ola

ola

See also: Ola, olá, óla, olà, Óla, Olą, olā, öla, and -ola

English

Noun

ola (countable and uncountable, plural olas)

1. Alternative form of olay

Anagrams

• AOL, LOA, Lao, Loa, OAL, loa

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Azerbaijani

Verb

ola

1. third-person singular subjunctive of olmaq

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Bola

Adjective

ola

1. long

References

• Brent Wiebe, Bola (Bola-Bakovi) Language Organized Phonology Data, p. 2

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Chichewa

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese hora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈó.ɽa/

Noun

óla class 5 (plural maóla class 6)

1. hour

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Galician

Etymology 1

Compare Portuguese olá, Spanish hola, English hello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔlɐ/

Interjection

ola!

1. hello

Etymology 2

Ola ("pot")

Women transporting olas, Buño, Galicia

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese ola (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ōlla (“pot, jar”). Cognate with Spanish olla and with Portuguese olha (a borrowing from Spanish).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈolɐ]

Noun

ola m (plural olas)

1. a earthenware pot or jar
   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 141:

     amasa todo en huun et cozeo en ola noua ben cuberta de huun testo, que non posa ende sayr bafo nen fumo

     knead everything together and cook it in a new pot, well covered by a lid, so that neither steam nor smoke come out

   Polo rabo da culler entra o gato na ola (proverb)

   By the spoon handle the cat enters the pot

   Synonyms: cacharro, cántara, pota

2. a unit of volume, equivalent to 16 litres or some 4 gallons
   • c1840, Ramón Varela Vahamonde, Conversa entre os arrieiros:

     Váian ao inferno a beber,

     Que a min ben me xiringaron

     E, entre mangas e riostras,

     Trecentos reás vöaron.

     Débenme, Dios sabe canto,

     O menos trint’e set’olas

     E coidaban os larpeiros

     De pagarmas con parolas.

     Let them go to Hell to drink,

     because they harmed me very much

     and, among other things,

     three hundred reals flew away.

     They owe me God knows how much,

     at least a hundred and fifty gallons,

     and the gluttons thought of

     paying me with banter.

Derived terms

• oleiro
• Oleiros
• Riodolas

References

• “ola” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “ola” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: 'Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “ola” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ola” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ola” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola, from Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada (“to exist”). Cognate with Maori ora and Malay ada (“to have, to exist, to be”).

Noun

ola

1. existence
2. life
3. health
4. livelihood

Verb

ola

1. (stative) exist
2. (stative) alive
3. (stative) healthy, cured

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish olae, from Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”), from ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔlˠə/

Noun

ola f (genitive singular ola, nominative plural olaí)

1. oil
2. (figuratively) unction

Declension

Declension of ola

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ola olaí Vocative a ola a olaí Genitive ola olaí Dative ola olaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ola na holaí Genitive na hola na n-olaí Dative leis an ola don ola leis na holaí

