olah

Pronunciation: /ˈolah/

“olah” is an Indonesian word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

manner, action, act; especially of something bad
trick; prank

verb

to process
to treat
to prepare, to manufacture
to cultivate, to till
to work on something

Etymology

Inherited from Malay olah, further etymology is unknown. Doublet of ulah. The verbal sense is perhaps a semantic loan from Javanese ꦲꦺꦴꦭꦃ (olah, “to prepare”, literally “to practice”).

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