olga

See also: Olga, ólga, òlga, Òlga, Oľga, Olgą, Òlgą, and Òlgã

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔlɡa/ [ˈɔɫ.ɣ̞ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈɔlɡa/ [ˈɔɫ.ɣ̞ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈɔlħa/ [ˈɔɫ.ħɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -ɔlɡa

• Rhymes: -ɔlɡa
• Rhymes: -ɔlħa

• Hyphenation: ol‧ga

Etymology 1

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *olka, from Proto-Celtic *ɸolkā (“arable land”), from Proto-Indo-European *polḱeh₂.

Noun

olga m (plural olgas)

1. (agriculture) strip of land
2. open path in the snow

Related terms

• Olca

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Latin ulva.

Noun

olga m (plural olgas)

1. (botany) seaweed

   Synonyms: alga, ouca

References

• “olga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “olga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “olga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *olka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wolka.

Noun

olga

1. shoulder