klo

See also: Klo, kló, and klø

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

• IPA^(key): /klɔː/

Noun

klo 

1. husband

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse kló.

Noun

klo c (singular definite kloen, plural indefinite kløer)

1. claw
2. talon

Declension

Declension of klo

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	klo	kloen	kløer	kløerne
genitive	klos	kloens	kløers	kløernes

Derived terms

• bjørneklo
• fugleklo
• gribeklo
• hummerklo
• hundeklo
• katteklo
• klosaks
• krabbeklo
• krebseklo
• løveklo
• ræveklo
• ugleklo
• ørneklo

 

See also

• negl

References

• “klo” in Den Danske Ordbog

Ewe

Noun

klo

1. knee

Finnish

Noun

klo

1. Abbreviation of kello (time of day): at

   klo 18.00 ― (at) 6:00 PM

Anagrams

• kol

Gun

Etymology

Cognates include Fon kló, Saxwe Gbe glò

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kló/

Verb

kló

1. to be big

Derived terms

• kíkló (“big”)

 

Luxembourgish

Verb

klo

1. 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)

1. claw
2. talon
3. pincer (of a lobster, scorpion, etc.)

References

• “klo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kluː/, /kɽuː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kló. Akin to English claw.

Noun

klo f (definite singular kloa, indefinite plural klør, definite plural klørne)

1. claw
2. talon
3. pincer (of a lobster, scorpion, etc.)

Etymology 2

Verb

klo

1. (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

• Audio:

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Noun

klo c

1. a claw
2. a talon
3. a pincer (of a lobster, scorpion, etc.)

Declension

Declension of klo

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	klo	klos
	definite	klon	klons
plural	indefinite	klor	klors
	definite	klorna	klornas

See also

• klösa

References

• klo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• klo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• klo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• KOL, kol, lok