# tola
## English
### Etymology 1

From Hindi तोला (tolā)/Urdu تولا (tolā), from Sanskrit तोलक (tolaka), from तोलः (tol, “weighing”) (root: तुल् (tul, “to weigh”)).

#### Alternative forms

* tolah, tole

#### 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.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish tola.

#### Noun

tola (plural tolas)
* A South American grassland shrub of the genus Parastrephia.

### 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

* ATOL, Alto, Toal, a lot, alot, alto, alto-, atlo-, lota, talo-

## 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)
* all the

## Crimean Tatar
### Noun

tola
* baked brick

## Esperanto
### Etymology

tolo (“linen”) +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtola]
* Rhymes: -ola
* Hyphenation: to‧la

### Adjective

tola (accusative singular tolan, plural tolaj, accusative plural tolajn)
* linen, made out of linen
** 1907, Kabe, chapter 9, in La Faraono, part 2, Hachette, translation of Faraon by Bolesław Prus:Vi havas ĉi tie vestejon, plenan de tolaj kaj atlasaj vestoj, kaj en la kestoj vi trovos ringojn, ĉenojn kaj braceletojn…Here you have a wardrobe full of linen and satin garments, and in the chests you will find rings, chains, and bracelets…

## Faroese
### Verb

tola (third person singular past indicative toldi, third person plural past indicative tolað, tolt, supine tolað, tolt)
* to accept, tolerate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tola. Cognate with Proto-Samic *toalē.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtolɑ/, [ˈt̪o̞lɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -olɑ
* Hyphenation: to‧la

### 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.
    Asiat pitää saada oikealle tolalle.We have to get things on a good track.
    Vieraat saavat hänet tolaltaan.Meeting strangers upsets him.(literally, “Meeting strangers gets him off track.”)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of tola (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tolani
tolani
accusative
nom.
tolani
tolani
gen.
tolani
genitive
tolani
tolieni tolaini $^{rare}$
partitive
tolaani
toliani
inessive
tolassani
tolissani
elative
tolastani
tolistani
illative
tolaani
toliini
adessive
tolallani
tolillani
ablative
tolaltani
toliltani
allative
tolalleni
tolilleni
essive
tolanani
tolinani
translative
tolakseni
tolikseni
abessive
tolattani
tolittani
instructive
comitative
—tolineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tolasi
tolasi
accusative
nom.
tolasi
tolasi
gen.
tolasi
genitive
tolasi
toliesi tolaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
tolaasi
toliasi
inessive
tolassasi
tolissasi
elative
tolastasi
tolistasi
illative
tolaasi
toliisi
adessive
tolallasi
tolillasi
ablative
tolaltasi
toliltasi
allative
tolallesi
tolillesi
essive
tolanasi
tolinasi
translative
tolaksesi
toliksesi
abessive
tolattasi
tolittasi
instructive
comitative
—tolinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tolamme
tolamme
accusative
nom.
tolamme
tolamme
gen.
tolamme
genitive
tolamme
toliemme tolaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
tolaamme
toliamme
inessive
tolassamme
tolissamme
elative
tolastamme
tolistamme
illative
tolaamme
toliimme
adessive
tolallamme
tolillamme
ablative
tolaltamme
toliltamme
allative
tolallemme
tolillemme
essive
tolanamme
tolinamme
translative
tolaksemme
toliksemme
abessive
tolattamme
tolittamme
instructive
comitative
—tolinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tolanne
tolanne
accusative
nom.
tolanne
tolanne
gen.
tolanne
genitive
tolanne
tolienne tolainne $^{rare}$
partitive
tolaanne
tolianne
inessive
tolassanne
tolissanne
elative
tolastanne
tolistanne
illative
tolaanne
toliinne
adessive
tolallanne
tolillanne
ablative
tolaltanne
toliltanne
allative
tolallenne
tolillenne
essive
tolananne
tolinanne
translative
tolaksenne
toliksenne
abessive
tolattanne
tolittanne
instructive
comitative
—tolinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tolansa
tolansa
accusative
nom.
tolansa
tolansa
gen.
tolansa
genitive
tolansa
toliensa tolainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
tolaansa
toliaan toliansa
inessive
tolassaan tolassansa
tolissaan tolissansa
elative
tolastaan tolastansa
tolistaan tolistansa
illative
tolaansa
toliinsa
adessive
tolallaan tolallansa
tolillaan tolillansa
ablative
tolaltaan tolaltansa
toliltaan toliltansa
allative
tolalleen tolallensa
tolilleen tolillensa
essive
tolanaan tolanansa
tolinaan tolinansa
translative
tolakseen tolaksensa
tolikseen toliksensa
abessive
tolattaan tolattansa
tolittaan tolittansa
instructive
comitative
—tolineen tolinensa :

#### Synonyms

* (track): ura, polku
* (skiing track): latu

#### Derived terms
##### idioms

* olla poissa tolaltaan

### Further reading

* “tola”, 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

* laot, lato, loat, olat, talo

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* entola

### 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

* IPA: /ˈtɔla/

### 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
    Synonyms: borrea, borroeira, tilla, tilleiro

#### Related terms

* atolar
* tol

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tola”, 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), “tola”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tola”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt̪ˠɔl̪ˠə]

### Noun

tola f sg
* genitive singular of toil (“will; inclination, desire, wish”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### 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, 2013-2025

## North Moluccan Malay
### Etymology

From Malay tolak (“to push, to reject”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɔ.la/
* Hyphenation: to‧la

### Verb

tola
* (transitive) to push
    Synonym: sorong

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse þola.

### 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
### Adjective

tola f sg
* feminine singular of tolo

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtola/ [ˈt̪o.la]
* Rhymes: -ola
* Syllabification: to‧la

### Noun

tola f (plural tolas)
* tola (Parastrephia)
* false heath (Fabiana spp.)
* Baccharis incarum

#### Derived terms

* tola blanca

### Further reading

* “tola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi तोला (tolā).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

tola class IX (plural tola class X)
* tola (a unit of mass, approximately half an ounce)

## Ternate
### Etymology

Compare Sahu tola'a. Said by de Clercq to be from Classical Malay تولق (tolak) (cf. Modern Malay tolak).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈto.la/

### Verb

tola (Jawi توله)
* (transitive) to stop
* (transitive) to interrupt
* (transitive) to decrease or reduce one's salary
* (transitive) to break
* (transitive) to cut

#### Conjugation
### References

* Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Tongan
### Etymology

Borrowed from English dollar.

### Noun

tola
* dollar