kolf
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Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Dutch kolf, from Middle Dutch colve, from Proto-West Germanic *kolbō, from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”).
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Noun[edit]
kolf (plural kolwe, diminutive kolfie)
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kolf (present kolf, present participle kolwende, past participle gekolf)
- to bat; to hit with a bat
- (intransitive) to take a turn at batting
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch colve, from Proto-West Germanic *kolbō, from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”).[1]
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Noun[edit]
kolf f or m (plural kolven, diminutive kolfje n)
- the blunt end of something
- rifle butt, stock
- 2015 July 25, Edwin Ruis, “Nederlandse zoeaven in dienst van de paus”, in Historiek:
- De boomlange Hollander zou met de kolf van zijn geweer veertien Roodhemden hebben gedood, voordat zij hem neerstaken.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- rifle butt, stock
- flask with a narrow neck and a wide base
- ear of maize/corn
- spadix
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Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from Dutch kolf, from Middle Dutch colve, from Proto-West Germanic *kolbō, from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”).
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kolf (first-person possessive kolfku, second-person possessive kolfmu, third-person possessive kolfnya)
- flask, a unit for blood product.
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