koliva

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English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόλλυβα (kólluba, small cakes), from κόλλυβος (kóllubos, small coin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɒlɪvə/, /ˈkəʊlɪvə/

Noun

koliva (uncountable)

  1. A dish made of sweetened boiled wheat, optionally mixed with nuts and spices, and used in Eastern Orthodox rituals to commemorate the dead or at slava.

Translations

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from a Hellenic language.

Noun

koliva

  1. (dialect) (Rize) boiled maize
  2. (dialect) (Rize) boiled cereal in water