olah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay olah, from Javanese ꦲꦺꦴꦭꦃ (olah, “to prepare”, literally “to practice”), from Old Javanese olah/ulah (“action, conduct”). Doublet of ulah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔlah/
• Hyphenation: olah
• Rhymes: -ɔlah, -lah, -ah, -h

Noun

olah (plural olah-olah, first-person possessive olahku, second-person possessive olahmu, third-person possessive olahnya)

1. manner, way

   Synonyms: laku, perbuatan, tingkah

2. prank, trick

   Synonyms: akal, canda, tingkah

Alternative forms

• ulah

Derived terms

• berolah
• memperolahkan
• mengolah
• olah-olah
• olahan
• seolah-olah

 

Verb

olah

1. base-imperative-colloquial of mengolah (“to process”)

Derived terms

• diolah
• mengolah
• olahan
• pengolah
• pengolahan
• terolah

 

• olah pesan
• olahraga

 

Related terms

• pola

 

Further reading

• “olah” 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.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian oláh, from Old Church Slavonic влахъ (vlaxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *volxъ, itself of Germanic origin. Doublet of valah and vlah.

Noun

olah m (plural olahi)

1. (archaic) Vlach, Romanian
2. (archaic) Wallachian

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	olah	olahul		olahi	olahii
genitive-dative	olah	olahului		olahi	olahilor
vocative	olahule			olahilor

Adjective

olah m or n (feminine singular olahă, masculine plural olahi, feminine and neuter plural olahe)

1. (archaic) Vlach, Romanian
2. (archaic) Wallachian

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	olah		olahă		olahi	olahe
	definite	olahul		olaha		olahii	olahele
genitive- dative	indefinite	olah		olahe		olahi	olahe
	definite	olahului		olahei		olahelor	olahilor