hanging out

[Alina Israeli]

>Dear colleagues,
>
>Am I right in thinking that "okolachivat'sia" (to hang or lounge about) has
>"kol" (stake, picket), as in "net ni kola ni dvora," (neither house nor
>home) as its main root?  I've tried, unsuccessfully, to find the verb's
>etymology in any of my dictionaries.

It is probably the same as in "kolotit'-pokolotit'-pokolachivat'" - hit, beat.

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 Alina Israeli
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