# olla
## 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: /ˈɒlə/ or IPA: /ˈɔjə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒlə

### Noun

olla (plural ollas)
* 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.
* A pot used for cooling water by evaporation in Latin America.
* An unglazed earthenware pot, buried to provide slow steady irrigation.
** 2019 March 1, Mary Kathryn Dunston, “Archived copy”, in Farmer's Almanac‎, archived from the original on 26 September 2020:An olla (which literally means “pot”) is a round, unglazed terra cotta clay pot with a long neck that you fill with water and bury next to your plants. It irrigates in the ground.
* A cinerary urn in ancient Rome.

### Anagrams

* 'allo, -alol, Lola, allo, allo-, lalo

## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Latin olla (“cooking pot”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈoʎa/
* Rhymes: -oʎa
* Syllabification: o‧lla

### Noun

olla f (plural ollas)
* pot

### References

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

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin ōlla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈɔ.ʎə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈɔ.ʎa]

### Noun

olla f (plural olles)
* cooking-pot
* stew, casserole
* pool (in a watercourse)
    Synonym: gorg

#### Derived terms

* olla de pressió
* olla de vapor
* ollada
* ollal
* ollam
* oller
* plats-i-olles

### Further reading

* “olla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Estonian
### Verb

olla
* Da-infinitive of olema.

## Finnish
### Etymology

Most forms derive from Proto-Finnic *oldak, from Proto-Uralic *wole- / *ole- (see it for more). Cognates include Estonian olema, Erzya улемс (ulems), Udmurt вань (vań), Northern Sami leat, Hungarian van, volt. The forms on and ovat are irregular, with cognates found in Karelian on, Livonian um, Veps om, Votic on, Võro om/um and ommaq/ummaq. The original form of on was earlier *om, probably from an earlier *oma; ovat in turn is originally from this form with the plural suffix -t attached and has only later been reanalyzed as containing the standard third-person plural ending -vat. This monosyllabic root *wo- / *o- is likely also the origin of the extended (frequentative) form *wole- / *ole-, with the bare root also emerging in another derivative: oma (“own”). However, the alternative is to posit an irregular loss of -l- in the third-person forms due to it being such a common function word.
The potential forms (lie-) derive from Proto-Finnic *leedäk, from *le- (“to become”), probably from earlier Proto-Uralic *lewɜ-. Cognate with Karelian lienöy, Livonian līdõ, Veps lindä, Northern Sami leat, ле- (le-) on Erzya левкс (levks), Hungarian lenni/legyek.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈolːɑˣ/, [ˈo̞lːɑ̝(ʔ)]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -olːɑ
* Hyphenation: ol‧la

