ola

ola (countable and uncountable, plural olas)

1. Alternative form of olay.

• AOL, LOA, Lao, Loa, OAL, loa

ola

1. third-person singular subjunctive of olmaq

ola

1. long

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

Borrowed from Portuguese hora.

• IPA^(key): /ˈó.ɽa/

óla class 5 (plural maóla class 6)

1. hour

ola (plural ole) (Valdôtain, Graphie BREL)

1. Alternative form of âla (“wing”) documented in the following location(s): Antey-St-André, Arvier, Avise, Introd, La Salle, Pontboset, Rhêmes-St-Georges, St-Marcel, St-Nicolas, Torgnon, Valtournenche, Villeneuve

Compare Portuguese olá, Spanish hola, English hello.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔla/ [ˈɔ.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Hyphenation: o‧la

ola!

1. hello

From Old Galician-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).

• IPA^(key): /ˈola/ [ˈo.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ola
• Hyphenation: o‧la

ola m (plural olas)

1. an earthenware pot or jar

   Synonyms: cacharro, cántara, pota

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

   By the spoon handle the cat enters the pot

   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, 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

2. a unit of volume, equivalent to 16 litres or some 4 gallons
   • c. 1840, 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.

• oleiro
• Oleiros
• Riodolas

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ola”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “ola” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: 'Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ola”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ola”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ola”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.la/, [ˈo.lə]

ola

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

ola

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

• hoʻōla

From Old Irish olae, from Latin oleum,^[1] from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”), from ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈolˠə/

ola f (genitive singular ola, nominative plural olaí)

1. oil

   Synonym: íle

2. (figuratively) unction

• “ola”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ola”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ola”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “ola”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 818; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN

Cognate with Latvian ala.

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

ola f

1. cave

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

ola

1. genitive singular of ols

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈoː.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.la]

ōla f (genitive ōlae); first declension

1. alternative form of ōlla

First-declension noun.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈoː.ɫaː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.la]

ōlā

1. ablative singular of ōla

From a previous Proto-Baltic neuter noun *wuolan, from Proto-Baltic *wuol-, from Proto-Indo-European *wēl-, *wōl-, the lengthened 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]

• IPA^(key): [wōla]

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

• (of "fish eggs"): ikrs

• olbaltums
• olnīca

• olis

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

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

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

1. hole, burrow

   lapės ola ― a fox burrow^[3]

2. cave, cavern

• urvas m

• įdubimas m; skylė f

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

• “ola”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
• “ola”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025

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

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ola f (plural olas)

1. marmite

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.la/

ola

1. (Far Masovian) wait!

   Ola, kóń nogo postrónek przestąpił. ― Wait, the horse crossed the tether with its leg.

• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “ola”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 117

Borrowed from Spanish ola.

• Rhymes: -ɔlɐ

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)

• “ola”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “ola”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /o.lɑ/

ola

1. he, doer. physician.

ola!

1. An exclamation to mean wonderful.

• 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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔl̪ˠə/

ola f (genitive singular ola, plural olaichean)

1. oil

• ola ana-chuileag
• olach

• IPA^(key): /ola/

ola

1. spear
2. (slang) penis

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈola/ [ˈo.la]

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

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

• “ola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• aló, loá, loa

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔola/ [ˈʔoː.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: o‧la

ola (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎ)

1. eagerness; vehement desire

Borrowed from Spanish hola.

ola (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎ)

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.

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• “ola”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• loa, alo, Lao

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

ola

1. to exist

ola

1. third-person singular optative of olmak

ola

1. (genitive singular of ol) your
   • 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:

     Edunol gudiko ad ekesumön reinajelömi ola.

     You did well to take your umbrella.

• olik

ola

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