Derived terms

• amhola (“crude oil”)
• canna ola (“oil-can”)
• clais ola (“oil-groove”)
• cruibhéad ola (“oil-crust”)
• éadach ola, ola-éadach (“oil-cloth”)
• gaineamh ola (“oil sand”)
• ola-adhainte (“oil-fired”, adjective)
• ola ae troisc (“cod-liver oil”)
• ola aitil (“oil of juniper”)
• ola almóinne (“oil of almonds”)
• ola (an) mhíl mhóir (“whale oil”)
• ola bhealaithe (“lubricating oil”)
• ola bhí (“pine oil, turpentine”)
• olabhraon (“oil-drop”)
• ola bhreosla (“fuel oil”)
• ola chaiticiúmanach (“oil of catechumens”)
• olacheantar (“oilfield”)
• ola chlóbh (“clove oil”)
• olachloch (“oil-stone”)
• olach (“oily”, adjective)
• ola choisricthe (“holy oil”)
• olachrann (“olive tree”)
• oladhath (“oil-colour”)
• ola eoclaipe (“eucalyptus oil”)
• olaghraf (“oleograph”)
• ola ghruaige (“hair oil”)
• olaigh (“oil; anoint”, verb)
• ola innill (“engine oil”)
• ola lampa (“lamp, paraffin, oil”)
• ola mhianra (“mineral oil”)
• ola mhór, ola phairifín (“paraffin oil”)
• ola olóige (“olive oil”)
• ola phailme (“palm oil”)
• ola phaitsiúlaí (“patchouli oil”)
• ola phlanda (“plant oil”)
• ola ráibe (“rape-oil”)
• olarianta (“oil-tracks”)
• ola ricne (“castor oil”)
• ola róis (“attar of roses”)
• ola rois (“linseed oil”)
• ola scealla (“shale oil”)
• ola shailleach (“fatty oil”)
• olastáisiún (leictreachais) (“oil-fired (electricity) station”)
• olatháirgeach (“oil-bearing, oleiferous”, adjective)
• ola threáiteach (“penetrating oil”)
• ola thriomaithe (“drying oil”)
• ola thuirpintín (“turpentine oil”)
• péintéireacht ola (“oil-painting”)
• tobar ola (“oil-well”)
• treoir ola (“oil-gauge”)
• vearnais ola (“oil-varnish”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ola	n-ola	hola	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ola”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ola”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Latgalian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Latvian ala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔla]
• Hyphenation: o‧la

Noun

ola f

1. cave

Declension

Declension of ola (type 4 noun)

	singular	plural
nominative	ola	olys, olas1)
genitive	olys, olas1)	olu
dative	olai	olom
accusative	olu	olys, olas1)
instrumental	olu	olom
locative	olā	oluos
vocative	ola, ol	olys, olas1)
1) dialectal

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔla]
• Hyphenation: o‧la

Noun

ola

1. genitive singular of ols

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.la/, [ˈoːɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.la/, [ˈɔːlä]

Noun

ōla f (genitive ōlae); first declension

1. Alternative form of olla

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ōla	ōlae
Genitive	ōlae	ōlārum
Dative	ōlae	ōlīs
Accusative	ōlam	ōlās
Ablative	ōlā	ōlīs
Vocative	ōla	ōlae

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Latvian

Vistu olas (1)

Zivju olas (1)

Cepta ola (2)

Etymology

From a previous Proto-Baltic neuter noun *wuolan, from Proto-Baltic *wuol-, from Proto-Indo-European *wēl-, *wōl-, the length grade of the stem *wel- (“to turn, to roll, to wind”), whence also velt “to roll, to trundle.” The original meaning was therefore “something that turns, rolls,” still visible in the dialectal verb olāt (“to roll, to trundle”), and in the standard Latvian term olis (“round pebble”), dialectally also ola. It is possible that Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”), which would have become *wowan in Proto-Baltic, may have influenced the development of *wuolan into ola. A synonym term pauts was used alongside ola until the beginning of the 20th century, when ola became dominant and replaced it. Cognates include Lithuanian uolà (“cliff, rock”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uōla]

Noun

ola f (4th declension)

1. egg (reproductive cell, wrapped in a shell, where the embryo of certain animal species develops)

   vistu olas ― chicken (lit. hen) eggs

   zivju olas ― fish eggs

   olas čaumala ― eggshell

   olas baltums, dzeltenums ― the white, the yolk of the egg

   dēt olas ― to lay eggs

   rāpuļu olas pēc savas uzbūves atgādina putnu olas ― reptile eggs, by their structure, are similar to bird eggs

   olas vidū ir liels, barības vielām bagāts dzeltenums, kuram apkārt ir olbaltuma slānis ― in the middle of the egg there is a big yolk rich in nutrients, surrounded by a protein layer

   zivis vairojas ar olām jeb ikriem ― the fish reproduce with eggs, also called “ikri”

   odu mātītes olas dēj uz ūdens virsmas ― female mosquitoes lay eggs on water surfaces

