Koine

Hellenic : ἡ χοινὴ διάλεχτοσ, the general language of Greece under the Maced on i ans, and subsequently. Kol ( Cole ). (1) Older Dravidian : language of the Kols, a wide-spread race of Chota-Nagpoor, Central India.     A. C.   See Dhangur . ⁂ Mr. W. W. Hunter distinguishes two dialects, the Ho and Singhbhum ; see Vocabys. in his “Comp. Dicty.” (2) Koli , Kooli : Mahratta word, applied to a tribe of aborigines, and also to a caste of water-bearers, hence Kuli , i.e. , “Coolee,” in Tamil, a common labourer.