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English

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Etymology

From Russian са́ло (sálo) or Ukrainian са́ло (sálo), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *sadlo.

Noun

salo (uncountable)

  1. a type of fatback, or non-rendered underskin pig fat consumed in Central and Eastern Europe, usually seasoned
    • 2009 January 31, Michael Schwirtz, “Russia and Cuba Take Steps to Revive a Bond”, in New York Times:
      [] Mr. Castro waxed nostalgic, recounting the time he and Soviet comrades sat around a campfire in the forest eating salo, the cured pig fat that is a staple chaser of Russian vodka.

Translations

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Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

salo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of salar

Esperanto

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Etymology

From Italian sale, from Latin sāl (salt). Doublet of saŭco and salso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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  • Rhymes: -alo
  • Hyphenation: sa‧lo

Noun

salo (accusative singular salon, plural saloj, accusative plural salojn)

  1. salt

Derived terms

Anagrams

Finnish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *salo, probably borrowed from Baltic.

Noun

salo

  1. a deep forest, wilderness
    • 1856, “Suomen salossa”, Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen (lyrics), Juhana Ennola (music):
      Honkaen keskellä mökkini seisoo
      Suomeni soreassa salossa.
      Honkaen väliltä sintävä selkä
      Vilkkuvi koittehen valossa.
      Hoi laari laa!
      Kaiku mun saloni, Suomeni maa!
      [Honkain keskellä mökkini seisoo
      Suomeni soreassa salossa.
      Honkain väliltä siintävä selkä
      Vilkkuvi koittehen valossa.
      Hoi laari laa!
      Kaikuu mun saloni, Suomeni maa!]
      Amidst the (straight) pine trees stands my cabin
      in the graceful wilderness of (my) Finland
      From amidst the pine trees looms the lake
      glimmering in the light of dawn

      Rings out my wilderness of my Finnish land!
  2. (archaic) a forested island
Declension
Inflection of salo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative salo salot
genitive salon salojen
partitive saloa saloja
illative saloon saloihin
singular plural
nominative salo salot
accusative nom. salo salot
gen. salon
genitive salon salojen
partitive saloa saloja
inessive salossa saloissa
elative salosta saloista
illative saloon saloihin
adessive salolla saloilla
ablative salolta saloilta
allative salolle saloille
essive salona saloina
translative saloksi saloiksi
abessive salotta saloitta
instructive saloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of salo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative saloni saloni
accusative nom. saloni saloni
gen. saloni
genitive saloni salojeni
partitive saloani salojani
inessive salossani saloissani
elative salostani saloistani
illative salooni saloihini
adessive salollani saloillani
ablative saloltani saloiltani
allative salolleni saloilleni
essive salonani saloinani
translative salokseni saloikseni
abessive salottani saloittani
instructive
comitative saloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative salosi salosi
accusative nom. salosi salosi
gen. salosi
genitive salosi salojesi
partitive saloasi salojasi
inessive salossasi saloissasi
elative salostasi saloistasi
illative saloosi saloihisi
adessive salollasi saloillasi
ablative saloltasi saloiltasi
allative salollesi saloillesi
essive salonasi saloinasi
translative saloksesi saloiksesi
abessive salottasi saloittasi
instructive
comitative saloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative salomme salomme
accusative nom. salomme salomme
gen. salomme
genitive salomme salojemme
partitive saloamme salojamme
inessive salossamme saloissamme
elative salostamme saloistamme
illative saloomme saloihimme
adessive salollamme saloillamme
ablative saloltamme saloiltamme
allative salollemme saloillemme
essive salonamme saloinamme
translative saloksemme saloiksemme
abessive salottamme saloittamme
instructive
comitative saloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative salonne salonne
accusative nom. salonne salonne
gen. salonne
genitive salonne salojenne
partitive saloanne salojanne
inessive salossanne saloissanne
elative salostanne saloistanne
illative saloonne saloihinne
adessive salollanne saloillanne
ablative saloltanne saloiltanne
allative salollenne saloillenne
essive salonanne saloinanne
translative saloksenne saloiksenne
abessive salottanne saloittanne
instructive
comitative saloinenne
Derived terms
compounds

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Slavic.

