tola
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Hindi तोला (tolā)/Urdu تولا (tolā), from Sanskrit तोलक (tolaka), from तोलः (tol, “weighing”) (root: तुल् (tul, “to weigh”)).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊlə
Noun
tola (plural tolas)
- A unit of mass used in India, equal to the mass of a silver rupee coin, fixed at 180 troy grains (11.663 8038 grams) in 1833, and of a similar but slightly variable value before that date.
References
- Prinsep, James (1840), Useful tables, forming an appendix to the Journal of the Asiatic Society: part the first, Coins, weights, and measures of British India (2nd ed.), Calcutta: Bishop's College Press, pp. 65–74, 79–90.
- Platts, John T. (1884), A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., p. 344.
- A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, volume 10/1 (1926), Oxford: University Press, p. 111.
Anagrams
Asturian
Etymology
From a contraction of the determiner toa (“all”) + feminine singular article la (“the”).
Contraction
tola f (masculine tol, neuter tolo, masculine plural tolos, feminine plural toles)
Crimean Tatar
Noun
tola
Faroese
Verb
tola (third person singular past indicative toldi, third person plural past indicative tolað, tolt, supine tolað, tolt)
Conjugation
Conjugation of tola (group v-25-1) | ||
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infinitive | tola | |
supine | tolað/ tolt | |
participle (a6/a7)1 | tolandi | tolaður/ toldur |
present | past | |
first singular | toli | toldi |
second singular | tolir | toldi |
third singular | tolir | toldi |
plural | tola | toldu |
imperative | ||
singular | tola! | |
plural | tolið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Finnish
Noun
tola
- (archaic) A track or trail, especially a skiing track.
- (idiomatic) state of affairs, track.
- Asiat ovat hyvällä tolalla.
- The things are on a good track.
- Vieraat saavat hänet tolaltaan.
- Meeting strangers upsets him ("gets him off track").
Declension
Inflection of tola (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tola | tolat | ||
genitive | tolan | tolien | ||
partitive | tolaa | tolia | ||
illative | tolaan | toliin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tola | tolat | ||
accusative | nom. | tola | tolat | |
gen. | tolan | |||
genitive | tolan | tolien tolainrare | ||
partitive | tolaa | tolia | ||
inessive | tolassa | tolissa | ||
elative | tolasta | tolista | ||
illative | tolaan | toliin | ||
adessive | tolalla | tolilla | ||
ablative | tolalta | tolilta | ||
allative | tolalle | tolille | ||
essive | tolana | tolina | ||
translative | tolaksi | toliksi | ||
abessive | tolatta | tolitta | ||
instructive | — | tolin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
Idioms
- poissa tolaltaan (“beside oneself”)
Anagrams
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *tullon, *tullos (“hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Compare Spanish tollo (“hole”), Welsh twll, Breton toull, Irish toll.
Pronunciation
Noun
tola f (plural tolas)
- ditch used for watering a field
- dam in a ditch, used for directing the waters
- heap of clogs and brushwood which is burned down, its ashes later used as fertilizer
Related terms
References
- Template:R:DDLG
- Template:R:TILG
- “tola” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
tola f sg
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tola | thola | dtola |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tola”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tola”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “tola”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Verb
tola (present tense toler, past tense tolte, past participle tolt, passive infinitive tolast, present participle tolande, imperative tol)
- alternative form of tole
See also
- tåle (Bokmål)
References
- “tola” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
tola f sg
- (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective tolo.
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi तोला (tolā).
Noun
tola (n class, plural tola)
- tola (a unit of mass, approximately half an ounce)
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