rolla

See also: Rolla

Galician
rolla
Woman dancing and wearing a rodela, rolla or mulido in between her head and the basket

Etymology

From Latin rotula (“little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rolda and rótula. Cognate with Portuguese rolha.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈroʎɐ]

Noun

rolla f (plural rollas)

  1. wheel or crown made of cloth or straw which is used as a cushion in between the head and a load
    Synonyms: mulida, rodela
  2. rag
    Synonyms: rodela, trapo
  3. cork, stopper, plug (they were made with oiled twisted rags in the past)
    Synonym: buxón
  4. log
    Synonym: tora
  5. (usually in the plural) sow's teats

Derived terms

References

Icelandic

Noun

rolla f (genitive singular rollu, nominative plural rollur)

  1. ewe
    Synonym: kind
    Coordinate term: hrútur

Declension
declension of rolla
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rolla rollan rollur rollurnar
accusative rollu rolluna rollur rollurnar
dative rollu rollunni rollum rollunum
genitive rollu rollunnar rolla/rollna rollanna/rollnanna

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

rolla m (genitive singular rolla, nominative plural rollaí)

  1. roll
    1. document in form of roll
    2. something formed into roll
    3. official record, register, list

Declension
Declension of rolla

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rolla rollaí
Vocative a rolla a rollaí
Genitive rolla rollaí
Dative rolla rollaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an rolla na rollaí
Genitive an rolla na rollaí
Dative leis an rolla

don rolla

 leis na rollaí

Derived terms
  • bheith ar an rolla (“to be on the roll, enrolled”)
  • glaoch rolla m (“(roll-)call”)
  • rolla a ghlaoch (“to call a roll”)
  • rolla aráin m (“bread roll”)
  • rolla cíosa m (“rent-roll”)
  • rolla leapa m (“bedroll”)
  • rolla leithris m, rolla páipéar leithris m (“toilet-roll”)
  • rolla mustair m (“muster-roll”)
  • rolla na rí m (“the roll of kings”)
  • rolla páir m (“roll of parchment”)
  • rolla pianó m (“piano roll”)
  • rolla scannáin m (“roll of film”)
  • rolla scoile m (“school roll(-book)”)
  • rolla tobac m (“roll of tobacco”)
  • rollaigh (“enrol; empanel”, transitive verb)
  • roll (“roll; form into roll”, verb)
  • roll m (“roll”)

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rolla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “rolla” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “rolla” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Verb

rolla

  1. inflection of rollare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

rolla m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of rolle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rolla f

  1. definite singular of rolle
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