tola

• tolah, tole

From Hindi तोला (tolā), Urdu تولا‎ (tolā)

from Sanskrit तोलक (tolaka)

from तोलः (tol, “weighing”) (root: तुल् (tul, “to weigh”))

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.

• 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.

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

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

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

1. all the

tola

1. baked brick

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

1. to accept, tolerate

tola

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

   Asiat ovat hyvällä tolalla.

   The things are on a good track.

   Vieraat saavat hänet tolaltaan.

   Meeting strangers upsets him ("gets him off track").

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

• poissa tolaltaan (“beside oneself”)

• laot, lato, loat, olat, talo

• entola

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔla/

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

• atolar
• tol

• “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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ˠɔl̪ˠə]

tola f sg

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

• "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.

From Old Norse þola.

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

1. alternative form of tole

• tåle (Bokmål)

• “tola” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

tola f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective tolo.

Borrowed from Hindi तोला (tolā).

tola (n class, plural tola)

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