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koliva

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈkɒlɪvə/
  • /ˈkəʊlɪvə/

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: коливо (kolivo) — dish of sweetened boiled wheat
  • Finnish: koliva — dish of sweetened boiled wheat
  • Greek: κόλλυβα (kóllyva) — dish of sweetened boiled wheat
  • Ancient Greek: κόλλυβα (kólluba) — dish of sweetened boiled wheat
  • Hebrew: קוֹליִבָה (kolivá) — dish of sweetened boiled wheat
  • Italian: colva — dish of sweetened boiled wheat
  • Macedonian: блудец (bludec) — dish of sweetened boiled wheat
  • Macedonian: коливо (kolivo) — dish of sweetened boiled wheat
  • Old Church Slavonic: колѵва (kolüva) — dish of sweetened boiled wheat
  • Polish: kutia — dish of sweetened boiled wheat
  • Romanian: colivă — dish of sweetened boiled wheat
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̏љӣво — dish of sweetened boiled wheat
  • Serbo-Croatian: жи̏то — dish of sweetened boiled wheat
  • Serbo-Croatian: kȍljīvo — dish of sweetened boiled wheat
  • Serbo-Croatian: žȉto — dish of sweetened boiled wheat
  • Ukrainian: коливо (kolyvo) — dish of sweetened boiled wheat
  • Ukrainian: кутя (kutja) — dish of sweetened boiled wheat