English

Proper noun

Ola

1. A female given name used in the U.S. in the end of the nineteenth century.

Anagrams

• AOL, Lao, loa, OAL

Norwegian

Etymology

Medieval Norwegian vernacular form of Olav (as compared to the originally Danish Ole).

Proper noun

Ola

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

• The most common given name of men in Norway in the 17th and 18th century.

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 230 males with the given name Ola living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.la/

Proper noun

Ola f ‎(masculine Olek)

1. diminutive of Aleksandra

Declension

Swedish

Proper noun

Ola

1. A male given name derived from Olaf.

English

Noun

ola ‎(uncountable)

1. Alternative form of olay

Galician

Interjection

ola

1. hello

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ola

Noun

ola

1. life
2. health
3. livelihood

Verb

ola

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

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

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• "ola" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “ola” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Latgalian

Noun

ola f

1. cave, cavern, den

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.la/, [ˈoː.ɫa]

Noun

ōla f ‎(genitive ōlae); first declension

1. Alternative form of olla

Declension

First declension.

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

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 9984-700-12-7

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

olà f ‎(plural õlos) stress pattern 4 ^[1]

1. hole, burrow

   lapės ola^[1] - a fox burrow

2. cave, cavern

Declension

Synonyms

• urvas m

See also

• įdubimas m; skylė f

References

1. 1 2 “ola” in Juozas Balčikonis [et al.] (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.

• “ola” in Victoria Martsinkyavitshute (2012), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian, Seventh printing. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 978-0-7818-0151-5

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin olla.

Noun

ola f (plural olas)

1. marmite

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish ola.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.la/, /ˈo.lɐ/

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)

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.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

ola f ‎(genitive singular ola, plural olaichean)

1. oil

Derived terms

• ola ana-chuileag
• olach

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.la/
• Homophone: hola

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

ola f ‎(plural olas)

1. wave (on the surface of a liquid)
2. (figuratively) sudden appearance of a large amount of something.

   ola de calor‎ ― heat wave

Synonyms

• (wave on the surface of a liquid; all technical senses, e.g. sound waves, light waves): onda

Derived terms

• rompeolas m
• oleaje m
• oleada f

Volapük

Pronoun

ola

1. (genitive singular of ol) your

Synonyms

• olik