kolovoz

Serbo-Croatian

FWOTD – 29 August 2017

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kolovozъ (rut, wheel track). Equivalent to kȍlo (wheel, cart wheel) + vȏz (cart load), vòziti (to drive), thus denoting the month in which mowed grain is being carried.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kôloʋoːz/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧lo‧voz

Noun

kȍlovōz m (Cyrillic spelling ко̏лово̄з)

  1. carriageway
    Synonym: (Croatian) kolnik
  2. (Croatia) August
    Synonyms: (Bosnian) àugust, (Serbian) àvgust
    u kolovozuin August
    petnaestog kolovozaon the fifteenth of August
    • 2015, Pavao Pavličić, Diksilend:
      Mora biti da je bio kolovoz, doba kad Vukovar miriše na svježe paprike što se prodaju na tržnici, na pečene što cvrče na ...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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See also

Further reading

  • kolovoz” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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