toallia

Latin

Alternative forms

• toacula, toacla, tuala, toalia, tuella, *toaillia

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *þwahlijā, *þwahilu (“towel, washcloth”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /toˈal.li.a/, [t̪oˈälːʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /toˈal.li.a/, [t̪oˈälːiä]

Noun

toallia f (genitive toalliae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) towel, washcloth

   Synonym: mantele

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	toallia	toalliae
Genitive	toalliae	toalliārum
Dative	toalliae	toalliīs
Accusative	toalliam	toalliās
Ablative	toalliā	toalliīs
Vocative	toallia	toalliae

Descendants

• Franco-Provençal: tiuaille (Old Lyonnais), tueillie (Old Savoyard)
• Old French: toaille, tuaille, touaille, tuaile, touaile, towelle
  • Franc-Comtois: tiuaille, tiueille, tuâye, kyẅeyu
  • Middle French: touaille, toaille, touelle, tuaille
    • French: touaille
  • Picard: touaîye (Athois), duelle
  • → Middle English: towayle, towaile, towelle, towell, towel, towail, towaille, tueil, touwayle, touel, twaile, tuell, touayl, touwayl, towayl, twayle, tawale, tewayll, toual, twaylle, towylle
    • English: towel (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: toul, tool, tooel
    • → Irish: tuáille
• Iberian:
  • Asturian: toballa, toalla
  • Galician: toalla
  • Old Spanish: tobaja
    • Spanish: toalla
• Italian: tovaglia
• Old Occitan: toalha
  • Catalan: tovalla, toalla
  • Occitan:
    • Auvergnat: toalha
    • Gascon: tavalha
    • Provençal: toalha
      • → Portuguese: toalha
        • → Middle Bengali: তোয়ালিয়া (tōẇaliẏa)
          • Bengali: তোয়ালে (tōẇale)
        • → Hindustani:

          Hindi: तौलिया (tauliyā)

          Urdu: تولیہ (tauliya)

        • → Kadiwéu: toaaya
        • → Malay: tuala / توالا
          • → Central Melanau: tuala
        • → Malayalam: തൂവാല (tūvāla), തുവാല (tuvāla), തുവ്വാല (tuvvāla)
        • → Punjabi: ਤੌਲੀਆ (taulīā)
        • → Sinhalese: තුවාය (tuwāya)
        • → Tamil: துவாலை (tuvālai), துவாய் (tuvāy)
        • → Telugu: తువ్వాలు (tuvvālu), తువాలు (tuvālu)
    • Rouergat: togalha
• Sardinian: tiàgia (Mesanìa), tialla (Campidanese), tiaza (Logudorese, Nuorese)
• Sicilian: tuvagghia
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *toallola
  • Old Catalan: toallola, tavallola, taueylola, teuellola
    • Catalan: tovallola
  • French: tavaïolle
  • Italian: tovagliola
• → Old High German: tuallia