)

      Hän tuli joka päivä kellon tarkkuudella. ― He arrived every day with clocklike regularity.

   6. (nautical, aviation) o'clock (used to indicate direction in relation to the vessel's position so that 12 is straight ahead and 6 is straight behind)

      Tunnistamaton lentokone kello kahdessa! ― An unidentified aeroplane at two o'clock!

3. funnel, horn (any bell-shaped object)

   Synonyms: see suppilo

   1. (music) bell (part of a brass instrument)
   2. bellflower (plant of the genus Campanula)

      harakankello ― spreading bellflower, C. patula

      hirvenkello ― bristly bellflower, C. cervicaria

      kiirunankello ― arctic bellflower, C. uniflora

      kissankello ― bluebell, harebell, C. rotundifolia

      kurjenkello ― peach-leaved bellflower, C. persicifolia

      peurankello ― clustered bellflower, C. glomerata

      ukonkello ― wide-leaved bellflower, C. latifolia

      varsankello ― nettle-leaved bellflower, C. trachelium

      vuohenkello ― creeping bellflower, C. rapunculoides

• (o'clock): When used before a numeral, kello is not inflected.

• “kello”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

From Proto-Finnic *këllo. Cognates include Finnish kello and Karelian kello.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkelːo/, [ˈke̞ɫːŏ̞̥]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkelːo/, [ˈke̞ɫːo̞]
• Rhymes: -elːo
• Hyphenation: kel‧lo

kello

1. bell

   löövvä kelloa ― to sound the bell

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 152

From a Germanic language (compare Swedish skälla (“bell”)).

kello (genitive kellon, partitive kelluo)

1. clock