2. egg (said reproductive cell, usually from birds, used as food)

   cieti, mīksti vārīta ola ― hard-, soft-boiled egg

   cieta, mīksta ola ― hard-, soft-boiled egg

   nolobīt olu ― to peel an egg

   jēla ola ― raw egg (also: unexperienced, naive person)

   cepta ola ― fried egg

   pildīta ola ― stuffed egg

   olu kultenis ― scrambled eggs

   izdzert olu ― to drink an egg (= to suck the liquid through a hole on the eggshell)

   Lieldienu ola ― Easter egg (painted egg, part of the celebration of Easter)

   mums, kā vistu neturēja, tā olu pašiem nebija ― since we didn't keep hens, we didn't have eggs

Declension

Declension of ola (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	ola	olas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	olu	olas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	olas	olu
dative (datīvs)	olai	olām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	olu	olām
locative (lokatīvs)	olā	olās
vocative (vokatīvs)	ola	olas

Synonyms

• (of "fish eggs"): ikrs

Derived terms

• olbaltums
• olnīca

Related terms

• olis

References

1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “ola”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

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Lithuanian

Etymology

Probably related to Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• (olà) IPA^(key): [oːˈlɐ]
• (õla) IPA^(key): [ˈǒːlɐ]

Noun

olà f (plural õlos) stress pattern 4 [3]

1. hole, burrow

   lapės ola ― a fox burrow[3]

2. cave, cavern

Declension

declension of ola

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	olà	õlos
genitive (kilmininkas)	olõs	olų̃
dative (naudininkas)	õlai	olóms
accusative (galininkas)	õlą	olàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	olà	olomìs
locative (vietininkas)	olojè	olosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	õla	õlos

Synonyms

• urvas m

See also

• įdubimas m; skylė f

References

1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag
2. Persian words in Indo-European
3. “ola” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.

• “ola” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin olla.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

ola f (plural olas)

1. marmite

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ola.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.la/

Noun

ola f (plural olas)

1. wave (a group activity in a crowd imitating a wave going through water, where people in successive parts of the crowd stand and stretch upward, then sit)

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Rohingya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.lɑ/

Noun

ola

1. he, doer. physician.

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Samoan

Interjection

ola!

1. An exclamation to mean wonderful.

References

• Pratt, G. (1862). A Samoan dictionary: English and Samoan, and Samoan and English; with a short grammar of the Samoan dialect. Samoa: London Missionary Society's Press. Page 12.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish olae, from Latin oleum (“oil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔl̪ˠə/

Noun

ola f (genitive singular ola, plural olaichean)

1. oil

Derived terms

• ola ana-chuileag
• olach

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ola	n-ola	h-ola	t-ola
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps from Latin undula (“wavelet”). Or, from Arabic هَوْل‎ (hawl, “surge (of the sea, waves), fright”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈola/ [ˈo.la]

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: o‧la
• Homophone: hola

Noun

ola f (plural olas)

1. wave (on the surface of a liquid)

   Synonym: onda

2. (figuratively) sudden appearance of a large amount of something

   ola de calor ― heatwave

3. Mexican wave

Derived terms

• estar en la cresta de la ola
• ola coreana
• oleada
• oleaje
• rompeolas

 

Further reading

• “ola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• aló, loá, loa

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: o‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔola/, [ˈʔo.lɐ]

Noun

ola

1. eagerness; vehement desire

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish hola.

Interjection

ola

1. (archaic) hello; hi
   • 2021, Rolly Ongco Pasilan, Si Lorena at ang Kaharian ng mga Sirena:

     "Ola, Pawikana, magandang araw sa inyo, lalung-lalo na sa mga nagpopogihang mga binata, aheeey," sabi ni Vicera na halatang kinikilig nang makita ang dalawang sireno.

Derived terms

• mag-ola
• umola

 

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Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada (“to exist”).

Verb

ola

1. to exist

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Turkish

Verb

ola

1. third-person singular optative of olmak

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Volapük

Pronoun

ola

1. (genitive singular of ol) your

Synonyms

• olik

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Welsh

Adjective

ola

1. Alternative form of olaf (“last, final”)