different between tola vs ounce

English

Alternative forms

• tolah, tole

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (tol?)/Urdu ????? (tol?), from Sanskrit ???? (tolaka), from ???? (tol, “weighing”) (root: ???? (tul, “to weigh”)).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??l?

Noun

tola (plural tolas)

1. A unit of mass used in India, equal to the mass of a silver rupee coin, fixed at 180 troy grains (11.663?8038 grams) in 1833, and of a similar but slightly variable value before that date.

References

• Prinsep, James (1840), Useful tables, forming an appendix to the Journal of the Asiatic Society: part the first, Coins, weights, and measures of British India (2nd ed.), Calcutta: Bishop's College Press, pp. 65–74, 79–90.
• Platts, John T. (1884), A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., p. 344.
• A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, volume 10/1 (1926), Oxford: University Press, p. 111.

Anagrams

• ATOL, Alto, Toal, a lot, alot, alto, alto-, atlo-, lota, talo-

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the determiner toa (“all”) + feminine singular article la (“the”).

Contraction

tola f (masculine tol, neuter tolo, masculine plural tolos, feminine plural toles)

1. all the

Crimean Tatar

Noun

tola

1. baked brick

Faroese

Verb

tola (third person singular past indicative toldi, third person plural past indicative tolað, tolt, supine tolað, tolt)

1. to accept, tolerate

Conjugation

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tola. Cognate with Proto-Samic *toal?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tol?/, [?t?o?l?]
• Rhymes: -ol?
• Syllabification: to?la

Noun

tola

1. (archaic) a track or trail, especially a skiing track
2. (idiomatic) state of affairs, track

Declension

Synonyms

• (track): ura, polku
• (skiing track): latu

Idioms

• poissa tolaltaan (“beside oneself”)

Anagrams

• laot, lato, loat, olat, talo

Galician

Alternative forms

• entola

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tullon, *tullos (“hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Compare Spanish tollo (“hole”), Welsh twll, Breton toull, Irish toll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?la/

Noun

tola f (plural tolas)

1. ditch used for watering a field
2. dam in a ditch, used for directing the waters
3. heap of clogs and brushwood which is burned down, its ashes later used as fertilizer

   Synonyms: borrea, borroeira, tilla, tilleiro

Related terms

• atolar
• tol

References

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

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t???l???]

Noun

tola f sg

1. genitive singular of toil (“will; inclination, desire, wish”)

Mutation

Further reading

• "tola" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “tola” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “tola” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þola.

Verb

tola (present tense toler, past tense tolte, past participle tolt, passive infinitive tolast, present participle tolande, imperative tol)

1. alternative form of tole

See also

• tåle (Bokmål)

References

• “tola” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Adjective

tola f sg

1. feminine singular of tolo

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ???? (tol?).

Pronunciation

Noun

tola (n class, plural tola)

1. tola (a unit of mass, approximately half an ounce)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?ns/
• Rhymes: -a?ns

Etymology 1

From Middle English ounce, unce, from Middle French once, from Latin uncia (“twelfth part”), from ?nus (“one”). Doublet of inch.

Noun

ounce (plural ounces) abbreviation oz. or ?

1. An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹?₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.3495 grams.
2. A troy ounce, weighing ¹?₁₂ of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1035 grams.
3. A US fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹?₁₆ of a US pint, 1.8047 cubic inches or 29.5735 millilitres.
4. A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹?₂₀ of an imperial pint, 1.7339 cubic inches or 28.4131 millilitres.
5. A little bit.

Synonyms

• (avoirdupois ounce): symbol: ? (pharmacy)
• (small amount): see also Thesaurus:modicum

Descendants

• ? Tokelauan: aunehe

Related terms

• inch

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle French once, from Old French lonce (“lynx”), by false division (the l was thought to be the article), from Italian lonza, ultimately from Ancient Greek ???? (lúnx, “lynx”). Doublet of onza.

Noun

ounce (plural ounces)

1. (now archaic) A large wild feline, such as a lynx or cougar. [from 14th c.]
   • 1634, William Wood, New Englands Prospect:

     The Ounce or the wilde Cat, is as big as a mungrell dog, this creature is by nature feirce, and more dangerous to bee met withall than any other creature, not fearing eyther dogge or man […].

   • 1801, Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer:

     Halloa! another prey,
     The nimble Antelope!
     The ounce is freed; one spring,
     And his talons are sheath’d in her shoulders,
     And his teeth are red in her gore.

2. Now specifically, the snow leopard, Uncia uncia. [from 18th c.]

References

• snow leopard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Uncia uncia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Uncia uncia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Cuneo, cuneo-, on cue

Middle English

Alternative forms

• unce, ownce, ounse, nounce, nowns

Etymology

From Middle French once, from Old French once, unce, from Latin uncia. Doublet of ynche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u?ns(?)/, /?uns(?)/

Noun

ounce (plural ounces or ounce)

1. An ounce (unit with much variation, but generally equivalent to 1/12 or 1/16 of a pound)
2. (rare) A shekel (ancient measure of weight)
3. (rare) A minuscule or insignificant amount or quantity.

4. (rare) An eight-minute unit for measuring time.
5. (rare) A three-inch unit for measuring length.

Descendants

• English: ounce, unce
• Scots: ounce

References

• “?unce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-25.