olla

See also: ollá and õlla

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish olla, from Latin olla, aulla; akin to Sanskrit उखा (ukhā, “pot”), and probably also Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns, “oven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒlə/

Noun

olla (plural ollas)

1. A cooking-pot or earthenware jar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.
   • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses:

     On top of the counter were three clay jars or ollas. Two of them were empty but the third was covered with the tin lid from a lardpail and the lid was notched to accommodate the handle of an enameled tin dipper.

2. A pot used for cooling water by evaporation in Latin America.
3. A cinerary urn in ancient Rome.

Anagrams

• 'allo, Lola, allo, allo-, lalo

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Aragonese

Etymology

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

Noun

olla f (plural ollas)

1. pot

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “olla”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Estonian

Verb

olla

1. Da-infinitive of olema.

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Finnish

Etymology

From several different roots.

• The normal forms in ol- derive from , from Proto-Uralic *wole-. Cognates include Estonian olema, Hungarian volt.
  • The forms on and ovat are either irregular forms, from the same root as oma (and possibly olla, if a frequentative derivation of that root) or from a third root with possible links to Samoyedic. Cognates are found in Karelian on, Livonian um, Veps om, Votic on, Hungarian van, Võro om/um and ommaq/ummaq.
    • ovat further likely has the standard 3rd person plural -vat in the ending, but could originate from earlier *omat.
• The potential forms in lie- derive from , from Proto-Uralic *le- (“to become”). Cognate with Karelian lienöy, Livonian līdõ, Veps linda, Hungarian lenni/legyek, Northern Sami leat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈolːɑˣ/, [ˈo̞lːɑ̝(ʔ)]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -olːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ol‧la

Verb

olla

1. (copulative) to be (indicating that the subject and the complement of the verb form the same thing)

   Minä olen onnellinen. ― I am happy.

   Minä olen lääkäri. ― I am a doctor.

2. (intransitive) to be (occupy a place)

   Minä olen kotona. ― I am at home.

3. (copulative) to be, constitute, make up, form

   Tuo on maanpetos. ― That constitutes (high) treason.

4. (intransitive, adessive + 3rd person singular + ~) to have; to own, to possess

   Minulla on/oli/on ollut kissa (nom.). (when in positive sentences, countable nouns in nominative) ― I have/had/have had a cat.

   Minulla ei ole kissaa (part.). (when in negative sentences, countable nouns in partitive) ― I don't have a cat.

   Minulla on/oli/on ollut sinut (acc.). (when in positive sentences, personal pronouns in accusative) ― I have/had/have had you.

   Minulla ei ole/ei ollut/ei ole ollut sinua (part.). (when in negative sentences, personal pronouns in partitive) ― I don't have/didn't have/haven't had you.

   Synonyms: (to own) omistaa, (discouraged in most cases) omata

5. (intransitive, inessive + 3rd person singular + ~) to have, to possess (as a feature or capability, as opposed to simple possession; almost always for inanimate subjects)

   Tässä autossa on kaikki lisävarusteet. ― This car has all the accessories.

6. (intransitive, ~ (olemassa)) to exist (the subject often indefinite = in partitive case -> verb in 3rd-pers. singular)

   Rakkautta ei ole (olemassa). ― Love doesn't exist.

7. (intransitive) to behave, act (as if...) (when followed by a subordinate clause beginning with (ikään,) kuin, requiring conditional mood)

   Hän oli (ikään), kuin ei olisi huomannut mitään. ― He behaved as if he hadn't noticed anything.

8. (transitive, auxiliary) to have (a verb to build active present perfect tense and active past perfect tense, taking active past participle, ending -nut/-nyt (singular) or -neet (pl.))

   Olen jo syönyt tänään. ― I have already eaten today.

   Olemme jo syöneet tänään. ― We have already eaten today.

   Olin jo syönyt. ― I had already eaten.

   Olimme jo syöneet. ― We had already eaten.

9. (transitive, auxiliary) to have (a verb to build impersonal simple past tense, impersonal passive present perfect tense and impersonal passive past perfect tense, taking passive past participle, ending -tu/-ty)

   Aamiainen oli jo syöty. ― Breakfast had already been eaten.

   Minulla on/ei ole rahaa (part.). (singular uncountable nouns in partitive in both positive and negative sentences) ― I have/don't have money.

   Minulla on valta (nom.). (with an uncountable noun in nominative, the meaning or nuance of the sentence changes) ― I've got the power.

