# yola
## English
### Etymology

Northern California slang, said to be from a blend of Spanish yo and hola.

### Noun

yola (uncountable)
* (US, slang, California, MLE) cocaine
** 1997, Rap Pages, volume 6, numbers 1-5:From servin' yola and mobbin' in drop tops to gangsta tales and flat-out Westside anthems, it doesn't take much thought as to whom the target audience is […]
** 2004, Lil' Jon and the East Side Boyz (Jonathan Mortimer Smith), Grand Finale (rap song)
    We yayo experts, we been whippin' the yola / Since the crackas decided to take the coke from Coca-Cola.
** 2006, E-40 (Earl Stevens), White Gurl (rap song)
    Ooh I throw the yola in the pot, let it simmer and bake / Add a li'l bakin' soda, make it foam like aftershave.

### References

* ↑ Baron, D. (2009). A Better Pencil: Readers, Writers, and the Digital Revolution. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, p. 205

### Anagrams

* Loya, olay, yoal

## Azerbaijani
### Noun

yola
* dative singular of yol (“road, path”)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French yole.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʝola/ [ˈɟ͡ʝo.la]
* IPA: (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝola/ [ˈɟ͡ʝo.la]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃola/ [ˈʃo.la]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒola/ [ˈʒo.la]
* Rhymes: -ola
* Syllabification: yo‧la

### Noun

yola f (plural yolas)
* yawl; small boat with oars and sail

### Further reading

* “yola”, 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

## Xhosa
### Etymology

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

### Verb

-yola$^?$
* (intransitive) to be pleasant

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Yola
### Alternative forms

* yole, yold, yolaw

### Etymology

From Middle English yolde, from Old English eald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, a suffixed form of *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”). Cognate with English wold.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjɔːlə/, /jɔːl/, /jɔːld/, /jɔːˈlɔː/

### Adjective

yola
* old
** 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, pages 80:Yola zong.An old song.
** 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 5-6:an na plaine garbe o' oure yola talke,and in the simple dress of our old dialect,
** 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, lines 1:Haar wee bee dhree yola mydes,Here we are three old maids,
** 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, lines 1:Billeen Scalaane an hys yola moan,Billy Scallan and his old woman,
** 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, lines 6:"If thou dinna gow on chul daf thee yola skien.""If you don't go on I'll strip your old skin."
** 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, lines 12:'Tus a gearded ee freightened Billeen's yola caule.'Twas a goat that frightened Billy's old caule (horse).
** 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, lines 5:Yola Vather Deruse hay raree cam thoare,Old Father Devereux early came there,
** 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, lines 13:Thaare was yola Jem Mahony, a noted pipere,There was old Jem Mahony, a noted piper,

#### Derived terms

* Yola Haul
* Yole Teoun

### References

* 1 2 Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland