olla

Borrowed from Spanish olla, from Latin olla, aulla; akin to Sanskrit उखा (ukhā, “pot”), and probably also Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌽𐍃 (auhns, “oven”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒlə/

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• Rhymes: -ɒlə

olla (plural ollas)

1. A cooking-pot or earthenware jar used in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.
   • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses:

     On top of the counter were three clay jars or ollas. Two of them were empty but the third was covered with the tin lid from a lardpail and the lid was notched to accommodate the handle of an enameled tin dipper.

2. A pot used for cooling water by evaporation in Latin America.
3. An unglazed earthenware pot, buried to provide slow steady irrigation.
   • 2019 March 1, Mary Kathryn Dunston, Farmer's Almanac‎:

     An olla (which literally means “pot”) is a round, unglazed terra cotta clay pot with a long neck that you fill with water and bury next to your plants. It irrigates in the ground.

4. A cinerary urn in ancient Rome.

• 'allo, -alol, Lola, allo, allo-, lalo

From Latin olla (“cooking pot”).

olla f (plural ollas)

1. pot

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “olla”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

From Latin ōlla.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ʎə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ʎa/

olla f (plural olles)

1. cooking-pot
2. stew, casserole
3. pool (in a watercourse)

• olla de pressió
• ollada
• ollal
• oller

• “olla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

olla

1. Da-infinitive of olema.

Most forms derive from Proto-Finnic *oldak, from Proto-Uralic *wole- / *ole-. Cognates include Estonian olema, Erzya улемс (ulems), Hungarian volt. The forms on and ovat are from the same root as oma (and probably also olla, which would be a frequentative derivative of that root). Cognates are found in Karelian on, Livonian um, Veps om, Votic on, Hungarian van, Võro om/um and ommaq/ummaq. ovat further likely has the standard 3rd person plural -vat in the ending, but was originally probably *omat, with the plural suffix -t on oma.

The potential forms (lie-) derive from Proto-Finnic *leedäk, from Proto-Uralic *le- (“to become”). Cognate with Karelian lienöy, Livonian līdõ, Veps linda, Erzya левкс (levks), Hungarian lenni/legyek, Northern Sami leat.

• IPA^(key): /ˈolːɑˣ/, [ˈo̞lːɑ(ʔ)]

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• Rhymes: -olːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ol‧la

olla

1. (copulative) to be (indicating that the subject and the complement of the verb form the same thing)

   Minä olen onnellinen. ― I am happy.

   Minä olen lääkäri. ― I am a doctor.

   Olen kamalassa kunnossa. ― I'm in an awful shape.

2. (intransitive) to be (occupy a place)

   Minä olen kotona. ― I am at home.

3. (copulative) to be, constitute, make up, form

   Tuo on maanpetos. ― That constitutes (high) treason.

4. (intransitive, adessive + third-person singular + ~) to have; to own, to possess

   Minulla on/oli/on ollut kissa (nom.). (when in positive sentences, countable nouns in nominative) ― I have/had/have had a cat.

   Minulla ei ole kissaa (part.). (when in negative sentences, countable nouns in partitive) ― I don't have a cat.

   Minulla on/oli/on ollut sinut (acc.). (when in positive sentences, personal pronouns in accusative) ― I have/had/have had you.

   Minulla ei ole/ei ollut/ei ole ollut sinua (part.). (when in negative sentences, personal pronouns in partitive) ― I don't have/didn't have/haven't had you.

   Synonyms: (to own) omistaa, (discouraged in most cases) omata

5. (intransitive, inessive + third-person singular + ~) to have, to possess (as a feature or capability, as opposed to simple possession; almost always for inanimate subjects)

   Tässä autossa on kaikki lisävarusteet. ― This car has all the accessories.

6. (intransitive, ~ (olemassa)) to exist (the subject often indefinite = in partitive case -> verb in 3rd-pers. singular)

   Rakkautta ei ole (olemassa). ― Love doesn't exist.

7. (intransitive) to behave, act (as if...) (when followed by a essive plural form of a present active participle with possessive suffix, or a subordinate clause beginning with (ikään,) kuin, requiring conditional mood)

   Hän oli (ikään), kuin ei olisi huomannut mitään.

   Hän ei ollut huomaavinaan mitään. ― He behaved as if he hadn't noticed anything.

8. (transitive, auxiliary) to have (a verb to build active present perfect tense and active past perfect tense, taking active past participle, ending -nut/-nyt (singular) or -neet (pl.))

   Olen jo syönyt tänään. ― I have already eaten today.

   Olemme jo syöneet tänään. ― We have already eaten today.

   Olin jo syönyt. ― I had already eaten.

   Olimme jo syöneet. ― We had already eaten.

9. (transitive, auxiliary) to have (a verb to build impersonal simple past tense, impersonal passive present perfect tense and impersonal passive past perfect tense, taking passive past participle, ending -tu/-ty)

   Aamiainen oli jo syöty. ― Breakfast had already been eaten.

