bola
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -əʊlə
Noun edit
bola (plural bolas)
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Bikol Central edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
bola
- ball
- flattery; compliment
- Synonym: bolada
Buginese edit
Noun edit
bola (Lontara spelling ᨅᨚᨒ)
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
First attested in 1502. From Latin bulla, probably through the intermediate of Occitan bola. Doublet of butlla and the archaic or dialectal bolla.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bola f (plural boles)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bola” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “bola”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “bola” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “bola” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
bola
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse bola, from Proto-Germanic *bulōną.
Verb edit
bola (third person singular past indicative bolaði, third person plural past indicative bolaðu, supine bolað)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of bola (group v-30) | ||
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infinitive | bola | |
supine | bolað | |
participle (a6)1 | bolandi | bolaður |
present | past | |
first singular | boli | bolaði |
second singular | bolar | bolaði |
third singular | bolar | bolaði |
plural | bola | bolaðu |
imperative | ||
singular | bola! | |
plural | bolið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Further reading edit
- "bola" at Sprotin.fo
Fijian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Oceanic *polaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəlaq.
Verb edit
bola
- to split with axe or heavy knife
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Latin bulla. Doublet of bóla and of bula.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bola f (plural bolas)
- piece of bread usually round, large and low
- pie
- (archaic) bulla (round metallic seal)
- 1342, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 177:
- O qual privilegio era bolado de [...] bola de chunbo et de fios de sirgo do qual o tenor era tal en latin feyto, et por quanto en latin non entendian [todo homes pidio al] dito sennor que llo traladasse en romanço
- The aforementioned charter was sealed with [...] seal of lead and threads of silk, and its content was written in Latin, and since Latin wasn't understood by everyone, the aforementioned lord asked for the document to be translated into Romance
- O qual privilegio era bolado de [...] bola de chunbo et de fios de sirgo do qual o tenor era tal en latin feyto, et por quanto en latin non entendian [todo homes pidio al] dito sennor que llo traladasse en romanço
- 1342, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 177:
References edit
- “bola” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “bola” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “bola” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “bola” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Hiligaynon edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
bóla
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
bola
- indefinite accusative singular of boli
- indefinite dative singular of boli
- indefinite genitive singular of boli
- indefinite accusative plural of boli
- indefinite genitive plural of boli
Noun edit
bola
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay bola, from Portuguese bola, from Old Occitan bola, from Latin bulla. Doublet of bolu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bola (first-person possessive bolaku, second-person possessive bolamu, third-person possessive bolanya)
- ball, a solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
- (mathematics) sphere: a regular three-dimensional object in which every cross-section is a circle; the figure described by the revolution of a circle about its diameter.
Derived terms edit
- bola air
- bola api
- bola bakar
- bola basket
- bola boling
- bola dunia
- bola gelinding
- bola golf
- bola hidro
- bola jangkar
- bola kaki
- bola karet
- bola keju
- bola keranjang
- bola kristal
- bola lampu
- bola mandi
- bola mata
- bola muntah
- bola panas
- bola pingpong
- bola rotan
- bola sepak
- bola sodok
- bola sodokan
- bola sudut
- bola tampel
- bola tangan
- bola tangkas
- bola tenis
- bola tongkat
- bola voli
- bola voli pantai
- bola wasit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bola” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Kituba edit
Verb edit
bola
- to rot
Limos Kalinga edit
Noun edit
bola
Lingala edit
Noun edit
bola class 1 (plural babola class 2)
Malay edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese bola, from Old Occitan bola, from Latin bulla.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bola (Jawi spelling بول, plural bola-bola, informal 1st possessive bolaku, 2nd possessive bolamu, 3rd possessive bolanya)
- ball
- Bola bola sepak
- Football ball
Further reading edit
- “bola” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Old Occitan bola, from Vulgar Latin *bolla, from a merger of Latin bulla with Frankish *bollā (compare English bowl). Doublet of bula and bolha.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bo‧la
Noun edit
bola f (plural bolas)
- ball, sphere, round object
- Synonym: pelota
- (sports) ball
- fat person
- (slang, in the plural) testicle
- (colloquial) football, soccer
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From bolo.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bo‧la
Noun edit
bola f (plural bolas)
- bread roll (small, round bread)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bo‧la
Verb edit
bola
- inflection of bolar:
Further reading edit
Sambali edit
Noun edit
bola
Noun edit
bolâ
Serbo-Croatian edit
Participle edit
bola (Cyrillic spelling бола)
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
bola
Spanish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Old Occitan bola, from Latin bulla. Doublet of bula and bolla.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bola f (plural bolas)
- ball
- (slang) testicle
- (ice cream) scoop
- hilt (of a sword)
- (Spain) muscle
- (Dominican Republic, slang) hitchhiking, free ride
- Tomamos una bola para llegar aquí.
- We hitchhiked to get here.
- (colloquial, El Salvador) dollar (USD); buck.
- Synonym: dólar
- Tengo cinco bolas en mi cartera.
- I have five dollars in my pocket.
- (colloquial, Mexico) peso (MXN).
Hyponyms edit
- bola de billar (“billiard ball, pool ball”)
- bola de boliche, bola de bolos, bola de bowling (“bowling ball”)
- bola de cristal
- bola de demolición
- bola de discoteca
- bola de fuego (“fireball, ball of fire”)
- bola de golf
- bola de helado (“ice cream scoop”)
- bola de hilo (“ball of yarn”)
- bola de masa (“dumpling”)
- bola de nieve
- bola de pelo (“hairball”)
- bola de tenis
- bola de vidrio
- bola del mundo
- bola franca
- bola mala
Derived terms edit
- a bola vista
- bola de frail
- bola de lomo
- cambiar la bola
- correr la bola
- dar bola
- embolar
- en bolas
- escurrir la bola
- guerra de bolas
- hacerse bola
- hasta la bola
- molino de bolas
- niña de la bola
- niño de la bola
- no dar pie con bola
- parar bola
- pasabolas
- pasar la bola
- pie con bola
- queso de bola
- recogebolas
- romper las bolas
- ruede la bola
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
bola f
Further reading edit
- “bola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
References edit
- Orlando Alba (2003) Cómo hablamos los dominicanos[1], Santo Domingo: Amigo del Hogar
Swazi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-bòda.
Verb edit
-bola
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Middle Low German bōlen, from bōle (“friend; lover; mistress”). Cognate of German buhlen and Dutch boelen. Compare origin of German Buhle.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bola (present bolar, preterite bolade, supine bolat, imperative bola)
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | bola | bolas | ||
Supine | bolat | bolats | ||
Imperative | bola | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | bolen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | bolar | bolade | bolas | bolades |
Ind. plural1 | bola | bolade | bolas | bolades |
Subjunctive2 | bole | bolade | boles | bolades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | bolande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- bola in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- bola in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- bola in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- bola in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish bola, from Old Occitan bola, from Latin bulla. Doublet of bula.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bola (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎ)
- ball; round object
- ball game
- Synonym: bolahan
- (figurative) flattery
- Synonym: hibo
- (figurative) taunt; jest
- (figurative) deception; bluff
- drawing of winning numbers in a lottery
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bola”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 114: “Bola) Bola (pp) C. conque ya juegan eſtos”
- page 376: “Iugar) Bola (pp) [al argolla]”
Ternate edit
Etymology 1 edit
Likely ultimately from Portuguese bola de gude (“marble”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bola
- a marble (toy)
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bola
- a spool
References edit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Uneapa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Oceanic *bolac (“to spread out”) with irregular loss of *c, variant of *polac, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəlaj, from Proto-Austronesian *bəlaj.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bola
Further reading edit
- Sarah Elizabeth Byrne, A practice-centred approach to Uneapa Island's archaeology in a long-term context (2008). Oceania (vol. 87, no. 1). Ph.D. dissertation. University College London.
Uzbek edit
Other scripts | |
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Cyrillic | бола (bola) |
Latin | bola |
Perso-Arabic |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *bāla.
Noun edit
bola (plural bolalar)
Declension edit
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh boly, from Old Welsh bolg, from Proto-Brythonic *bolɣ, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos; cognate with Old Irish bolg.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bola m (plural boliau)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
bola | fola | mola | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Xhosa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-bòda.
Verb edit
-bola
- (intransitive) to rot, to decay
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Yatzachi Zapotec edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
bola
References edit
- Butler H., Inez M. (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de Yatzachi: Yatzachi el Bajo, Yatzachi el Alto, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 37)[3], second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 29
Zulu edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-bòda.
Verb edit
-bola
- (intransitive) to rot, to decay
- (intransitive) to go bad