### Verb

olla
* (copulative) to be (indicating that the subject and the complement of the verb form the same thing)
    Olen onnellinen. ― I am happy.
    Minä olen lääkäri. ― I am a doctor.
    Olen kamalassa kunnossa. ― I'm in an awful shape.
* (intransitive) to be (occupy a place)
    Minä olen kotona. ― I am at home.
* (copulative) to be, constitute, make up, form
    Tuo on maanpetos. ― That constitutes (high) treason.
* (intransitive, impersonal + adessive) to have; to own, to possess
    Synonyms: (to own) omistaa, (discouraged in most cases) omata
    Minulla on kissa. ― I have a cat.
    Minulla on ollut kissa. ― I have had a cat.
    Minulla ei ole kissaa. ― I don't have a cat.
* (intransitive, impersonal + inessive) 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.
* (intransitive, impersonal + adessive or + genitive) to have (a sensation)
    Minulla on nälkä. / Minun on nälkä. ― I am hungry. (literally, “I have hunger.”)
* (intransitive, impersonal) (there) be
    Pöydällä on kissa. ― There is a cat on the table.
    Pöydällä ei ole kissaa. ― There is no cat on the table.
    Pöydällä on kissoja. ― There are (some) cats on the table.
    Pöydällä ei ole kissoja. ― There are no cats on the table.
    Lattialla on rahaa ― There is (some) money on the floor.
** (intransitive) Synonym of olla olemassa (“to exist”)
    Ei rakkautta ole. ― Love doesn't exist.
* (intransitive) to behave, act (as if...) (followed by a essive plural form of a present active participle with a possessive suffix, or a subordinate clause beginning with (ikään,) kuin, requiring conditional mood)
    Hän oli (ikään), kuin ei olisi huomannut mitään.
    Hän ei ollut huomaavinaan mitään. ― He behaved as if he hadn't noticed anything.
* (auxiliary) to have (used together with a past participle to build perfect and pluperfect tenses)
    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.
    Aamiainen oli jo syöty. ― Breakfast had already been eaten.
* (auxiliary, literary) used together with a present participle to build the present and past prospective tenses.
** 1933/1938, Pyhä Raamattu [The Holy Bible], Helsinki: Suomen Pipliaseura, Evankeliumi Johanneksen mukaan (John) 8:32:ja te tulette tuntemaan totuuden, ja totuus on tekevä teidät vapaiksi.Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.(literally, “and you will know the truth, and the truth is to set you free.”)
* (intransitive, impersonal + genitive) to have to, must; be obliged/forced to [with nominative of present passive participle ‘to do’]
    Minun 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.
    Kirja on palautettava kirjastoon perjantaihin mennessä. (passive) ― The book has to be returned to the library by Friday.
    Onko sinut hiljennettävä pakolla? ― Do I have to make you shut your mouth? (literally, “Do you have to be quietened by force?”)
* (transitive, usually atelic) 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

* (to have): In this sense, the verb olla is always in the third-person singular form, and the possessor is indicated with the adessive case. Grammatically speaking, the thing owned is the subject complement of the sentence:
    minulla on... ― I have..., sinulla on... ― you have..., hänellä on... ― he/she has...
    meillä on... ― we have..., teillä on... ― you have..., heillä on... ― they have...
    sillä on... ― it has...
    Lassilla on... ― Lassi has...
    kaupungin terveyslautakunnalla on... ― the municipal health board has...
** The 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.
* For infinitive and participle constructs using olla, see Appendix:Finnish verb forms § Infinitives and Appendix:Finnish participles § Participle constructs.

#### Conjugation

Colloquially, the present stem ole- may be replaced with oo-, and uniquely for olla, the conditional stem olisi- with oisi-:
Standard forms are shown before the colloquial forms for reference.
| Description | Standard | Colloquial |
| 1st sing. present indicative | olen | oon |
| 2nd sing. present indicative | olet | oot |
| 1st plur. present indicative * | olemme | oomme |
| 2nd plur. present indicative | olette | ootte |
| present indicative connegative 2nd sing. imperative | ole | oo |
| 1st sing. present conditional | olisin | oisin |
| 2nd sing. present conditional | olisit | oisit |
| 3rd sing. present conditional and connegative | olisi | ois, oisi |
| 1st plur. present conditional | olisimme | oisimme |
| 2nd plur. present conditional | olisitte | oisitte |
| Regularly derivable colloquial forms (e.g. through omission of final consonants) are not listed. |||

#### Derived terms

* läsnäollessa
* olemassaoleva
* olemassaolo
* olinpaikka
* olla sanomista
* oleellinen
* olematon
* olennainen
* oleva
* olleti
* oleminen
* olemus
* olento
* olija
* olio
* olo
* oltavat
* oli miten oli
* oleentua
* (frequentative) oleilla
* oleksia
* (frequentative) oleskella
* (causative) olettaa
* (reflexive) oleutua
* olla määrä
* olla pakko

