# chola
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chola.

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

chola (plural cholas)
* A female cholo (Mexican or Hispanic gang member, or somebody with similar characteristics).

### Anagrams

* loach, Loach, HOLAC, Olcha

## Alabama
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *čolaCa. Cognate with Choctaw chula (“fox”) and Chickasaw chula (“fox”)

### Noun

chola
* fox

## Atong (India)
### Etymology

From Assamese চোলা (süla).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ɕola/

### Noun

chola (Bengali script চোলা)
* shirt

### References

* van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

## Chickasaw
### Alternative forms

* chula (Humes' spelling)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *čolaCa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃo.la/

### Noun

chola (alienable)
* fox

#### Inflection

| Nouns in ch-, k-, t- | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
| 1st-person ("my, our") | anchola an-chola | ponchola pon-chola | haponchola hapon-chola |
| 2nd-person ("thy, your") | chinchola chin-chola | hachinchola hachin-chola | hachinchola hachin-chola |
| 3rd-person ("his, her, its, their") | inchola in-chola | inchola in-chola | inchola in-chola |

#### Derived terms

* chol-oshiꞌ
* chola hommaꞌ
* cholokchamaꞌliꞌ

## Choctaw
### Alternative forms

* Spelling variants
** chula
** čola (Mississippi)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *čolaCa. Cognate with Chickasaw chola, Alabama chola, Creek culv

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʃʊlá/

### Noun

chola (alienable)
* fox

## Galician
### Etymology

Shortening from cachola.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɔla/ [ˈt͡ʃɔ.lɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɔla

### Noun

chola f (plural cholas)
* (colloquial) head; mind, mindset
    Synonyms: cabeza, cachola, chencha, croca, testa

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chola”, 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), “chola”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Garo
### Etymology

Borrowed from Assamese চোলা (süla).

### Noun

chola
* shirt

## Koasati
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *čolaCa.

### Noun

chola
* fox

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃola/ [ˈt͡ʃo.la]
* Rhymes: -ola
* Syllabification: cho‧la

### Noun

chola f (plural cholas)
* female equivalent of cholo
* (colloquial) noggin; head
* (colloquial) brains; know-how
* (colloquial, Venezuela) sandal, flip-flop
* (Venezuela) any of various loricariid or auchenipterid catfish, such as Ageneiosus sp., Rineloricaria caracasensis, or Rineloricaria formosa

#### Descendants

* → Ye'kwana: choda, chooda

### Adjective

chola f
* feminine singular of cholo

### Further reading

* “chola”, 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

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* cholla

### Etymology

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish chola, feminine of cholo. Possibly popularized via social media from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories where cholos were featured. Also said to be a play of English so +‎ landi (“flirt”), as in cho landi (“so flirtatious”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃola/ [ˈt͡ʃoː.lɐ]
** IPA: (no yod coalescence) /ˈtsola/ [ˈt͡soː.lɐ]
* Rhymes: -ola
* Syllabification: cho‧la

### Noun

chola (masculine cholo, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜎ) (slang)
* female hipster, street gang member, or somebody with similar characteristics

#### See also

* galawang breezy
* jejemon
* pabebe
* squammy

## Xhosa
### Etymology

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### Verb

-chola
* to pick up

#### Inflection

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