   Minulla on/ei ole rahaa (part.). (singular uncountable nouns in partitive in both positive and negative sentences) ― I have/don't have money.

   Minulla on valta (nom.). (with an uncountable noun in nominative, the meaning or nuance of the sentence changes) ― I've got the power.

10. (intransitive, 3rd person singular) (there) be

    Pöydällä on kissa. (when in positive sentences, singular countable nouns in nominative) ― There is a cat on the table.

    Pöydällä ei ole kissaa. (when in negative sentences, singular countable nouns in partitive) ― There is no cat on the table.

    Pöydällä on/ei ole kissoja. (plural countable nouns in partitive in both positive and negative sentences) ― There are (some) cats / There are no cats on the table.

    Lattialla on/ei ole rahaa. (singular uncountable nouns in partitive in both positive and negative sentences) ― There is (some) / There is no money on the floor.

11. (intransitive, genitive + third-person singular + passive present participle) to have to do something, must do something; be obliged/forced to do something

    Minun on nyt mentävä. ― I have to go now.

    Minun on palautettava kirja kirjastoon perjantaihin mennessä. ― I have to return the book to the library by Friday.

    that same in passive: nominative/accusative + 3rd-pers. singular + passive present participle, -tava/-tävä = to have to be done, must be done.

    Kirja (nom.) on palautettava kirjastoon perjantaihin mennessä. (countable nouns in nominative) ― The book has to be returned to the library by Friday.

    Onko sinut (acc.) hiljennettevä pakolla? (personal pronouns in accusative) ― Do I have to make you shut your mouth? (literally, “Do you have to be quietened by force?”)

12. (transitive) to play a children's game

    Synonym: leikkiä

    • 2013, Tea Hiilloste (lyrics), “Halihippa”, performed by Tea:

      Sä ja mä ollaan halihippaa,
      yks ja kaks, toinen meistä karkaa...

      You and I are playing hug tag,
      one and two, one of us runs away...

• In the sense “to have” the verb olla is always in the third-person singular form, and the possessor is indicated with the adessive case. Grammatically speaking, the thing owned is the subject complement of the sentence:

minulla on ― I have

sinulla on ― you have

hänellä on ― he/she has

sillä on ― it has

meillä on ― we have

teillä on ― you have

heillä on ― they have

Lassilla on ― Lassi has

kaupungin terveyslautakunnalla on ― the municipal health board has

• Same applies through all tenses, infinitives and participles (where they make sense), e.g.

minulla ei olisi ollut ― I would not have had

minulla rupeaa olemaan ― I am beginning to have

• The meaning "there be" is rarely used without adverbials (such as those describing a location); it is more common to use olla olemassa in such cases.
• olla (+ vähällä) + infinitive = to almost/nearly (do something accidental, harmful, wrong or fateful).

  Olin (vähällä) kaatua lattialle. ― I almost fell on the floor.

• olla + essive plural form of an active present participle (-vina/-vinä) + possessive suffix = to be supposed to do, pretend to do, put on airs of doing, affect:

  Mikä tämä on olevinaan? (speaker belittling the object in front of her/him) ― What is this supposed to be?

  Olit olevinasi niin täydellinen. ― You pretended to be so damn perfect.

• olla + fifth infinitive + possessive suffix by person = to be about to do (when something happens preventing it):

  Olin lähtemäisilläni ulos, kun puhelin soi. ― I was about to go out when the phone rang.

• olla + long first infinitive = to be to do something (often implying that one is resigning to fate)

  Hän lähtee, jos on lähteäkseen. ― He'll leave if he is (fated) to leave.

  • (interjection): olkoon menneeksi (“(okay,...) why not, go ahead, (colloquial) what the hell”)
• olkoonkin(, että...) (“never mind (that...)”)
• genitive + olisi (conditional) parasta + infinitive = had better + infinitive:

  Sinun olisi parasta olla hiljaa. ― You had better be silent.

• olla kunnossa (“to be in shape; to be in order”)

  If used without an adjective, olla kunnossa is a positive expression, and one might as well say olla hyvässä kunnossa (to be in good shape/order):

  Olen kamalassa kunnossa. ― I'm in an awful shape.

Standard conjugation:

Colloquial conjugation:

Only some forms are used. The other forms are those of the standard conjugation. The first person plural form is rare and usually replaced by the passive form.

From English ollie.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔlːa/
• Rhymes: -ɔlːa

olla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ollaði, supine ollað)

1. (skateboarding) to ollie, perform an ollie

Suppletive:

• Most forms starting with o- derive from Proto-Finnic *oldak.
• The forms on, ono and ovat are related to oma (“own”).
• Forms starting with l- derive from Proto-Finnic *leedäk.

