-cola
See also: cola, Cola, COLA, colá, and colà
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin -cola, from the verbal root of colō (“to till, cultivate, inhabit”).
Suffix
-cola
- cultivator, breeder (forming nouns and adjectives)
- inhabitant (forming nouns and adjectives)
Derived terms
Catalan terms suffixed with -cola
Further reading
- “-cola” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Latin
Etymology
colō + -a (agent noun)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ko.la/, [kɔɫ̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ko.la/, [kolä] (stressed on the antepenult)
Suffix
-cola m (genitive -colae); first declension
- inhabitor (one who inhabits)
- rūpēs + -cola → rūpicola
- tiller, cultivator (one who tills or cultivates)
- ager + -cola → agricola
- worshipper, honourer (one who worships or honours)
- Jūnō + -cola → Jūnōnicola
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -cola | -colae |
| Genitive | -colae | -colārum |
| Dative | -colae | -colīs |
| Accusative | -colam | -colās |
| Ablative | -colā | -colīs |
| Vocative | -cola | -colae |
Derived terms
Latin terms suffixed with -cola
Descendants
- Spanish: -cola
References
- “-cola” on page 349/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin -cola, from the verbal root of colō (“to till, cultivate, inhabit”).
Suffix
-cola m or f by sense (plural -colas) (noun)
-cola (plural -colas) (adjective)
- cultivator, breeder (forming nouns and adjectives)
- inhabitant (forming nouns and adjectives)
Derived terms
Spanish terms suffixed with -cola
Further reading
- “‒́cola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014