(declension-2, poetic) a wicker basket for catching fish
Pronunciado como (IPA)
[ˈkoː.ɫũː]
Etimologia (Inglês)
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.