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kola.

snow scoop, snow sled shovel, snow sleigh shovel (hand tool for removing snow by pushing and sliding)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkolɑ/[ˈko̞lɑ̝]
  1. snow scoop, snow sled shovel, snow sleigh shovel (hand tool for removing snow by pushing and sliding)

  2. any (T-shaped) tool with a scoop or blade at the end of a handle that is used to scoop or scrape something

Where this word comes from

Uncertain; compare Russian кол (kol, “pole, stake”), if the original meaning of the Finnish word was a more general "pole, stick" (compare Karelian kola (“pole”)).

noun/ˈkolɑ/[ˈko̞lɑ̝]
  1. cola (beverage)

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English cola, from a Niger-Congo language (see cola for more).

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