English

Proper noun

Koro

1. an unwritten Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the East Kameng district

Translations

English

Noun

koro ‎(uncountable)

1. (psychology) A delusional syndrome found in Malay and southern Chinese populations, characterized by a belief that the subject's **** will retract into the abdomen and cause death.

Anagrams

• rook

Esperanto

Etymology

Latin cor

Noun

koro ‎(accusative singular koron, plural koroj, accusative plural korojn)

1. heart
2. clapper (tongue of a bell)

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic (compare Tongan kolo).

Noun

koro

1. village

Fur

Noun

koro ‎(plurale tantum)

1. water

References

• Angelika Jakobi, A Fur Grammar: Phonology, Morphophonology, and Morphology (1990)
• Arthur Charles Beaton, A grammar of the Fur language (1968)

Japanese

Romanization

koro

1. rōmaji reading of ころ

Maori

Noun

koro ‎(used in the form koro-a)

1. desire

Nama

Numeral

koro

1. five

Rapa Nui

Noun

koro

1. (archaic) father

Usage notes

Considered archaic; the following are preferred:

• matu'a tamaaroa
• matu'a tane