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ola

ola

3 9.9
A long palm leaf people use for writing old books in India
  • noun
  • Indian
translation icon : ola
  • Scholars study ancient texts written on ola to preserve the history of Indian literature.

Examples

  • In India, students often learn to write on ola sheets during calligraphy lessons.

  • The artist created beautiful paintings on ola using natural dyes made from plants.

  • Thus, ola pono na kupuna aims to promote the life, health, and well-being of Native Hawaiian elders.

    Academic text (2009)

  • He is a certified alaka'i of NaHHA's Ola Hawaii, conducting culture-based training for Hawaii companies.

    Blog text (11)

  • The boat had sent images back, a great spheroid banded with clouds and storms, the craggy surface of Moku-ola ahead, the joyful expectations inboard...

    Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

olla
vsola
  • Archaic
9.9

A long dry palm leaf used as paper in India for old manuscripts

is specifically used for palm leaf manuscripts rather than general writing paper

Surface Forms

ola singular
olas plural

Etymology

The word ola comes from a South Asian word for the palm 'leaf' people wrote on in places like Sri Lanka and India. That's why ola means a palm-leaf manuscript, an old 'leaf' that served as paper.