għolla

== Maltese == === Etymology === From Arabic عَلَّى (ʕallā, “to raise”). The sense “raise the price of” was transferred from għalla, from the originally unrelated Arabic غَلَّى (ḡallā). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔːl.la/ IPA(key): /ˈɔˤːl.la/ (archaic) Rhymes: -ɔːlla, -ɔˤːlla === Verb === għolla (imperfect jgħolli, past participle mgħolli) to raise; to lift (move something to a higher position) Synonym: tella’ to raise (an amount, rate, tax, etc.) to raise the price of; to make something more expensive Synonym: (dated) għalla Antonym: raħħas ==== Conjugation ==== === See also === refa’