chola

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish chola. === Pronunciation === === Noun === chola (plural cholas) 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 fox == Atong (India) == === Etymology === From Assamese চোলা (süla). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ɕola/ === Noun === chola (Bengali script চোলা) 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) fox ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == 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) fox == Galician == === Etymology === Shortening from cachola. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔla/ [ˈt͡ʃɔ.lɐ] Rhymes: -ɔla === Noun === chola f (plural cholas) (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 shirt == Koasati == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *čolaCa. === Noun === chola fox == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃola/ [ˈt͡ʃo.la] Rhymes: -ola Syllabification: cho‧la === Noun === chola f (plural cholas) female equivalent of cholo (colloquial) noggin; head (colloquial) brains; know-how (colloquial, Venezuela, Canary Islands) sandal, flip-flop (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 feminine singular of cholo === Further reading === “chola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === cholla === Etymology === Borrowed from Mexican Spanish chola, feminine of cholo. Possibly popularized via social media from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories where cholos were featured. Also said to be a play of English so +‎ landi (“flirt”), as in cho landi (“so flirtatious”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃola/ [ˈt͡ʃoː.lɐ] IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈtsola/ [ˈt͡soː.lɐ] Rhymes: -ola Syllabification: cho‧la === Noun === chola (masculine cholo, Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜎ) (slang) female hipster, street gang member, or somebody with similar characteristics ==== See also ==== == Xhosa == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Verb === -chola to pick up ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template.