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Bahnar
Etymology
From Proto-Bahnaric *kləw (“male, husband”). The Proto-Bahnaric root was probably contaminated by Proto-Bahnaric *klaːw (“penis, testes”) (< Proto-Mon-Khmer *klaaw (“male sexual organ”)) if not derived from it.
Pronunciation
Noun
klo
- husband
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse kló.
Noun
klo c (singular definite kloen, plural indefinite kløer)
- claw
- talon
Declension
Derived terms
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Ewe
Noun
klo
- knee
Finnish
Noun
klo
- Abbreviation of kello (time of day): at
- klo 18.00 ― (at) 6:00 PM
Anagrams
Gun
Etymology
Cognates include Fon kló, Saxwe Gbe glò
Pronunciation
Verb
kló
- to be big
Derived terms
Luxembourgish
Verb
klo
- second-person singular imperative of kloen
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse kló (“claw, talon”), from Proto-Germanic *klawō (“claw”), from *klawjaną (“to claw; scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to ball up, clump together; swelling, lump”), from *gel- (“to be cold, to freeze”).
Noun
klo m or f (definite singular kloa or kloen, indefinite plural klør, definite plural klørne)
- claw
- talon
- pincer (of a lobster, scorpion, etc.)
References
- “klo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse kló. Akin to English claw.
Noun
klo f (definite singular kloa, indefinite plural klør, definite plural klørne)
- claw
- talon
- pincer (of a lobster, scorpion, etc.)
Etymology 2
Verb
klo
- (non-standard since 1938) past tense of klå
References
- “klo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse kló, from Proto-Germanic *klawō.
Pronunciation
Noun
klo c
- a claw
- a talon
- a pincer (of a lobster, scorpion, etc.)
Declension
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