selo

See also: śelo, śěło, ŝelo, село, and SELO

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *selo.

Noun

selo (plural selos or sela)

1. A village, in various Slavic regions.
   • 1985, American Geographical Society of New York, Soviet Geography, volume 26, page 194:

     Most Ukrainian and southern Russian selos are large; often they have several hundred households, and there are selos with more than a thousand.

Anagrams

• EOLs, ESOL, Elos, LEOs, Leos, Lose, OELs, Sole, elos, leos, lose, sloe, sole

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛlo]
• Rhymes: -ɛlo
• Hyphenation: se‧lo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *selo.

Noun

selo n

1. village (used only for villages in East Slavic and South Slavic countries)

   Synonym: vesnice

   • 1874, M. Bogolyubov, “Žhář”, in Jaromír Hrubý, transl., Lumír‎^[1], volume 2, page 288:

     Byl jsem a jsem dosud nejbohatším v sele Martynovce.

     I was and still am the richest one in the village of Martynovka.

Declension

Declension of selo (hard neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	selo	sela
genitive	sela	sel
dative	selu	selům
accusative	selo	sela
vocative	selo	sela
locative	sele, selu	selech
instrumental	selem	sely

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

selo

1. neuter singular past active participle of sít

   Synonym: silo

Further reading

• “selo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “selo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “selo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Anagrams

• Elso, lose, osel, osle

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sed-

Proto-Indo-European *-leh₂

Proto-Indo-European *sedleh₂

Proto-Italic *sedlā

Latin sellabor.

Esperanto selo

Borrowed from Latin sella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈselo/

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• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: se‧lo

Noun

selo (accusative singular selon, plural seloj, accusative plural selojn)

1. saddle

Further reading

• “selo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “selo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese seello, from Latin sigillum.

Noun

selo m (plural selos)

1. postage stamp
2. stamp, seal

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto selo, English saddle, French selle, German Sattel, Italian sella, Russian седло́ (sedló), Spanish silla., from Latin sella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.lo/

Noun

selo (plural seli)

1. saddle
   • 1910, Mondo, page 74:

     Eutyches quik kuris a la stablo, prenis mulo, selizis ol hastoze, sideskis en la selo, e kavalkis a Maria-klostro.

     Eutyches quickly ran to the stable, took a mule, hastily saddled it, sat down on the saddle and rode to the monastery of Mary.

   • 2015, Jean Martignon, “Ivain o la kavaliero kun leono”, in Kuriero Internaciona, number 1, page 11:

     Il imperas ke on pozez nova selo a lua kavalo.

     He demands that a new saddle is put on his horse.

Derived terms

• desselizar (“to unsaddle”)
• selizar (“to saddle”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch cello, shortening of violoncello, from Italian violoncello.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlo/ [ˈsɛ.lo]
• Rhymes: -ɛlo
• Syllabification: se‧lo

Noun

sèlo (plural selo-selo)

1. (music) cello: a large stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings, tuned from lowest to highest C-G-D-A, and played with a bow, also possessing an endpin to support the instrument's weight

Alternative forms

• sélo (Standard Malay)

Related terms

• selis

Further reading

• “selo”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

selo

1. nonstandard spelling of séla, romanization of ꦱꦺꦭ

Musi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səlɔ/
• Hyphenation: se‧lo

Noun

selo(Palembang)

1. gap
2. chance; opportunity

   Synonym: loka'

3. spare time

Derived terms

• ado selo
• diseloke
• nyeloke
• seloke
• teselo

Related terms

• semelo

Verb

selo(Palembang)

1. ellipsis of ado selo (“to have time”)

   Synonym: sempet

References

• H. U. A. Zulkifly (2007), “SELO”, in Kamus sederhana bahasa Palembang [A simple dictionary of the Palembang language], 2nd edition (in Indonesian), Tangerang: DPC Kerukunan Keluarga Palembang, page 207

Portuguese

selo (etymology 1, noun sense 2)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese seello, from Latin sigillum, diminutive of signum. Doublet of sigilo, a learned borrowing. Cognate with Galician selo and Spanish sello.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.lu/

• Hyphenation: se‧lo

Noun

selo m (plural selos)

1. seal (e.g., on a document)
3. stamp (paper used to pay postage)

Derived terms

• selinho

Related terms

• selar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.lu/

• Hyphenation: se‧lo

Verb

selo

1. first-person singular present indicative of selar

Further reading

• “selo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “selo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Samoan

Samoan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : selo

Etymology

Borrowed from English zero.

Numeral

selo

1. zero

References

• Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, pages 206-207

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *selo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sělo/
• Hyphenation: se‧lo

Noun

sèlo n (Cyrillic spelling сѐло)

1. village
   • 1916, “Tamo daleko”, Đorđe Marinković (lyrics), Corfu:

     Tamo daleko, daleko od mora,
     Tamo je selo moje, tamo je Srbija.

     Over there, far away, far away from the sea,
     Over there lies the village of mine, over there lies Serbia.

   Bolje je biti neko u selu nego niko u gradu. ― It's better to be somebody in a village than nobody in a city. (paraphrased quote by Julius Caesar)

2. the country, countryside

   Selo hvali, a u gradu živi. ― Speak well of the countryside, but live in the city. (proverb)

   Ljubav je na selu ― Farmer Wants a Wife (Croatian version)

Declension

Declension of selo

	singular	plural
nominative	sèlo	sȅla / sèla
genitive	sèla	sȇlā / sélā
dative	sèlu	sȅlima / sèlima
accusative	sèlo	sȅla / sèla
vocative	sèlo	sȅla / sèla
locative	sèlu	sȅlima / sèlima
instrumental	sèlom	sȅlima / sèlima

Derived terms

• sèljāk
• sèoskī
• naselje

Further reading

• “selo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Etymology 2

Reflects Proto-Slavic *sědlo, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”), with a sense development similar to Polish posiedzenie, Latin sessio, English sitting.

Alternative forms

• sijélo (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sěːlo/
• Hyphenation: se‧lo

Noun

sélo n (Cyrillic spelling се́ло)

1. social call, visit
2. rural evening social gathering, sometimes featuring traditional music and amusements

Declension

Declension of selo

	singular	plural
nominative	selo	sela
genitive	sela	sela
dative	selu	selima
accusative	selo	sela
vocative	selo	sela
locative	selu	selima
instrumental	selom	selima

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈselo/ [ˈse.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: se‧lo

Verb

selo

1. inflection of ser:
   1. second-person singular imperative combined with lo
   2. second-person singular voseo imperative combined with lo

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈse.lo]

Verb

selo

1. (transitive) to slice or cut right through

Conjugation

Conjugation of selo

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		toselo	foselo	miselo
2nd person		noselo	niselo
3rd person	masculine	oselo	iselo yoselo (archaic)
	feminine	moselo
	neuter	iselo

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh