cholla

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English

a cholla cactus

Etymology

From Spanish cholla, possibly from Old French cholle (“head”), of Germanic origin. Compare keel.

Pronunciation

Noun

cholla (plural chollas)

  1. Any of several species of cactus in the genus Cylindropuntia, having very spiny, cylindrical stem segments.
    • 1889 January 26, “Archæological camping in Arizona”, in American Architect and Architecture, volume 52, page 43:
      Throughout Arizona the floors of such caves are found covered with a deep bed of chollas.
    • 1890 October, “A Series of Eggs of Palmer's Thrasher”, in The Ornithologist and Oölogist, volume 15, page 155:
      The cholla was two feet high, and six feet in diameter.
    • 2009 February 26, Karen Crouse, “Woods Returns as He Left: A Winner”, in New York Times‎:
      On the front nine, Jones stuck to Woods like a cholla cactus.

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Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

cholla

  1. Lenited form of colla.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈt͡ʃoʝa/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈt͡ʃoʎa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈt͡ʃoʃa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈt͡ʃoʒa/

 

  • Syllabification: cho‧lla

Etymology 1

Possibly from Old French cholle (“head”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *keula (“mace”), earlier "lump, lump of coal," from Proto-Germanic *kulą.[1]

Noun

cholla f (plural chollas)

  1. cholla (cactus)
  2. (figurative) reason, understanding
  3. (colloquial, Honduras) head
  4. (colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) laziness

Etymology 2

Verb

cholla

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Further reading

Tagalog

Noun

cholla (masculine chollo, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜎ)

  1. Alternative spelling of chola
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