koliva

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/ˈkɒlɪvə//ˈkəʊlɪvə/

noun

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.

OriginAncient Greek κόλλυβα →
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Meanings

nounkoliva (uncountable)

alternative kolliva · alternative kollyba · alternative kollyva · alternative kolyva

  1. uncountableA 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.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκόλλυβα“small cakes”
  2. Englishkoliva

From Ancient Greek κόλλυβα (kólluba, “small cakes”), from κόλλυβος (kóllubos, “small coin”).

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Translations

Ancient Greek κόλλυβα
  • κόλλυβα (kólluba)dish of sweetened boiled wheat
Bulgarian коливо
  • коливо (kolivo)dish of sweetened boiled wheat
Finnish koliva
  • kolivadish of sweetened boiled wheat
Greek κόλλυβα
  • κόλλυβα (kóllyva)dish of sweetened boiled wheat
Hebrew קוֹליִבָה
  • קוֹליִבָה (kolivá)dish of sweetened boiled wheat
Italian colva
  • colvadish of sweetened boiled wheat
Polish kutia
  • kutiadish of sweetened boiled wheat
Romanian colivă
  • colivădish of sweetened boiled wheat
Ukrainian коливо, кутя
  • коливо (kolyvo)dish of sweetened boiled wheat
  • кутя (kutja)dish of sweetened boiled wheat
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