#### Collocations

* olla (vähällä) (+ first 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] + [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 them) ― What is this supposed to be?
    Olit olevinasi niin täydellinen. ― You pretended to be so damn perfect.
* olla + [fifth infinitive] + [possessive suffix] ― 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 + [long first infinitive] + [possessive suffix] ― to be to do something (often implying that one is resigning to fate)
    Hän lähtee, jos on lähteäkseen. ― He'll leave if he is (fated) to leave.
* olkoon menneeksi] ― (okay,...) why not, go ahead, fine, (colloquial) what the hell
* olkoonkin(, että...) ― never mind (that...)
* [genitive] + olisi parasta + [first infinitive] ― had better
    Sinun olisi parasta olla hiljaa. ― You had better be silent.
* olla kunnossa ― to be in shape; to be in order
    Olen kunnossa. ― I'm alright.
    Olen hyvässä kunnossa. ― I'm in a good shape.
    Olen kamalassa kunnossa. ― I'm in an awful shape.

### References

* ↑ Juha Janhunen (2020) “Issues of comparative Uralic and Altaic Studies (6): Uralic copulas and their analogues in other Eurasian languages”, in Sampsa Holopainen, Juha Kuokkala, Janne Saarikivi, Susanna Virtanen, editors, Ёмас сымыӈ нэ̄кве во̄ртур э̄тпост самын патум: Scripta miscellanea in honorem Ulla-Maija Forsberg, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 132; 134—135 of 129–140
* 1 2 Ante Aikio (2022 March 24) “Proto-Uralic”, in Marianne Bakró-Nagy, Johanna Laakso, Elena Skribnik, editors, The Oxford Guide to the Uralic Languages, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 14 of 3–27

### Further reading

* “olla”, 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

## Galician
### Verb

olla
* inflection of ollar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Icelandic
### Etymology

Borrowed from English ollie.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔlːa/
* Rhymes: -ɔlːa

### Verb

olla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ollaði, supine ollað)
* (skateboarding) to ollie, perform an ollie

#### Conjugation
## Ingrian
### Etymology

Suppletive:
* Most forms starting with o- derive from Proto-Finnic *oldak.
* The forms on, ono and ovat are related to oma (“own”).
* Forms starting with l- derive from Proto-Finnic *leedäk.
Cognates include Finnish olla (potential lienen) and Estonian olla.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈolːɑ/, [ˈo̞ɫː]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈolːɑ/, [ˈo̞ɫːɑ]
* Rhymes: -olː, -olːɑ
* Hyphenation: ol‧la

### Verb

olla
* (copulative) to be
    Miä oon laps. ― I am a child.
** 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20:Ivo ono Levon veli.Ivo is Levo's brother.
** 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:Mittaisivat mitälee plaanua mööt, reknaisiit ja sanoivat, etti linnaa saa ono neljä kilometraa i yli tunnin, melkeen, möö leenemmä kois.They measured something along the map, counted and said, that it's four kilometers to the city and in an hour, approximately, we would be home.
** 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 91:Niku lumi miä oon valkiaI am as white as snow.
* (transitive + elative) to consist of
    Ihmiin on ruumeest ja hengest. ― A human consists of a body and a soul.
** 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:Pintamaanalus voip olla erilaisist maaporodist: savest, liivast, kalkist ja muist.The subsoil can consist of various soil types: clay, sand, limestone and other.
* (transitive, verb in third person, subject in adessive) to have
    Miul ono vene. ― I have a boat.
** 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 22:Simal ono suma. Siso ompeli suman.Sima has a bag. Siso sewed the bag.
** 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 26:Meil ono tänäpäivänä ekskurssia.We have an excursion today.
** 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:Mikä aika vootta teil ono?How old are you?(literally, “How many years do you have?”)
* (auxiliary, + past active participle) Used to form the perfect tense of verbs; have, be
    Miä kenenkää en oo tappant! ― I haven't killed anybody!

#### Usage notes

* The verb olla, unlike other verbs, uses its potential mood to indicate the future tense:
    Hoomeen miä leenen kois. ― Tomorrow I will be home.
    Konslee miul leenöö koti. ― Someday, I will have a house.

