colum

Senso (Inglese)

(declension-2) colander, strainer
(declension-2, poetic) a wicker basket for catching fish

colon

scolapasta

Pronunciato come (IPA)

[ˈkoː.ɫũː]

Perhaps related to quālus/quālum (“wicker basket”). No widely agreeable etymology has been suggested for either word, but compare Sanskrit चालन (cālana, “sieve, strainer”). De Vaan finds a connection with the root of quatio (“I shake, brandish”) conceivable.