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English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -əʊlə
Noun
editbola (plural bolas)
See also
editAnagrams
editBikol Central
editEtymology
editNoun
editbola
- ball
- flattery; compliment
- Synonym: bolada
Buginese
editNoun
editbola (Lontara spelling ᨅᨚᨒ)
Catalan
editEtymology
editFirst attested in 1502. From Latin bulla, probably through the intermediate of Occitan bola. Doublet of butlla and the archaic or dialectal bolla.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbola f (plural boles)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “bola” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “bola”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “bola” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “bola” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cebuano
editEtymology
editNoun
editbola
Faroese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse bola, from Proto-Germanic *bulōną.
Verb
editbola (third person singular past indicative bolaði, third person plural past indicative bolaðu, supine bolað)
Conjugation
editConjugation of bola (group v-30) | ||
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infinitive | bola | |
supine | bolað | |
participle (a6)1 | bolandi | bolaður |
present | past | |
first singular | boli | bolaði |
second singular | bolar | bolaði |
third singular | bolar | bolaði |
plural | bola | bolaðu |
imperative | ||
singular | bola! | |
plural | bolið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Further reading
edit- "bola" at Sprotin.fo
Fijian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Oceanic *polaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəlaq.
Verb
editbola
- to split with axe or heavy knife
Galician
editEtymology
editFrom Latin bulla. Doublet of bóla and of bula.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbola f (plural bolas)
- piece of bread usually round, large and low
- pie
- (archaic) bulla (round metallic seal)
- 1342, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 177:
- O qual privilegio era bolado de [...] bola de chunbo et de fios de sirgo do qual o tenor era tal en latin feyto, et por quanto en latin non entendian [todo homes pidio al] dito sennor que llo traladasse en romanço
- The aforementioned charter was sealed with [...] seal of lead and threads of silk, and its content was written in Latin, and since Latin wasn't understood by everyone, the aforementioned lord asked for the document to be translated into Romance
- 1342, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 177:
References
edit- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bola”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bola”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bola”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bola”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Hiligaynon
editEtymology
editNoun
editbóla
Icelandic
editNoun
editbola
- indefinite accusative singular of boli
- indefinite dative singular of boli
- indefinite genitive singular of boli
- indefinite accusative plural of boli
- indefinite genitive plural of boli
Noun
editbola
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Malay bola, from Portuguese bola, from Old Occitan bola, from Latin bulla. Doublet of bolu.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbola (first-person possessive bolaku, second-person possessive bolamu, third-person possessive bolanya)
- ball, a solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
- (mathematics) sphere: a regular three-dimensional object in which every cross-section is a circle; the figure described by the revolution of a circle about its diameter.
Derived terms
edit- bola air
- bola api
- bola bakar
- bola basket
- bola boling
- bola dunia
- bola gelinding
- bola golf
- bola hidro
- bola jangkar
- bola kaki
- bola karet
- bola keju
- bola keranjang
- bola kristal
- bola lampu
- bola mandi
- bola mata
- bola muntah
- bola panas
- bola pingpong
- bola rotan
- bola sepak
- bola sodok
- bola sodokan
- bola sudut
- bola tampel
- bola tangan
- bola tangkas
- bola tenis
- bola tongkat
- bola voli
- bola voli pantai
- bola wasit
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “bola” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Kituba
editVerb
editbola
- to rot
Limos Kalinga
editNoun
editbola
Lingala
editNoun
editbola class 1 (plural babola class 2)
Malay
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Portuguese bola, from Old Occitan bola, from Latin bulla.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbola (Jawi spelling بول, plural bola-bola, informal 1st possessive bolaku, 2nd possessive bolamu, 3rd possessive bolanya)
- ball
- Bola bola sepak
- Football ball
Further reading
edit- “bola” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Portuguese
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Old Occitan bola, from Vulgar Latin *bolla, from a merger of Latin bulla with Frankish *bollā (compare English bowl). Doublet of bula and bolha.
Pronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -ɔlɐ
- Hyphenation: bo‧la
Noun
editbola f (plural bolas)
- ball, sphere, round object
- Synonym: pelota
- (sports) ball
- fat person
- (slang, in the plural) testicle
- (colloquial) football, soccer
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom bolo.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: bo‧la
Noun
editbola f (plural bolas)
- bread roll (small, round bread)
Derived terms
editEtymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: bo‧la
Verb
editbola
- inflection of bolar:
Further reading
edit- “bola”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Sambali
editNoun
editbola
Noun
editbolâ
Serbo-Croatian
editParticiple
editbola (Cyrillic spelling бола)
Slovak
editPronunciation
editParticiple
editbola
Spanish
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Old Occitan bola, from Latin bulla. Doublet of bula and bolla.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbola f (plural bolas)
- ball
- (slang) testicle
- (ice cream) scoop
- hilt (of a sword)
- (Spain) muscle
- (Dominican Republic, slang) hitchhiking, free ride
- Tomamos una bola para llegar aquí.