#### Derived terms

* olo

#### See also

* noissa

### References

* V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 122
* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 361
* Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 16

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* olna (superseded)

### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /ˈɔl̪ˠə/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈʌl̪ˠə/

### Noun

olla f
* genitive singular of olann (“wool”)

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 12

## Italian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin olla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔl.la/
* Rhymes: -ɔlla
* Hyphenation: òl‧la

### Noun

olla f (plural olle)
* earthen jar
* cooking pot

### Anagrams

* allo

## Karelian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *oldak, from Proto-Uralic *wole-.

### Verb

olla
* to be

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* aula, aulla, ōla

### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *aukslā, from Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷsleh₂, Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷ- (“cooking pot”), of possible substrate origin. Compare Sanskrit उखा (ukhā), Albanian anë, Ancient Greek ἰπνός (ipnós), Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz, and subsequently Old Norse and Old English ofn (whence English oven).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈoːl.la/, [ˈoːlːʲä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈol.la/, [ˈɔlːä]

### Noun

ōlla f (genitive ōllae); first declension
* pot, jar

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* ollārius
* ollicula
* ollula

#### Descendants

* Aromanian: oalã, ole
* Catalan: olla
* Friulian: ole
* Old French: ole, uele
** French: olle, oullière
* 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)
* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “aulla”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 62

## Livvi
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *oldak. Cognates include Finnish olla and Karelian olla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈolːɑ/
* Hyphenation: ol‧la

### Verb

olla
* (copulative) to be
    Varoi on lindu. ― A crow is a bird.
* (intransitive) to be, to exist
    Sie on perti. ― Over there is a cottage.
* (transitive, impersonal, subject in adessive) to have
    Minul on kniigu. ― I have a book.

### References

* N. Gilojeva, S. Rudakova (2009) Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu [Beginners' course of Karelian language's Livvi dialect]‎ (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 11
* Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 192

## Middle Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈol͈a/

### Noun

olla f
* genitive singular of olann (“wool”)

### Mutation

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

## Old Dutch
### Adjective

olla
* nominative plural of al

## Old Norse
### Verb

olla
* first-person singular past indicative active of valda

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin ōllam, accusative singular of ōlla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈoʎa/

### Noun

olla f (plural ollas)
* 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

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈoʝa/ [ˈo.ʝa]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈoʝa/ [ˈo.ʝa]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈoʎa/ [ˈo.ʎa]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈoʃa/ [ˈo.ʃa]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈoʒa/ [ˈo.ʒa]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -oʝa
* Rhymes: -oʝa
* Rhymes: -oʎa
* Rhymes: -oʃa
* Rhymes: -oʒa
* Syllabification: o‧lla
* Homophone: (ll-y neutralization) hoya

### Noun

olla f (plural ollas)
* pot, pan; kettle (vessel used for cooking food)
* stew (dish cooked by stewing)
    Synonyms: guisado, guiso, cocido, estofado
* pool, whirlpool
    Synonyms: remolino, vorágine

#### Derived terms

* cabeza de olla
* comerse la olla
* donde tengas la olla no metas la polla
* en olla
* irse la olla
* olla a presión, olla de presión
* olla de carne
* olla de cocción lenta (“slow cooker”)
* olla de fuego
* olla de grillos
* olla de vapor (“steamer”) (Spain, Mexico)
* olla eléctrica (“crockpot”)
* olla express
* olla podrida
* tomaollas (“potholder”) (Chile)
* tumbo de olla

#### Related terms

* ollería
* ollero

### Further reading

* “olla”, 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

### Anagrams

* Lalo, Lola

## Swedish
### Etymology

From ollon (“glans penis”) +‎ -a.

### Verb

olla (present ollar, preterite ollade, supine ollat, imperative olla)
* (slang, vulgar) to touch with one's glans (tip of the penis)
    Han ollade min tandborste på fyllanHe touched my toothbrush with his penis when he was drunk

#### Conjugation

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

#### See also

* snigla

### References

* Slangopedia
* Fula Ordboken

### Anagrams

* Lola