# pola
## English
### Etymology

Clipping of polarizing

### Adjective

pola (not comparable)
* (photography) Polarizing.
    a pola filter

### Anagrams

* OLAP, Opal, Palo, alop, aplo-, opal

## Asturian
### Etymology 1

From a contraction of the preposition por (“for, by”) + feminine singular article la (“the”).

#### Contraction

pola f (masculine pol, neuter polo, masculine plural polos, feminine plural poles)
* for the, by the

### Etymology 2

From earlier pobla, from poblar.

#### Alternative forms

* poula (Western Asturias)

#### Noun

pola f (plural poles)
* fallow
* (archaic) town
    Synonym: villa

##### Derived terms

* La Pola Siero (a town in Siero, Central Asturias)
* La Pola de Gordón (a town in León)
* La Pola Ḷḷena (a town in Lena, Central Asturias)
* La Pola Somiedo (a town in Somiedo, Western Asturias)
* La Pola Vieya (a village in Aller, Central Asturias)
* La Polavieya (a village in Navia, Western Asturias)
* La Pola Llaviana (a village in Laviana, Central Asturias)
* La Puela (a town in Allande, Western Asturias)
* La Polenava (a village in Nava, Western Asturias)
* Pola de Lillo (a town in León)

#### Adjective

pola
* feminine singular of polu

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpola]
* Rhymes: -ola
* Hyphenation: po‧la
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

pola (accusative singular polan, plural polaj, accusative plural polajn)
* Polish (of or pertaining to Poland, the Polish people, or the Polish language)
* (la pola) Clipping of la pola lingvo (“the Polish language”).

#### Hypernyms

* eŭropa (“European”)

#### Related terms

* pole (“in Polish”)
* Polio, Pollando (“Poland”)
* polo (“a Polish person”)

## Farefare
### Etymology

Created in 2021. Learned borrowing from German Pole (“Polish person”).

### Adjective

pola
* Polish

## Finnish
### Etymology

Unknown. Related to Karelian polo, poloi and Ludian polo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpolɑ/, [ˈpo̞lɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -olɑ
* Hyphenation: po‧la

### Noun

pola
* A buoyant mark put on a fishing net or similar non-moving fishing equipment.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of pola (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
polani
polani
accusative
nom.
polani
polani
gen.
polani
genitive
polani
polieni polaini $^{rare}$
partitive
polaani
poliani
inessive
polassani
polissani
elative
polastani
polistani
illative
polaani
poliini
adessive
polallani
polillani
ablative
polaltani
poliltani
allative
polalleni
polilleni
essive
polanani
polinani
translative
polakseni
polikseni
abessive
polattani
polittani
instructive
comitative
—polineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
polasi
polasi
accusative
nom.
polasi
polasi
gen.
polasi
genitive
polasi
poliesi polaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
polaasi
poliasi
inessive
polassasi
polissasi
elative
polastasi
polistasi
illative
polaasi
poliisi
adessive
polallasi
polillasi
ablative
polaltasi
poliltasi
allative
polallesi
polillesi
essive
polanasi
polinasi
translative
polaksesi
poliksesi
abessive
polattasi
polittasi
instructive
comitative
—polinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
polamme
polamme
accusative
nom.
polamme
polamme
gen.
polamme
genitive
polamme
poliemme polaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
polaamme
poliamme
inessive
polassamme
polissamme
elative
polastamme
polistamme
illative
polaamme
poliimme
adessive
polallamme
polillamme
ablative
polaltamme
poliltamme
allative
polallemme
polillemme
essive
polanamme
polinamme
translative
polaksemme
poliksemme
abessive
polattamme
polittamme
instructive
comitative
—polinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
polanne
polanne
accusative
nom.
polanne
polanne
gen.
polanne
genitive
polanne
polienne polainne $^{rare}$
partitive
polaanne
polianne
inessive
polassanne
polissanne
elative
polastanne
polistanne
illative
polaanne
poliinne
adessive
polallanne
polillanne
ablative
polaltanne
poliltanne
allative
polallenne
polillenne
essive
polananne
polinanne
translative
polaksenne
poliksenne
abessive
polattanne
polittanne
instructive
comitative
—polinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
polansa
polansa
accusative
nom.
polansa
polansa
gen.
polansa
genitive
polansa
poliensa polainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
polaansa
poliaan poliansa
inessive
polassaan polassansa
polissaan polissansa
elative
polastaan polastansa
polistaan polistansa
illative
polaansa
poliinsa
adessive
polallaan polallansa
polillaan polillansa
ablative
polaltaan polaltansa
poliltaan poliltansa
allative
polalleen polallensa
polilleen polillensa
essive
polanaan polanansa
polinaan polinansa
translative
polakseen polaksensa
polikseen poliksensa
abessive
polattaan polattansa
polittaan polittansa
instructive
comitative
—polineen polinensa :

#### Derived terms

* polakoukku

### Further reading

* “pola”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* Alpo, Palo, lapo, palo

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Contraction of preposition por (“through, by, for”) + alternative form of the feminine singular definite article la (“the”)

#### Contraction

pola f (feminine plural polas, masculine polo, masculine plural polos)
* through the; by the; for the

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pullus.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpolʊ]

#### Noun

pola f (plural polas)
* young hen
    Synonym: pita

##### Related terms

* polo

##### Related terms

* póla

### References

* “pola”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pola”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pola”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pola”, 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), “pola”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pola”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpola/
* Hyphenation: po‧la
* Rhymes: -la, -a

### Etymology 1

From Malay pola, from Old Javanese pola (“design”), polah (“conduct, behaviour, doings, undertaking”) (cf. pa- +‎ ulah, hence equivalent to peng- +‎ olah/ulah), olah/ulah (“action, activity”). Doublet of polah. Compare to Indonesian olah (“method, process”), ulah (“behavior, manners, ways”).

#### Noun

pola (plural pola-pola)
* pattern
    pola makan ― diet
    pola pikir ― mindset
* model
    Synonym: model
* structure
* blueprint, outline, plan.

##### Derived terms

* berpola
* memola
* memolai
* pemolaan
* pola analitis
* pola antena
* pola argumentatif
* pola asuh otoritatif
* pola bilangan
* pola genetik
* pola ilustratif
* pola informasi
* pola intonasi
* pola kalimat
* pola ketebalan
* pola kontralateral
* pola kurikulum
* pola lakuan
* pola linier
* pola pemikiran
* pola pengeboran
* pola permainan
* pola pertahanan
* pola pikir
* pola rajut
* pola tanam
* pola V

### Etymology 2

From Ledo Kaili [Term?].

#### Noun

pola (plural pola-pola)
* a tool for binding bark, made of old black wood.

### Further reading

* “pola” 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.

## Lower Sorbian
### Noun

pola
* Superseded spelling of póla.

## Maranao
### Noun

pola
* cannon
    Synonyms: lotang, madengon

### References

* A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔ.la/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔla
* Syllabification: po‧la
* Homophone: Pola

### Noun

pola n
* inflection of pole:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative plural

## Salar
### Alternative forms

* bola

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA: /pʰolɑ/, /polɑ/

### Noun

pola (3rd person possessive polası, plural polalar)
* basket
    Synonym: kala
* basin

### References

* Potanin, G.N. (1893) “pola”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian)
* Kakuk, S. (1962). “Un Vocabulaire Salar.” Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 14, no. 2: 173–96.
* Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “pola”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 452
* 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992) “pola”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 27
* 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “pola”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 237

## Samoan
### Noun

pola
* blind used a retractable wall

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pǒːla/
* Hyphenation: po‧la

#### Noun

póla f (Cyrillic spelling по́ла)
* half

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pôla/
* Hyphenation: po‧la

#### Adverb

pȍla (Cyrillic spelling по̏ла)
* half [with genitive]
    pola sata — half an hour
    pola tri — 2:30
    na pola puta — at the half-way point
    u pola noći — at midnight

#### Noun

pola (Cyrillic spelling пола)
* genitive singular of pol

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpola/ [ˈpo.la]
* Rhymes: -ola
* Syllabification: po‧la

### Noun

pola f (plural polas)
* (Colombia, coloquial) beer
    Synonyms: cerveza, chela (Mexico)

### Verb

pola
* inflection of polir:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Swedish
### Verb

pola (present polar, preterite polade, supine polat, imperative pola)
* (dated) to be buddies or mates (with someone)
    De polarThey are buddies
    att pola med någonto be buddies with someone
* (dated, colloquial) to be a sexual partner (to)

#### Usage notes

Unfamiliar to many younger native speakers, though the derived word polare (“buddy”) is universally known.

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Derived terms

* polare (“buddy”)

### References

* pola in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* pola in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* pola in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)