Noun

salo

  1. salo (non-rendered underskin pig fat)
Declension
Inflection of salo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative salo salot
genitive salon salojen
partitive saloa saloja
illative saloon saloihin
singular plural
nominative salo salot
accusative nom. salo salot
gen. salon
genitive salon salojen
partitive saloa saloja
inessive salossa saloissa
elative salosta saloista
illative saloon saloihin
adessive salolla saloilla
ablative salolta saloilta
allative salolle saloille
essive salona saloina
translative saloksi saloiksi
abessive salotta saloitta
instructive saloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of salo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative saloni saloni
accusative nom. saloni saloni
gen. saloni
genitive saloni salojeni
partitive saloani salojani
inessive salossani saloissani
elative salostani saloistani
illative salooni saloihini
adessive salollani saloillani
ablative saloltani saloiltani
allative salolleni saloilleni
essive salonani saloinani
translative salokseni saloikseni
abessive salottani saloittani
instructive
comitative saloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative salosi salosi
accusative nom. salosi salosi
gen. salosi
genitive salosi salojesi
partitive saloasi salojasi
inessive salossasi saloissasi
elative salostasi saloistasi
illative saloosi saloihisi
adessive salollasi saloillasi
ablative saloltasi saloiltasi
allative salollesi saloillesi
essive salonasi saloinasi
translative saloksesi saloiksesi
abessive salottasi saloittasi
instructive
comitative saloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative salomme salomme
accusative nom. salomme salomme
gen. salomme
genitive salomme salojemme
partitive saloamme salojamme
inessive salossamme saloissamme
elative salostamme saloistamme
illative saloomme saloihimme
adessive salollamme saloillamme
ablative saloltamme saloiltamme
allative salollemme saloillemme
essive salonamme saloinamme
translative saloksemme saloiksemme
abessive salottamme saloittamme
instructive
comitative saloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative salonne salonne
accusative nom. salonne salonne
gen. salonne
genitive salonne salojenne
partitive saloanne salojanne
inessive salossanne saloissanne
elative salostanne saloistanne
illative saloonne saloihinne
adessive salollanne saloillanne
ablative saloltanne saloiltanne
allative salollenne saloillenne
essive salonanne saloinanne
translative saloksenne saloiksenne
abessive salottanne saloittanne
instructive
comitative saloinenne

Anagrams

Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

salō m (possessed form salon)

  1. style, fashion, pattern
  2. affectation

References

  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 177.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto saloLatin sālItalian saleSpanish sal.

Noun

salo (plural sali)

  1. salt

Derived terms

Italian

Verb

salo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of salare

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

salō

  1. dative/ablative singular of salum

References

  • salo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • salo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • salo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • salo”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Nias

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saləʀ. Cf. Tagalog sahig.

Noun

salo (mutated form zalo)

  1. floor

References

  • Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 181.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sadlo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sâlo/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧lo

Noun

sȁlo n (Cyrillic spelling са̏ло)

  1. lard
  2. fat (specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy)
Declension

Further reading

  • salo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

salo (Cyrillic spelling сало)

  1. vocative singular of sala

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsalo/
  • Rhymes: -alo
  • Syllabification: sa‧lo

Verb

salo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of salar

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Central Philippine *salú (catch in hand). Compare Bikol Central salo, Cebuano salo, and Hiligaynon salo.

Pronunciation

Noun

saló (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜓ)

  1. catching with one's hand (of a ball, etc.)
    Synonyms: sambot, pagsambot
  2. supporting from under an object (especially with one's hand)
    Synonyms: sapo, pagsapo, sapupo, pagsapupo
  3. undersupport; prop
    Synonyms: tukod, talukod, sapo
  4. taking over of a task left by another
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Central Philippine *sálu (to eat together). Compare Kapampangan salu, Bikol Central salo, Aklanon saeo, Cebuano salo, Hiligaynon salo, Waray-Waray saro, and Tausug sāw.

Pronunciation

Noun

salo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜓ)

  1. eating with another or together (especially on the same plate)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

salò (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜓ)

  1. mechanical catch (in necklaces, bracelets, etc.)
    Synonyms: pakaw, sakla, bikling

Further reading

  • salo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

Ternate

Etymology

Compare Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suluq (torch).

Pronunciation

Noun

salo

  1. resin
  2. a resin-torch

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian

Etymology

Cognate with Ternate salo (resin).

Pronunciation

Noun

salo

  1. resin

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics (as saló)