10. (intransitive, 3rd person singular) (there) be

    Pöydällä on kissa. (when in positive sentences, singular countable nouns in nominative) ― There is a cat on the table.

    Pöydällä ei ole kissaa. (when in negative sentences, singular countable nouns in partitive) ― There is no cat on the table.

    Pöydällä on/ei ole kissoja. (plural countable nouns in partitive in both positive and negative sentences) ― There are (some) cats / There are no cats on the table.

    Lattialla on/ei ole rahaa. (singular uncountable nouns in partitive in both positive and negative sentences) ― There is (some) / There is no money on the floor.

11. (intransitive, + genitive + 3rd person singular + passive present participle) to have to do something, must do something; be obliged/forced to do something

    Minun (gen.) on nyt mentävä. ― I have to go now.

    Minun on palautettava kirja kirjastoon perjantaihin mennessä. ― I have to return the book to the library by Friday.

    that same in passive: nominative/accusative + 3rd-pers. singular + passive present participle, -tava/-tävä = to have to be done, must be done.

    Kirja (nom.) on palautettava kirjastoon perjantaihin mennessä. (countable nouns in nominative) ― The book has to be returned to the library by Friday.

    Onko sinut (acc.) hiljennettevä pakolla? (personal pronouns in accusative) ― Do I have to make you shut your mouth? (literally, “Do you have to be quietened by force?”)

12. (transitive) to play a children's game

    Synonym: leikkiä

    • 2013, “Halihippa”, Tea Hiilloste (lyrics), performed by Tea:

      Sä ja mä ollaan halihippaa,
      yks ja kaks, toinen meistä karkaa...

      You and I are playing hug tag,
      one and two, one of us runs away...

Usage notes

• In the sense “to have” the verb olla is always in third person singular form and the person who has something is indicated with adessive case. Grammatically the thing owned is the subject-complement of the sentence:

minulla on ― I have

sinulla on ― you have

hänellä on ― he/she has

sillä on ― it has

meillä on ― we have

teillä on ― you have

heillä on ― they have

Lassilla on ― Lassi has

kaupungin terveyslautakunnalla on ― the municipal health board has

• Same applies through all tenses, infinitives and participles (where they make sense), e.g.

minulla ei olisi ollut ― I would not have had

minulla rupeaa olemaan ― I am beginning to have

• The meaning "there be" is rarely used without adverbials (such as those describing a location); it is more common to use olla olemassa in such cases.
• olla (+ vähällä) + infinitive = to almost/nearly (do something accidental, harmful, wrong or fateful).

  Olin (vähällä) kaatua lattialle. ― I almost fell on the floor.

• olla + essive plural form of an active present participle (-vina/-vinä) + possessive suffix = to be supposed to do, pretend to do, put on airs of doing, affect:

  Mikä tämä on olevinaan? (speaker belittling the object in front of her/him) ― What is this supposed to be?

  Olit olevinasi niin täydellinen. ― You pretended to be so damn perfect.

• olla + fifth infinitive + possessive suffix by person = to be about to do (when something happens preventing it):

  Olin lähtemäisilläni ulos, kun puhelin soi. ― I was about to go out when the phone rang.

• olla määrä (“to be to, to be due to”)

  Se on määrä sulkea viiden vuoden sisällä. ― It is due to close within five years.

• genitive + 3rd-pers. singular + pakko + infinitive = to must, have to, be forced to:

  Minun on pakko lähteä nyt. ― I have to leave now.

• genitive + olisi (conditional) parasta + infinitive = had better + infinitive:

  Sinun olisi parasta olla hiljaa. ― You had better be silent.

• olkoonkin(, että...) (“never mind (that...)”)
• (interjection): olkoon menneeksi (“(okay,...) why not, go ahead, (colloquial) what the hell”)
• olla kunnossa (“to be in shape; to be in order”)

  If used without an adjective, olla kunnossa is a positive expression, and one might as well say olla hyvässä kunnossa (to be in good shape/order):

  Olen kamalassa kunnossa. ― I'm in an awful shape.

