rolla
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rolla 
Woman dancing and wearing a rodela, rolla or mulido in between her head and the basket
See also: Rolla
Galician
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Etymology
From Latin rotula (“little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rolda and rótula. Cognate with Portuguese rolha.
Pronunciation
Noun
rolla f (plural rollas)
- wheel or crown made of cloth or straw which is used as a cushion in between the head and a load
- rag
- cork, stopper, plug (they were made with oiled twisted rags in the past)
- Synonym: buxón
- log
- Synonym: tora
- (usually in the plural) sow's teats
Derived terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rolla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “rolla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rolla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Icelandic
Noun
rolla f (genitive singular rollu, nominative plural rollur)
Declension
Further reading
- “rolla” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Irish
Etymology
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Noun
rolla m (genitive singular rolla, nominative plural rollaí)
Declension
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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)
Related terms
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rolla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “rolla”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “rolla”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Italian
Verb
rolla
- inflection of rollare:
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
rolla m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
rolla f