- We hitchhiked to get here.
- (colloquial, El Salvador) dollar (USD); buck.
- Synonym: dólar
- Tengo cinco bolas en mi cartera.
- I have five dollars in my pocket.
- (colloquial, Mexico) peso (MXN).
- (colloquial, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador) a lot; a bunch
Hyponyms
edit- bola de billar (“billiard ball, pool ball”)
- bola de boliche, bola de bolos, bola de bowling (“bowling ball”)
- bola de cristal
- bola de demolición
- bola de discoteca
- bola de fuego (“fireball, ball of fire”)
- bola de golf
- bola de helado (“ice cream scoop”)
- bola de hilo (“ball of yarn”)
- bola de masa (“dumpling”)
- bola de nieve
- bola de pelo (“hairball”)
- bola de tenis
- bola de vidrio
- bola del mundo
- bola franca
- bola mala
Derived terms
edit- a bola vista
- bola de frail
- bola de lomo
- cambiar la bola
- correr la bola
- dar bola
- embolar
- en bolas
- escurrir la bola
- guerra de bolas
- hacerse bola
- hasta la bola
- molino de bolas
- niña de la bola
- niño de la bola
- no dar pie con bola
- parar bola
- pasabolas
- pasar la bola
- pie con bola
- queso de bola
- recogebolas
- romper las bolas
- ruede la bola
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
editbola f
Further reading
edit- “bola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
- “bola” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010
References
edit- Orlando Alba (2003) Cómo hablamos los dominicanos[1], Santo Domingo: Amigo del Hogar
Swazi
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *-bòda.
Verb
edit-bola
Inflection
editThis verb needs an inflection-table template.
Swedish
editEtymology
editDerived from Middle Low German bōlen, from bōle (“friend; lover; mistress”). Cognate of German buhlen and Dutch boelen. Compare origin of German Buhle.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editbola (present bolar, preterite bolade, supine bolat, imperative bola)
Conjugation
editActive | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | bola | bolas | ||
Supine | bolat | bolats | ||
Imperative | bola | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | bolen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | bolar | bolade | bolas | bolades |
Ind. plural1 | bola | bolade | bolas | bolades |
Subjunctive2 | bole | bolade | boles | bolades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | bolande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- bola in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bola in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bola in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- bola in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Tagalog
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish bola, from Old Occitan bola, from Latin bulla. Doublet of bula.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbola/ [ˈboː.lɐ]
- Rhymes: -ola
- Syllabification: bo‧la
Noun
editbola (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎ)
- ball; round object
- ball game
- Synonym: bolahan
- (figurative) flattery
- Synonym: hibo
- (figurative) taunt; jest
- (figurative) deception; bluff
- drawing of winning numbers in a lottery
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “bola”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 114: “Bola) Bola (pp) C. conque ya juegan eſtos”
- page 376: “Iugar) Bola (pp) [al argolla]”
Anagrams
editTernate
editEtymology 1
editLikely ultimately from Portuguese bola de gude (“marble”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbola
- a marble (toy)
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbola
- a spool
References
edit- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Uneapa
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Oceanic *bolac (“to spread out”) with irregular loss of *c, variant of *polac, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəlaj, from Proto-Austronesian *bəlaj.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbola
Further reading
edit- Sarah Elizabeth Byrne, A practice-centred approach to Uneapa Island's archaeology in a long-term context (2008). Oceania (vol. 87, no. 1). Ph.D. dissertation. University College London.
Uzbek
editOther scripts | |
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Yangi Imlo | |
Cyrillic | бола |
Latin | bola |
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan) |
بالە |
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Turkic *bāla.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbola (plural bolalar)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | bola | bolalar |
genitive | bolaning | bolalarning |
dative | bolaga | bolalarga |
definite accusative | bolani | bolalarni |
locative | bolada | bolalarda |
ablative | boladan | bolalardan |
similative | boladek | bolalardek |
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Welsh boly, from Old Welsh bolg, from Proto-Brythonic *bolɣ, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos; cognate with Old Irish bolg.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbola m (plural boliau)
Related terms
edit- stumog (“stomach”)
Mutation
editXhosa
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *-bòda.
Verb
edit-bola
- (intransitive) to rot, to decay
Inflection
editThis verb needs an inflection-table template.
Yatzachi Zapotec
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editbola
References
edit- Butler H., Inez M. (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de Yatzachi: Yatzachi el Bajo, Yatzachi el Alto, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 37)[3], second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 29
Zulu
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *-bòda.
Verb
edit-bola
- (intransitive) to rot, to decay
- (intransitive) to go bad
Inflection
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- ca:Baseball
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- Rhymes:Galician/ola
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- id:Mathematics
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- ms:Sports
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- Portuguese terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰel- (blow)
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/ola
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