colf

Italian

Etymology

Abbreviation of collaboratrice familiare.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɔlf/[1]
Rhymes: -ɔlf
Hyphenation: còlf

Noun

colf f (invariable)

a home help

References

colf in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Scots

Alternative forms

culf, calf

Etymology

From Early Scots calfat, borrowed from French calfater.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kɔlf], [kʌlf]

Verb

colf (third-person singular simple present colfs, present participle colfin, simple past colft, past participle colft)

(transitive) to fill in (a hole)
(transitive) to wad (a gun)

References

“COLF, Culf, Calf, v. and n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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