olan.

Brit.

/ˈəʊlə/, U.S.

/ˈoʊlə/

Forms: 1500s 1800s– ola, 1600s olea, 1600s 1800s ollah, 1600s 1900s– olla, 1700s ole, 1700s olio.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Dutch. Or (ii) a borrowing from Portuguese. Etymons: Dutch ola; Portuguese ola.

Etymology: < Dutch ola (1596 in source translated in quot. 1598¹) or Portuguese ola (1511 as olla ) < Malayalam ōla , Tamil ōlai . Compare Italian olla (1590 in source translated in quot. 1625).

A palm leaf, esp. a leaf or strip of a leaf of the palmyra, traditionally used in Southern India and Sri Lanka for writing on; (also) a letter or document written on such a leaf; = cadjan n. 2.

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society > communication > writing > written text > writing on specific things > [noun] > on leaf

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society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > leaf > [noun]

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > palms yielding fibre or thatching materials > palm-leaf

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1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. lvi. 102/1 The innermost parte of the tree or trunke is called Palmito... The Indians cal it Olla, whereof all their bookes, wrytinges, and Euidences are made.]

1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. lvi. 100/2 The sayles which they make of the leaues, which leaues are called Olas.

1612 tr. L. Antheunis Let. 8 Jan. in W. Foster Lett. received by E. India Co. (1896) (modernized text) I. 154 I send you here enclosed..2 ollahs one to Gimpa Raya, the other to Conda Layo.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. x. 1728 He sent another mandate, that he should doe nothing till he had an Olla or Letter written with his hand in letters of gold.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 66 The Houses are low, and Thatched with Oleas of the Cocoe-Trees.

1718 A. W. Boehm tr. in Propagation Gospel in East: Pt. III iii. 37 Damulian Leaves, commonly called Oles.

1760 W. Alves in A. Dalrymple Oriental Repertory (1793) I. 377 Orders for Olios to be made out for delivering of what Englishmen were in his Kingdom to me.

1806 C. Buchanan Christian Res. in Asia (ed. 2) 70 Many persons had their Ollahs in their hands, writing the sermon in Tamil shorthand.

1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon (1860) I. iv. x. 512 The books of the Singhalese are formed to-day, as they have been for ages past, of olas or strips taken from the young leaves of the Talpat palm.

1973 O. Sela Portuguese Fragment xvi. 90 That ola leaf you are holding is written in modern Sinhalese.

1994 R. Guneskera Reef (1998) 58 How far do you get reading ola-leaf books by moonlight and going slowly blind?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ola
释义	olan. Brit. /ˈəʊlə/, U.S. /ˈoʊlə/ Forms: 1500s 1800s– ola, 1600s olea, 1600s 1800s ollah, 1600s 1900s– olla, 1700s ole, 1700s olio. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Dutch. Or (ii) a borrowing from Portuguese. Etymons: Dutch ola; Portuguese ola. Etymology: < Dutch ola (1596 in source translated in quot. 1598¹) or Portuguese ola (1511 as olla ) < Malayalam ōla , Tamil ōlai . Compare Italian olla (1590 in source translated in quot. 1625). A palm leaf, esp. a leaf or strip of a leaf of the palmyra, traditionally used in Southern India and Sri Lanka for writing on; (also) a letter or document written on such a leaf; = cadjan n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > writing on specific things > [noun] > on leaf ola1598 lontar1937 society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > leaf > [noun] ola1598 mallow1656 cadjan1707 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding fibre, etc. > palms yielding fibre or thatching materials > palm-leaf palm leafc1450 ola1598 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. lvi. 102/1 The innermost parte of the tree or trunke is called Palmito... The Indians cal it Olla, whereof all their bookes, wrytinges, and Euidences are made.] 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. lvi. 100/2 The sayles which they make of the leaues, which leaues are called Olas. 1612 tr. L. Antheunis Let. 8 Jan. in W. Foster Lett. received by E. India Co. (1896) (modernized text) I. 154 I send you here enclosed..2 ollahs one to Gimpa Raya, the other to Conda Layo. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. x. 1728 He sent another mandate, that he should doe nothing till he had an Olla or Letter written with his hand in letters of gold. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 66 The Houses are low, and Thatched with Oleas of the Cocoe-Trees. 1718 A. W. Boehm tr. in Propagation Gospel in East: Pt. III iii. 37 Damulian Leaves, commonly called Oles. 1760 W. Alves in A. Dalrymple Oriental Repertory (1793) I. 377 Orders for Olios to be made out for delivering of what Englishmen were in his Kingdom to me. 1806 C. Buchanan Christian Res. in Asia (ed. 2) 70 Many persons had their Ollahs in their hands, writing the sermon in Tamil shorthand. 1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon (1860) I. iv. x. 512 The books of the Singhalese are formed to-day, as they have been for ages past, of olas or strips taken from the young leaves of the Talpat palm. 1973 O. Sela Portuguese Fragment xvi. 90 That ola leaf you are holding is written in modern Sinhalese. 1994 R. Guneskera Reef (1998) 58 How far do you get reading ola-leaf books by moonlight and going slowly blind? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : -olasuffix¹ also refers to : -olasuffix² < n.1598 see also
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