different between tola vs tolu

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

Etymology

From Spanish Tolú (“town in Colombia where the tree is found”), from tolúes (“name of a pre-Columbian people of the area”).

Noun

tolu (countable and uncountable, plural tolus)

1. The resinous secretion of Myroxylon balsamum, used in cough syrups and perfumery.

Derived terms

• toluene

Anagrams

• Toul, lout, ulto

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *t?lu, *t?lï, from Proto-Turkic *t?l- (“to be full”).

Adjective

tolu

1. full
2. loaded (of guns)

Declension

Adverb

tolu

1. An indefinite large number of, many

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *t?lu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *t?lu, from Proto-Austronesian *t?lu.

Numeral

tolu

1. three

Kambera

Noun

tolu

1. flesh

Related terms

• tolung (“meat”)

References

• Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, ?ISBN, page 213

Niuatoputapu

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *t?lu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *t?lu, from Proto-Austronesian *t?lu.

Numeral

tolu

1. three

Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *t?lu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *t?lu, from Proto-Austronesian *t?lu.

Numeral

tolu

1. three

Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *t?lu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *t?lu, from Proto-Austronesian *t?lu.

Numeral

tolu

1. three

   Aumai koe e tolu aku niu i te taeyao.

   You bring three coconuts for me tomorrow.

2. third

   Ko ona te tolu i te atu ia.

   He is the third in that line.

Further reading

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *t?lu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *t?lu, from Proto-Austronesian *t?lu.

Numeral

tolu

1. three

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *t?lu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *t?lu, from Proto-Austronesian *t?lu.

Numeral

tolu

1. three

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *t?lu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *t?lu, from Proto-Austronesian *t?lu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /to.lu/

Numeral

tolu

1. three

Tuvaluan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *t?lu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *t?lu, from Proto-Austronesian *t?lu.

Numeral

tolu

1. three

Wallisian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tolu, from Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *t?lu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *t?lu, from Proto-Austronesian *t?lu.

Numeral

tolu

1. three