karo

See also: Karo, karó, and káró

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori karo.

Noun

karo (uncountable)

1. Pittosporum crassifolium, a shrub of New Zealand.

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese karwa (“both; and; with”). By surface analysis, rua (“two”) +‎ ka-. Doublet of Karo.

Numeral

karo (Balinese script ᬓᬭᭀ)

1. two

Derived terms

• karo belah
• karo sigar

Further reading

• “karo”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Borôro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːɾʌ/

Noun

karo

1. fish

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish carro (“cart”), from Latin carrus, from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥s-o-, from *k̑ers- (“to run”). Also short for karosa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧ro

Noun

karo

1. carriage used to carry images of saints during a procession

Anagrams

• arko, okra, orka

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkaro/ [ˈka.ro]
• Rhymes: -aro
• Syllabification: ka‧ro
• Homophone: Karo

Etymology 1

Noun

karo (plural karo-karo)

1. syllabic abbreviation of kepala biro (“head of bureau”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tobelo [Term?].

Noun

karo (plural karo-karo)

1. dead coral washed up on the beach

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦫꦺꦴ (karo), from Old Javanese karwa (“the two, both; a second, with”).

Noun

karo (plural karo-karo)

1. annual Tengger community traditional ceremony of the second month after Kasada

Further reading

• “karo”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

karo

1. Rōmaji transcription of かろ

Javanese

Romanization

karo

1. romanization of ꦏꦫꦺꦴ

Latvian

Verb

karo

1. inflection of karot:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of karot
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of karot

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [²ˈkɑːroː]
• Rhymes: -ɑːroː
• Syllabification: kã‧ro

Noun

kãro m

1. genitive singular of kãras

Māori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaro/ [ˈkɐɾɔ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *kalo, from Proto-Central Pacific *kalo, from Proto-Oceanic *karut (“to scratch with fingernails, to claw at”), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *garut, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *garut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *garut (“rub against, scrape, scratch”). Cognates include Rapa Nui kakaro, karokaro and Tongan kalo. Doublet of raku.

Verb

karo

1. to pick out or scoop something out of a hole

Derived terms

• hīkaro
• tīkaro

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

karo

1. Pittosporum crassifolium, a shrub of New Zealand.

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “karo”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, 5th edition, Wellington, N.Z.: Marcus F. Marks, page 120
• John C. Moorfield (2011), “karo”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.rɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arɔ
• Syllabification: ka‧ro

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French carreau (“square”), from Old French quarel, from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus, from Classical Latin quadrus.

Noun

karo n

1. (card games) diamond
2. (clothing) square-shaped cleavage
3. diagonal style of laying tiles

Declension

Declension of karo

	singular	plural
nominative	karo	kara
genitive	kara	kar
dative	karu	karom
accusative	karo	kara
instrumental	karem	karami
locative	karze	karach
vocative	karze	kara

Adjective

karo (indeclinable)

1. (card games) of diamonds

   Synonym: karowy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

karo

1. vocative singular of kara (“punishment”)
2. vocative singular of kara (“cart”)
3. vocative singular of kara (“quadrangle”)

Further reading

• “karo”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “karo”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Rapa Nui

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɐ.ro/

Verb

karo

1. dig

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• kàrōn

Etymology

Borrowed from German Karo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâro/

Noun

kȁro m inan (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ро)

1. ♦, diamonds in card- and boardgames

Declension

Declension of karo

	singular
nominative	kȁro
genitive	kȁra
dative	kȁru
accusative	kȁro
vocative	[Term?]
locative	kȁru
instrumental	kȁrom

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Noun

karo class IX (plural karo class X)

1. tuition fee (monetary payment charged for education)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

karo class IX (plural karo class X)

1. sink, washbasin

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós

Proto-Celtic *karros

Gaulish *karrosbor.

Latin carrus

Old Spanish carro

Spanish carrobor.

Tagalog karo

Borrowed from Spanish carro, from Old Spanish carro, from Latin carrus, borrowed from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós, from *ḱers- + *-ós. Doublet of kar.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾo/ [ˈk̠aː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -aɾo
• Syllabification: ka‧ro

Noun

karo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜓ)

1. carriage used to carry an image of a saint in a procession
2. hearse

   Synonym: karosa

Related terms

• karera
• kareta
• karetela
• kariton
• karosa
• karwahe

Further reading

• “karo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• rako, arok, arko, okra

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French carreau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾo/

Noun

karo (definite accusative karoyu, plural karolar)

1. (architecture) tile
2. (card games) diamonds

   Synonym: orya

Declension

Declension of karo

	singular	plural
nominative	karo	karolar
definite accusative	karoyu	karoları
dative	karoya	karolara
locative	karoda	karolarda
ablative	karodan	karolardan
genitive	karonun	karoların

Further reading

• “karo”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “karo”, in Nişanyan Sözlük