Conjugation

Inflection of olla (Kotus type 67/tulla and 64/juoda, no gradation)
indicative mood
present tense				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		olen	en ole	1st sing.	olen ollut	en ole ollut
2nd sing.		olet	et ole	2nd sing.	olet ollut	et ole ollut
3rd sing.		on	ei ole	3rd sing.	on ollut	ei ole ollut
1st plur.		olemme	emme ole	1st plur.	olemme olleet	emme ole olleet
2nd plur.		olette	ette ole	2nd plur.	olette olleet	ette ole olleet
3rd plur.		ovat	eivät ole	3rd plur.	ovat olleet	eivät ole olleet
passive		ollaan	ei olla	passive	on oltu	ei ole oltu
past tense				pluperfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		olin	en ollut	1st sing.	olin ollut	en ollut ollut
2nd sing.		olit	et ollut	2nd sing.	olit ollut	et ollut ollut
3rd sing.		oli	ei ollut	3rd sing.	oli ollut	ei ollut ollut
1st plur.		olimme	emme olleet	1st plur.	olimme olleet	emme olleet olleet
2nd plur.		olitte	ette olleet	2nd plur.	olitte olleet	ette olleet olleet
3rd plur.		olivat	eivät olleet	3rd plur.	olivat olleet	eivät olleet olleet
passive		oltiin	ei oltu	passive	oli oltu	ei ollut oltu
conditional mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		olisin	en olisi	1st sing.	olisin ollut	en olisi ollut
2nd sing.		olisit	et olisi	2nd sing.	olisit ollut	et olisi ollut
3rd sing.		olisi	ei olisi	3rd sing.	olisi ollut	ei olisi ollut
1st plur.		olisimme	emme olisi	1st plur.	olisimme olleet	emme olisi olleet
2nd plur.		olisitte	ette olisi	2nd plur.	olisitte olleet	ette olisi olleet
3rd plur.		olisivat	eivät olisi	3rd plur.	olisivat olleet	eivät olisi olleet
passive		oltaisiin	ei oltaisi	passive	olisi oltu	ei olisi oltu
imperative mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		—	—	1st sing.	—	—
2nd sing.		ole	älä ole	2nd sing.	—	—
3rd sing.		olkoon	älköön olko	3rd sing.	olkoon ollut	älköön olko ollut
1st plur.		olkaamme	älkäämme olko	1st plur.	—	—
2nd plur.		olkaa	älkää olko	2nd plur.	—	—
3rd plur.		olkoot	älkööt olko	3rd plur.	olkoot olleet	älkööt olko olleet
passive		oltakoon	älköön oltako	passive	olkoon oltu	älköön olko oltu
potential mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		lienen	en liene	1st sing.	lienen ollut	en liene ollut
2nd sing.		lienet	et liene	2nd sing.	lienet ollut	et liene ollut
3rd sing.		lienee	ei liene	3rd sing.	lienee ollut	ei liene ollut
1st plur.		lienemme	emme liene	1st plur.	lienemme olleet	emme liene olleet
2nd plur.		lienette	ette liene	2nd plur.	lienette olleet	ette liene olleet
3rd plur.		lienevät	eivät liene	3rd plur.	lienevät olleet	eivät liene olleet
passive		oltaneen	ei oltane	passive	lienee oltu	ei liene oltu
Nominal forms
infinitives				participles
		active	passive		active	passive
1st		olla		present	oleva	oltava
long 1st1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st ollakseni ollaksemme 2nd ollaksesi ollaksenne 3rd ollakseen ollaksensa		past	ollut	oltu
2nd	inessive2	ollessa	oltaessa	agent3	olema
		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st ollessani ollessamme 2nd ollessasi ollessanne 3rd ollessaan ollessansa		negative	olematon
	instructive	ollen	—	1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). 3) Usually with a possessive suffix. Not used with intransitive verbs. Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms. 4) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details).
3rd	inessive	olemassa	—
	elative	olemasta	—
	illative	olemaan	—
	adessive	olemalla	—
	abessive	olematta	—
	instructive	oleman	oltaman
4th4	verbal noun	oleminen
5th1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st olemaisillani olemaisillamme 2nd olemaisillasi olemaisillanne 3rd olemaisillaan olemaisillansa

Derived terms

phrases

• oli miten oli

 

adjectives

• oleellinen
• olematon
• olennainen
• oleva
• olevainen

 

nouns

• olemus
• olento
• olio
• olo
• oltavat

 

verbs

• oleilla (frequentative)
• oleskella (frequentative)
• olettaa (causative)
• oleutua (reflexive)

 

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Icelandic

Etymology

From English ollie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔlːa/
• Rhymes: -ɔlːa

Verb

olla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ollaði, supine ollað)

