kaolo
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Sranan Tongo kaka-olo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯.loː/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ka‧o‧lo
Adjective
kaolo (not comparable)
- (originally Suriname, slang in the Netherlands, vulgar, offensive) An expletive generally used in attributive position; fucking, shit, damn
- Synonym: mapangpang
- Die kaolo koala's vreten m'n hele boom leeg! ― Those damn koalas are eating every last leaf from my tree!
Usage notes
- Extremely vulgar and offensive in Suriname, where casual swearing is rare compared to in the Netherlands.
Declension
| Declension of kaolo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | kaolo | |||
| inflected | kaolo | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | kaolo | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | kaolo | ||
| n. sing. | kaolo | |||
| plural | kaolo | |||
| definite | kaolo | |||
| partitive | — | |||
Sranan Tongo
Noun
kaolo
- alternative spelling of kaka-olo