ola

See also olà, olá, olā, öla, Ola, and Olá

Galician

Interjection

ola

1. hello

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Hawaiian

Etymology

Compare Maori ora

Noun

ola

1. life

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Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈɔlˠə]

Noun

ola f (genitive ola, nominative plural olaí)

1. oil

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

Mutation

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

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Latgalian

Noun

ola f

1. cave, cavern, den

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Latvian

Noun

ola f, 4th declension

1. egg

Declension

declension of ola

	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

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Lithuanian

Noun

ola

1. hole

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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin olla.

Noun

ola f (plural olas)

1. marmite

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish ola

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA: /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)

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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

Noun

ola f (genitive ola, plural olaichean)

1. oil

Derived terms

• ola ana-chuileag
• olach

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /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): onda

Derived terms

• rompeolas m
• oleaje m
• oleada f

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Volapük

Pronoun

ola

1. (genitive singular of ol) your

Synonyms

• olik