kolla

kolla

1. definite nominative singular of kollë

kolla

1. genitive singular of kold

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɔtla/
• Rhymes: -ɔtla

From Old Norse kolla.

kolla f (genitive singular kollu, nominative plural kollur)

1. polled ewe
2. female eider
3. mug, tankard (especially for beer)
4. wig
5. brimless hat

• bjórkolla (“beer mug”)
• hárkolla (“wig”)

• kollur (“crown of the head”)

kolla

1. inflection of kollur:
   1. indefinite accusative plural
   2. indefinite genitive plural

Borrowed from Italian colla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɔlla

kolla f (plural kolol)

1. glue, paste

kolla (present tense kollar, past tense kolla, past participle kolla, passive infinitive kollast, present participle kollande, imperative kolla/koll)

1. alternative spelling of kolle

kolla f (definite singular kolla, indefinite plural koller or kollor, definite plural kollene or kollone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of kolle
2. definite singular of kolle

From a form related to Proto-Germanic *kelþaz (“infant, fetus, child in womb”)^[1]

kolla f (genitive kollu, plural kollur)

1. hind, cow
2. woman

• In the sense of a woman, it is only found in compounds.

• Faroese: kolla
• Norwegian Bokmål: kolle

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “kolla”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Shortened from kollationera (“collate (documents or the like, to discover similarities and differences)”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔˌla/

kolla (present kollar, preterite kollade, supine kollat, imperative kolla)

1. to look, to watch

   Synonyms: se, titta

   De kollade på den stora älgen

   They looked at the large moose

   Vi kollade på en film

   We watched a movie

2. to check (examine)

   Kolla om mjölken är slut!

   Check/see if we're out of milk!

   Kolla mejlen

   Check your email

3. (with upp) to actively (try to) obtain a piece of information or information on something (or someone); to look up, to check, to check out, etc.

   Vem som helst kan enkelt kolla upp var vi bor

   Anyone can easily look up where we live

   en sida där man kan kolla upp och jämföra serviceintervall för olika bilmodeller

   a site where you can look up and compare service intervals for different car models

   Snuten kommer kolla upp registreringsnumret. Vi är körda.

   The cops will check / look up the registration number. We're screwed.

   Vi kollade upp företaget hos Allmänna reklamationsnämnden

   We checked ("looked up") the company with the National Board for Consumer Complaints

   Polisen borde kolla upp pappan i familjen. Han verkar skum.

   The police should check out the dad in the family. He seems shady.

4. (colloquial, with in) to check out (look at)

   Kolla in hyllan på bruden där borta

   Check out the rack on that chick over there

• Etymology notwithstanding, likely thought of as having the basic meaning look by most native speakers. The etymology is likely unknown to many native speakers.
• For looking something up in a reference work, directory, or the like, slå upp is more specific.
• "Se upp" instead means "to watch out" / "to look out," and "titta upp" has no special meaning, literally meaning "to look up" (as in look upward, raise one's eyes, etc. – "se upp" and "kolla upp" can also have that meaning when clear from context).

• höra

• “kolla”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kolla”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kolla”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

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