olga

See also: Olga, ólga, òlga, Òlga, Oľga, Olgą, Òlgą, and Òlgã

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔlɡa/ [ˈɔɫ.ɣ̞ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈɔlɡa/ [ˈɔɫ.ɣ̞ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈɔlħa/ [ˈɔɫ.ħɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -ɔlɡa

• Rhymes: -ɔlɡa
• Rhymes: -ɔlħa

• Hyphenation: ol‧ga

Etymology 1

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *olka, from Proto-Celtic *ɸolkā (“arable land”), from Proto-Indo-European *polḱeh₂.^[1]

Noun

olga m (plural olgas)

1. (agriculture) strip of land
2. open path in the snow

Related terms

• Olca

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Latin ulva.^[2]

Noun

olga m (plural olgas)

1. (botany) seaweed

   Synonyms: alga, ouca

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “olga”, 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), “olga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “olga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

1. Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen‎, Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 132 – via De Gruyter.
2. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “ova”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *olka, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *wolka.

Noun

olga

1. shoulder