English

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Etymology

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Clipping of polarizing

Adjective

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pola (not comparable)

  1. (photography) Polarizing.
    a pola filter

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Asturian

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Etymology 1

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From a contraction of the preposition por (for, by) + feminine singular article la (the).

Contraction

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pola f (masculine pol, neuter polo, masculine plural polos, feminine plural poles)

  1. for the, by the

Etymology 2

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From earlier pobla, from poblar.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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pola f (plural poles)

  1. fallow
  2. (archaic) town
    Synonym: villa
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Adjective

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pola

  1. feminine singular of polu

Esperanto

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pola flago

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpola]
  • Rhymes: -ola
  • Hyphenation: po‧la
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Adjective

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pola (accusative singular polan, plural polaj, accusative plural polajn)

  1. Polish (of or pertaining to Poland, the Polish people, or the Polish language)
  2. (la pola) Clipping of la pola lingvo (the Polish language).

Hypernyms

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Farefare

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Etymology

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Created in 2021. Learned borrowing from German Pole (Polish person).

Adjective

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pola

  1. Polish

Finnish

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Etymology

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Unknown. Related to Karelian polo, poloi and Ludian polo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpolɑ/, [ˈpo̞lɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -olɑ
  • Syllabification(key): po‧la

Noun

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pola

  1. A buoyant mark put on a fishing net or similar non-moving fishing equipment.

Declension

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Inflection of pola (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative pola polat
genitive polan polien
partitive polaa polia
illative polaan poliin
singular plural
nominative pola polat
accusative nom. pola polat
gen. polan
genitive polan polien
polain rare
partitive polaa polia
inessive polassa polissa
elative polasta polista
illative polaan poliin
adessive polalla polilla
ablative polalta polilta
allative polalle polille
essive polana polina
translative polaksi poliksi
abessive polatta politta
instructive polin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pola (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative polani polani
accusative nom. polani polani
gen. polani
genitive polani polieni
polaini rare
partitive polaani poliani
inessive polassani polissani
elative polastani polistani
illative polaani poliini
adessive polallani polillani
ablative polaltani poliltani
allative polalleni polilleni
essive polanani polinani
translative polakseni polikseni
abessive polattani polittani
instructive
comitative polineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative polasi polasi
accusative nom. polasi polasi
gen. polasi
genitive polasi poliesi
polaisi rare
partitive polaasi poliasi
inessive polassasi polissasi
elative polastasi polistasi
illative polaasi poliisi
adessive polallasi polillasi
ablative polaltasi poliltasi
allative polallesi polillesi
essive polanasi polinasi
translative polaksesi poliksesi
abessive polattasi polittasi
instructive
comitative polinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative polamme polamme
accusative nom. polamme polamme
gen. polamme
genitive polamme poliemme
polaimme rare
partitive polaamme poliamme
inessive polassamme polissamme
elative polastamme polistamme
illative polaamme poliimme
adessive polallamme polillamme
ablative polaltamme poliltamme
allative polallemme polillemme
essive polanamme polinamme
translative polaksemme poliksemme
abessive polattamme polittamme
instructive
comitative polinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative polanne polanne
accusative nom. polanne polanne
gen. polanne
genitive polanne polienne
polainne rare
partitive polaanne polianne
inessive polassanne polissanne
elative polastanne polistanne
illative polaanne poliinne
adessive polallanne polillanne
ablative polaltanne poliltanne
allative polallenne polillenne
essive polananne polinanne
translative polaksenne poliksenne
abessive polattanne polittanne
instructive
comitative polinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative polansa polansa
accusative nom. polansa polansa
gen. polansa
genitive polansa poliensa
polainsa rare
partitive polaansa poliaan
poliansa
inessive polassaan
polassansa
polissaan
polissansa
elative polastaan
polastansa
polistaan
polistansa
illative polaansa poliinsa
adessive polallaan
polallansa
polillaan
polillansa
ablative polaltaan
polaltansa
poliltaan
poliltansa
allative polalleen
polallensa
polilleen
polillensa
essive polanaan
polanansa
polinaan
polinansa
translative polakseen
polaksensa
polikseen
poliksensa
abessive polattaan
polattansa
polittaan
polittansa
instructive
comitative polineen
polinensa

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Galician

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Etymology 1

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Contraction of preposition por (through, by, for) + alternative form of the feminine singular definite article la (the)

Contraction

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pola f (feminine plural polas, masculine polo, masculine plural polos)

  1. through the; by the; for the

Etymology 2

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From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pullus.

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Noun

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pola f (plural polas)

  1. young hen
    Synonym: pita
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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpola/
  • Hyphenation: po‧la
  • Rhymes: -la, -a

Etymology 1

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From Malay pola, from Old Javanese pola (design), polah (conduct, behaviour, doings, undertaking) (cf. pa- +‎ ulah, hence equivalent to peng- +‎ olah/ulah), olah/ulah (action, activity). Doublet of polah. Compare to Indonesian olah (method, process), ulah (behavior, manners, ways).

Noun

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pola (plural pola-pola, first-person possessive polaku, second-person possessive polamu, third-person possessive polanya)

  1. pattern
  2. model
    Synonym: model
  3. structure
  4. blueprint, outline, plan.
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Etymology 2

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From Ledo Kaili [Term?].

Noun

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pola (plural pola-pola, first-person possessive polaku, second-person possessive polamu, third-person possessive polanya)

  1. a tool for binding bark, made of old black wood.

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Lower Sorbian

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Noun

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pola

  1. Superseded spelling of póla.

Maranao

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Noun

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pola

  1. cannon
    Synonyms: lotang, madengon

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pola n

  1. inflection of pole:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Salar

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /pʰolɑ/, /polɑ/

Noun

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pola (3rd person possessive polası, plural polalar)

  1. basket
    Synonym: kala
  2. basin

References

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  • Potanin, G.N. (1893) “pola”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian)
  • Kakuk, S. (1962). “Un Vocabulaire Salar.” Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 14, no. 2: 173–96. [2]
  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “pola”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 452
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992) “pola”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 27
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “pola”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 237

Samoan

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Noun

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pola

  1. blind used a retractable wall

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pǒːla/
  • Hyphenation: po‧la

Noun

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póla f (Cyrillic spelling по́ла)

  1. half

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pôla/
  • Hyphenation: po‧la

Adverb

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pȍla (Cyrillic spelling по̏ла)

  1. half [with genitive]
    pola sata — half an hour
    pola tri — 2:30
    na pola puta — at the half-way point
    u pola noći — at midnight

Noun

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pola (Cyrillic spelling пола)

  1. genitive singular of pol

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpola/ [ˈpo.la]
  • Rhymes: -ola
  • Syllabification: po‧la

Noun

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pola f (plural polas)

  1. (Colombia, coloquial) beer
    Synonyms: cerveza, chela (Mexico)

Verb

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pola

  1. inflection of polir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

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Verb

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pola (present polar, preterite polade, supine polat, imperative pola)

  1. (dated) to be buddies or mates (with someone)
    De polar
    They are buddies
    att pola med någon
    to be buddies with someone
  2. (dated, colloquial) to be a sexual partner (to)

Usage notes

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Unfamiliar to many younger native speakers, though the derived word polare (buddy) is universally known.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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