qolla

• IPA^(key): /ʕolˈla/ [ʕolˈlʌ]
• Hyphenation: qol‧la

qollá f (plural qollatitté f)

1. A cavern by a riverbank or lake.

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “qolla”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

From Arabic قُلَّة (qulla). Similarity with Italian olla (“earthen jar”) is coincidental.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔɔl.la/

qolla f (plural qliel or qolol, paucal qolliet)

1. a jar or jug, usually earthen

   Synonym: ġarra

2. (also qolla tan-naħal) such a jar used as a beehive, or, by extension, any beehive

   Synonyms: doqqajs, ġarra

3. (in the plural) a large quantity, chiefly of rain