olah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay olah, from Javanese ꦲꦺꦴꦭꦃ (olah, “to prepare”, literally “to practice”), from Old Javanese olah/ulah (“action, conduct”). Doublet of ulah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔlah/
• Hyphenation: olah
• Rhymes: -ɔlah, -lah, -ah, -h

Noun

olah (plural olah-olah, first-person possessive olahku, second-person possessive olahmu, third-person possessive olahnya)

1. manner, way

   Synonyms: laku, perbuatan, tingkah

2. prank, trick

   Synonyms: akal, canda, tingkah

Alternative forms

• ulah

Derived terms

• berolah
• memperolahkan
• mengolah
• olah-olah
• olahan
• seolah-olah

 

Verb

olah

1. base-imperative-colloquial of mengolah (“to process”)

Derived terms

• diolah
• mengolah
• olahan
• pengolah
• pengolahan
• terolah

 

• olah pesan
• olahraga

 

Related terms

• pola

 

Further reading

• “olah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian oláh, from Old Church Slavonic влахъ (vlaxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *volxъ, itself of Germanic origin. Doublet of valah and vlah.

Noun

olah m (plural olahi)

1. (archaic) Vlach, Romanian
2. (archaic) Wallachian

Declension

Declension of olah

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) olah	olahul	(niște) olahi	olahii
genitive/dative	(unui) olah	olahului	(unor) olahi	olahilor
vocative	olahule		olahilor

Adjective

olah m or n (feminine singular olahă, masculine plural olahi, feminine and neuter plural olahe)

1. (archaic) Vlach, Romanian
2. (archaic) Wallachian

Declension

Declension of olah

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	olah		olahă	olahi	olahe
	definite	olahul		olaha	olahii	olahele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	olah		olahe	olahi	olahe
	definite	olahului		olahei	olahelor	olahilor