κόλλα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κόλλᾰ (kóllaf (genitive κόλλης); first declension

  1. glue
  2. flour paste

Inflection

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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

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Greek

Pronunciation

Noun

κόλλα (kóllaf (plural κόλλες)

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

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See also

  • and compare with: κόλα f (kóla, piece of paper)

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)

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