κοῖλος
Ancient Greek
adj-1&2
Definitions
- hollow, mostly as an epithet of ships
- (of places) lying in a hollow, or forming a hollow
- sea swell
- plate
- (figuratively) hollow
- (neuter substantive) a hollow, cavity
- concave
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kowilos.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kowilos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -coel English
- airhole English
- antihole English
- armhole English
- arrow-hole English
- arsehole English
- asshole English
- beanhole English
- blasthole English
- blockhole English
- blowhole English
- bolt-hole English
- bolthole English
- bootyhole English
- borehole English
- bullethole English
- bumhole English
- bunghole English
- butthole English
- cakehole English
- cathole English
- cavus English
- chuckhole English
- coal hole English
- cockhole English
- corehole English
- cornhole English
- crabhole English
- craphole English
- creephole English
- cubbyhole English
- cumhole English
- cyberhole English
- denehole English
- dickhole English
- dihole English
- doghole English
- downhole English
- dreamhole English
- driphole English
- dusthole English
- earhole English
- earthhole English
- eyehole English
- farthole English
- feedhole English
- fingerhole English
- firehole English
- foothole English
- foxhole English
- fuckhole English
- funkhole English
- gully-hole English
- hand-hole English
- handhole English
- hawsehole English
- hole English
- hole saw English
- hole up English
- holeable English
- holeful English
- holeless English
- holelike English
- holeproof English
- holepunch English
- holer English
- holeshot English
- holey English
- holon English
- jaw-hole English
- keyhole English
- kneehole English
- knothole English
- knuckerhole English
- lamphole English
- leghole English
- lughole English
- maintenance hole English
- manhole English
- microhole English
- minihole English
- mousehole English
- mudhole English
- multihole English
- nanohole English
- nosehole English
- oarhole English
- outhole English
- peehole English
- peephole English
- pesthole English
- photohole English
- piehole English
- pigeonhole English
- pinhole English
- pisshole English
- plughole English
- poophole English
- pophole English
- porthole English
- posthole English
- pothole English
- pritchel hole English
- pukehole English
- pussyhole English
- quasihole English
- rathole English
- ringhole English
- rockhole English
- roothole English
- rudderhole English
- scumhole English
- shakehole English
- shithole English
- shothole English
- sighthole English
- sinkhole English
- sleazehole English
- slimehole English
- smokehole English
- snowhole English
- spouthole English
- spyhole English
- stakehole English
- stinkhole English
- stokehole English
- stumphole English
- suckhole English
- syringocoele English
- tailhole English
- taphole English
- thumbhole English
- traphole English
- underhole English
- uphole English
- venthole English
- waterhole English
- weephole English
- wellhole English
- woodhole English
- wormhole English
- *cova Latin
- caverna Latin
- cavifrons Latin
- cavirostris Latin
- cavitas Latin
- cavo Latin
- cavus Latin
- concavus Latin
- Onanie German
- cavagno Italian
- cavo Italian
- celioscopia Italian
- cave French
- cavo Spanish, Castilian
- κοίλωμα Ancient Greek
- κοιλία Ancient Greek
- κοιλόω Ancient Greek
- *kowilos Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱówHwos Proto-Indo-European
- *hulaz Proto-Germanic
- *hulą Proto-Germanic
- cøliaki Norwegian Nynorsk
- foxhol Old English
- hol Old English
- कुल्या Sanskrit
- hol Middle English
- hole Middle English
- cava Catalan, Valencian
- cavorco Galician
- căuș Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- gaură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- zgăura Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- κοιλία Greek (modern)
- కుల్య Telugu
- thellë Albanian
- gavrã Aromanian
- *kawos Proto-Italic
- হোল Bengali
- hul Tok Pisin
- *ćau̯ila Proto-Albanian
- olo Sranan Tongo