rolla

See also: Rolla

Galician

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

• arrollar
• rolleira

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)

1. ewe

   Synonym: kind

   Coordinate term: hrútur

Declension

Declension of rolla (feminine)

	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

• “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)

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 singular plural nominative rolla rollaí vocative a rolla a rollaí genitive rolla rollaí dative rolla rollaí forms with the definite article 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)

Related terms

• roll (“roll; form into roll”, verb)
• roll m (“roll”)

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, 2013–2025

Italian

Verb

rolla

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

Anagrams

• Rallo, allor, rallo

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• rollen

Noun

rolla m or f

1. definite feminine singular of rolle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rolla f

1. definite singular of rolle