1. (skateboarding) to ollie, perform an ollie

Conjugation

olla — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að olla
supine (sagnbót)		ollað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		ollandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég olla	við ollum	present (nútíð)	ég olli	við ollum
	þú ollar	þið ollið		þú ollir	þið ollið
	hann, hún, það ollar	þeir, þær, þau olla		hann, hún, það olli	þeir, þær, þau olli
past (þátíð)	ég ollaði	við olluðum	past (þátíð)	ég ollaði	við olluðum
	þú ollaðir	þið olluðuð		þú ollaðir	þið olluðuð
	hann, hún, það ollaði	þeir, þær, þau olluðu		hann, hún, það ollaði	þeir, þær, þau olluðu
imperative (boðháttur)	olla (þú)	ollið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	ollaðu	olliði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

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Ingrian

Etymology

From , from Proto-Uralic *wole-.

Verb

olla

1. be

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Irish

Alternative forms

• olna (superseded)

Noun

olla f

1. genitive singular of olann (“wool”)

Mutation

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

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin olla, from Proto-Italic *aukslā, from Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷsleh₂, Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷ- (“cooking pot”).

Noun

olla f (plural olle)

1. earthen jar
2. cooking pot

Anagrams

• allo

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Karelian

Etymology

From , from Proto-Uralic *wole-.

Verb

olla

1. to be

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Latin

Alternative forms

• aula, aulla, ōla

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *aukslā, from Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷsleh₂, Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷ- (“cooking pot”) (compare Sanskrit उखा (ukhā), Old Armenian ակութ (akutʻ), Albanian anë, Ancient Greek ἰπνός (ipnós), Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz and subsequently Old Norse and Old English ofn (English oven).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈoːl.la/, [ˈoːlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈol.la/, [ˈɔlːä]

Noun

ōlla f (genitive ōllae); first declension

1. pot, jar

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ōlla	ōllae
Genitive	ōllae	ōllārum
Dative	ōllae	ōllīs
Accusative	ōllam	ōllās
Ablative	ōllā	ōllīs
Vocative	ōlla	ōllae

Derived terms

• ollārius

Descendants

• Aromanian: oalã
• Catalan: olla
• Friulian: ole
• Galician: ola
• Italian: olla
• Occitan: ola
• Romanian: oală
• Spanish: olla
  • → Portuguese: olha

References

• “olla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “olla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• 2. OLLA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• 1 olla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “1,077/1”
• “olla”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “olla”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• “olla (ōla)” on page 1,246/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

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Old Dutch

Adjective

olla

1. nominative plural of al

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈol͈a/

Noun

olla f

1. genitive singular of olann

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
olla	unchanged	n-olla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ōllam, accusative singular of ōlla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʎa/

Noun

olla f (plural ollas)

1. pot
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 17r. a.

     Qvãdo ſeyemos ſobre las ollas de la carne & comyemos pã afartura.

     When we sat by the pots of meat and ate bread until we were satiated.

Descendants

• Spanish: olla

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish olla, from Latin olla, from Proto-Italic *aukslā, from Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷsleh₂, Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷ- (“cooking pot”)

Pronunciation

•  

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʝa/ [ˈo.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈoʝa/ [ˈo.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈoʎa/ [ˈo.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈoʃa/ [ˈo.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈoʒa/ [ˈo.ʒa]

Noun

olla f (plural ollas)

1. pot, pan; kettle (vessel used for cooking food)
2. stew (dish cooked by stewing)
3. pool, whirlpool

Derived terms

• donde tengas la olla no metas la polla
• en olla
• irse la olla
• olla a presión/olla de presión
• olla de cocción lenta (“slow cooker”)
• olla de vapor (“steamer”) (Spain, Mexico)
• olla eléctrica (“crockpot”)
• olla express
• olla podrida
• tomaollas (“potholder”) (Chile)

 

Related terms

• ollero

Anagrams

• Lalo, Lola

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Swedish

Etymology

Derived from ollon (“glans”).

Verb

olla

1. (vulgar) to touch with one's glans (tip of the penis)

   Han ollade min tandborste på fyllan. ― He touched my toothbrush with his penis when he was drunk.

Conjugation

Conjugation of olla (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	olla		ollas
Supine	ollat		ollats
Imperative	olla		—
Imper. plural1	ollen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	ollar	ollade	ollas	ollades
Ind. plural1	olla	ollade	ollas	ollades
Subjunctive2	olle	ollade	olles	ollades
	Participles
Present participle	ollande
Past participle	ollad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Anagrams

• Lola