wol

Symbol

wol

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Wolof.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Wolof terms

Noun

wol

1. Soft mutation of gol.

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wolle, from Old Dutch *wulla, from Proto-West Germanic *wullu, from Proto-Germanic *wullō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɔl/

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• Hyphenation: wol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

wol f (uncountable)

1. wool

Adverb

wol

1. Obsolete spelling of wohl.

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch wol, from Middle Dutch wolle, from Old Dutch *wulla, from Proto-West Germanic *wullu, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwol/, /ˈwɔl/

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Noun

wol (plural wol-wol)

1. wool (hair of sheep, etc.)

   Synonym: suf

Further reading

• “wol” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Etymology 1

From Old English willan.

Etymology 2

From Old English wull.

Etymology 3

From Old English wel.

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German wola, from Proto-Germanic *wela, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Adverb

wol (comparative baȥ, superlative {{{2}}})

1. well

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “wol”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wōl. Cognate with Old Saxon wōl, Old High German wuol, Old Norse ól (“troll-woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /woːl/

Noun

wōl m

1. plague, pestilence

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “WŌL”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Etymology 1

From English world.

Etymology 2

From English wall.