Cognates include Finnish olla (potential lienen) and Estonian olla.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈolːɑ/, [ˈo̞ɫː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈolːɑ/, [ˈo̞ɫːɑ]
• Rhymes: -olːɑ
• Hyphenation: ol‧la

olla

1. (copulative) to be
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20:

     Ivo ono Levon veli.

     Ivo is Levo's brother.

   • 1936, L. G. Terehova; V. G. Erdeli, Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, transl., Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Mittaisivat mitälee plaanua mööt, reknaisiit ja sanoivat, etti linnaa saa ono neljä kilometraa i yli tunnin, melkeen, möö leenemmä kois.

     They measured something along the map, counted and said, that it's four kilometers to the city and in an hour, approximately, we would be home.

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 91:

     Niku lumi miä oon valkia

     I am as white as snow.

   Miä oon laps. ― I am a child.

2. (transitive + elative) to consist of
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, N. I. Molotsova, transl., Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:

     Pintamaanalus voip olla erilaisist maaporodist: savest, liivast, kalkist ja muist.

     The subsoil can consist of various soil types: clay, sand, limestone and other.

   Ihmiin on ruumeest ja hengest. ― A human consists of a body and a soul.

3. (transitive, verb in third person, subject in adessive) to have
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 22:

     Simal ono suma. Siso ompeli suman.

     Sima has a bag. Siso sewed the bag.

   • 1936, V. I. Junus; P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 26:

     Meil ono tänäpäivänä ekskurssia.

     We have an excursion today.

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:

     Mikä aika vootta teil ono?

     How old are you?

     (literally, “How many years do you have?”)

   Miul ono vene. ― I have a boat.

4. (auxiliary, + past active participle) Used to form the perfect tense of verbs; have, be

   Miä kenenkää en oo tappant! ― I haven't killed anybody!

• The verb olla, unlike other verbs, uses its potential mood to indicate the future tense:

  Hoomeen miä leenen kois. ― Tomorrow I will be home.

  Kons ikkee miul leenöö koti. ― Someday, I will have a house.

• noissa

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 122
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 361
• Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 16

• olna (superseded)

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɔl̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʌl̪ˠə/[1]

olla f

1. genitive singular of olann (“wool”)

From Latin olla, from Proto-Italic *aukslā, from Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷsleh₂, Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷ- (“cooking pot”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɔlla
• Hyphenation: òl‧la

olla f (plural olle)

1. earthen jar
2. cooking pot

• allo

From Proto-Finnic *oldak, from Proto-Uralic *wole-.

olla

1. to be

• aula, aulla, ōla

From Proto-Italic *aukslā, from Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷsleh₂, Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷ- (“cooking pot”) (compare Sanskrit उखा (ukhā), Old Armenian ակութ (akutʿ), Albanian anë, Ancient Greek ἰπνός (ipnós), Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz and subsequently Old Norse and Old English ofn (English oven).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈoːl.la/, [ˈoːlːʲä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈol.la/, [ˈɔlːä]

ōlla f (genitive ōllae); first declension

1. pot, jar

First-declension noun.

• ollārius
• ollicula
• ollula

• “olla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “olla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• 2. OLLA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• 1 olla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,077/1”
• “olla”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “olla”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• “olla (ōla)” on page 1,246/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

From Proto-Finnic *oldak. Cognates include Finnish olla and Karelian olla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈolːɑ/
• Hyphenation: ol‧la

olla

1. (copulative) to be

   Varoi on lindu. ― A crow is a bird.

2. (intransitive) to be, to exist

   Sie on perti. ― Over there is a cottage.

3. (transitive, impersonal, subject in adessive) to have

   Minul on kniigu. ― I have a book.

• N. Gilojeva; S. Rudakova (2009) Karjalan kielen Livvin murdehen algukursu [Beginners' course of Karelian language's Livvi dialect] (in Livvi), Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 11
• Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 192

• IPA^(key): /ˈol͈a/

olla f

1. genitive singular of olann (“wool”)

olla

1. nominative plural of al

olla

1. first-person singular past indicative active of valda

From Latin ōllam, accusative singular of ōlla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʎa/

olla f (plural ollas)

1. pot
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 17r. a.

     Qvãdo ſeyemos ſobre las ollas de la carne & comyemos pã afartura.

     When we sat by the pots of meat and ate bread until we were satiated.

• Spanish: olla

From Old Spanish olla, from Latin ōlla, from Proto-Italic *aukslā, from Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷsleh₂, Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷ- (“cooking pot”).

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Syllabification: o‧lla

olla f (plural ollas)

1. pot, pan; kettle (vessel used for cooking food)
2. stew (dish cooked by stewing)
3. pool, whirlpool

• ollería
• ollero

• “olla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• Lalo, Lola

From ollon (“glans penis”) +‎ -a.

olla (present ollar, preterite ollade, supine ollat, imperative olla)

1. (slang, vulgar) to touch with one's glans (tip of the penis)

   Han ollade min tandborste på fyllan. ― He glansed my toothbrush when he was drunk.

• snigla

• Lola