chola

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chola.

Pronunciation

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Noun

chola (plural cholas)

1. A female cholo (Mexican or Hispanic gang member, or somebody with similar characteristics).

Anagrams

• loach, Loach, HOLAC, Olcha

Alabama

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *čolaCa. Cognate with Choctaw chula (“fox”) and Chickasaw chula (“fox”)

Noun

chola

1. fox

Atong (India)

Etymology

From Assamese চোলা (süla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕola/

Noun

chola (Bengali script চোলা)

1. shirt

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Chickasaw

Alternative forms

• chula (Humes' spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *čolaCa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃo.la/

Noun

chola (alienable)

1. fox

Inflection

Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)

Nouns in ch-, k-, t-	Singular	Plural	Inclusive Tri-Plural
1st-person ("my, our")	anchola an-chola	ponchola pon-chola	haponchola hapon-chola
2nd-person ("thy, your")	chinchola chin-chola	hachinchola hachin-chola
3rd-person ("his, her, its, their")	inchola in-chola

Derived terms

• chol-oshiꞌ
• chola hommaꞌ
• cholokchamaꞌliꞌ

 

Choctaw

Alternative forms

• Spelling variants
  • chula
  • čola (Mississippi)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *čolaCa. Cognate with Chickasaw chola, Alabama chola, Creek culv

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃʊlá/

Noun

chola (alienable)

1. fox

Galician

Etymology

Shortening from cachola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔla/ [ˈt͡ʃɔ.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɔla

Noun

chola f (plural cholas)

1. (colloquial) head; mind, mindset

   Synonyms: cabeza, cachola, chencha, croca, testa

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chola”, 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), “chola”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Garo

Etymology

Borrowed from Assamese চোলা (süla).

Noun

chola

1. shirt

Koasati

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *čolaCa.

Noun

chola

1. fox

Spanish

Noun

chola f (plural cholas)

1. female equivalent of cholo
2. (colloquial) noggin; head
3. (colloquial) brains; know-how
4. (colloquial, Venezuela) sandal, flip-flop
5. (Venezuela) any of various loricariid or auchenipterid catfish, such as Ageneiosus sp., Rineloricaria caracasensis, or Rineloricaria formosa

Descendants

• → Ye'kwana: choda, chooda

Adjective

chola f

1. feminine singular of cholo

Further reading

• “chola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cholla

Etymology

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish chola, feminine of cholo. Possibly popularized via Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories where cholos were featured.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃola/ [ˈt͡ʃoː.lɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˈtsola/ [ˈt͡soː.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: cho‧la

Noun

chola (masculine cholo, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜎ) (slang)

1. female hipster, street gang member, or somebody with similar characteristics

See also

• galawang breezy
• jejemon
• pabebe
• squammy

 

Xhosa

Etymology

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Verb

-chola

1. to pick up

Inflection

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