olah

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay olah, further etymology is unknown. Doublet of ulah. The verbal sense is perhaps a semantic loan from Javanese ꦲꦺꦴꦭꦃ (olah, “to prepare”, literally “to practice”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈolah/ [ˈo.lah]
• Rhymes: -olah
• Syllabification: o‧lah

Noun

olah (plural olah-olah) (chiefly dialectal or obsolete)

1. manner, action, act; especially of something bad

   Synonym: ulah

2. trick; prank

Derived terms

• berolah
• mengolah
• olah-olah
• olahan
• perolahkan
• seolah-olah

Verb

olah (active mengolah, reflexive passive terolah, ordinary passive diolah, imperative olah, emphatic-jussive olahlah)

1. to process

   Mereka mengolah daging itu menjadi bakso.

   They process the meat into meatballs.

   Data sedang diolah.

   The data is being processed.

2. to treat
3. to prepare, to manufacture
4. to cultivate, to till
5. to work on something

Derived terms

• mengolah
• olahan
• pengolah
• pengolahan
• terolah

• olah budi
• olah gerak
• olah pesan
• olah rasa
• olah TKP
• olah tubuh

Further reading

• “olah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety, /a/-variety, Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈolah/ [ˈʔo.lah]
• Rhymes: -lah, -ah
• Hyphenation: o‧lah

Noun

olah (Jawi spelling اوله, plural olah-olah or olah²)

1. manner; way; style (of doing something).

   Synonyms: cara, gaya

2. whim; caprice; trick; attitude (often used in negative contexts like being fussy or difficult).

   Synonyms: kerenah, ragam

   Budak itu banyak olahnya.

   That child has many whims (is very fussy).

Verb

olah (Jawi spelling اوله, active mengolah, third-person passive diolah)

1. (root) to process; to cultivate; to work on (raw materials, data, or ideas).

Derived terms

Affixations

• berolah (“to behave; to act”)
• mengolah (“to process; to recycle; to adapt”)
• olahan (“processed item; adaptation; arrangement”)
• pengolah (“processor”)
• pengolahan (“processing; treatment”)
• seolah-olah (“as if; as though”)

Compounds

• olah raga (“sports; athletics (usually spelled olahraga)”)
• tingkah olah (“behavior; conduct”)

Further reading

• "olah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "olah" at PRPM first version)

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/neuter plural olahe)

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

Declension

Declension of olah

		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	olahilor	olahelor