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- Ancient Greek · derived fromκόλλυβα“small cakes”
- English todaykoliva
From Ancient Greek κόλλυβα (kólluba, “small cakes”), from κόλλυβος (kóllubos, “small coin”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
koliva
Today it means: A dish made of sweetened boiled wheat, optionally mixed with nuts and spices, and used in Eastern Orthodox rituals to commemorate the dead or at slava. Full definition →
Ancient Greek κόλλυβα