pola

Clipping of polarizing

pola (not comparable)

1. (photography) Polarizing.

   a pola filter

• OLAP, Opal, Palo, alop, aplo-, opal

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

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

1. for the, by the

From earlier pobla, from poblar.

• poula (Western Asturias)

pola f (plural poles)

1. fallow
2. (archaic) town

   Synonym: villa

• La Pola Siero (a town in Siero, Central Asturias)
• La Pola de Gordón (a town in León)
• La Pola Ḷḷena (a town in Lena, Central Asturias)
• La Pola Somiedo (a town in Somiedo, Western Asturias)
• La Pola Vieya (a village in Aller, Central Asturias)
• La Polavieya (a village in Navia, Western Asturias)
• La Pola Llaviana (a village in Laviana, Central Asturias)
• La Puela (a town in Allande, Western Asturias)
• La Polenava (a village in Nava, Western Asturias)
• Pola de Lillo (a town in León)

pola

1. feminine singular of polu

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

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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”).

• eŭropa (“European”)

• pole (“in Polish”)
• Polio, Pollando (“Poland”)
• polo (“a Polish person”)

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

pola

1. Polish

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

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

pola

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

• “pola”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• Alpo, Palo, lapo, palo

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

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

1. through the; by the; for the

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pullus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolʊ]

pola f (plural polas)

1. young hen

   Synonym: pita

• polo

• póla

• “pola”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pola”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pola”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pola”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pola”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pola”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

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”).

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.

From Ledo Kaili [Term?].

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.

• “pola” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

pola

1. Superseded spelling of póla.

pola

1. cannon

   Synonyms: lotang, madengon

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.la/

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• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Syllabification: po‧la
• Homophone: Pola

pola n

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

• bola

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

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

pola (3rd person possessive polası, plural polalar)

1. basket

   Synonym: kala

2. basin

• 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, Moscow, page 452
• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992) “pola”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇, 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, 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 237

pola

1. blind used a retractable wall

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

póla f (Cyrillic spelling по́ла)

1. half

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

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

pola (Cyrillic spelling пола)

1. genitive singular of pol

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

pola f (plural polas)

1. (Colombia, coloquial) beer

   Synonyms: cerveza, chela (Mexico)

pola

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

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)

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

• polare (“buddy”)

• pola in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pola in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pola in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)