polea

See also: poleá

Latin

Etymology

Reportedly a loan from a language spoken in the Roman province of Syria. Considered a cognate of Ancient Greek πωλίον (pōlíon), "pony", "young elephant", "fetal membrane of a foal".

Noun

pōlea f sg (genitive pōleae); first declension

1. (uncountable) The dung of an ass's foal, allegedly used, according to Pliny the Elder, for a preparation administered as a drug.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	pōlea
Genitive	pōleae
Dative	pōleae
Accusative	pōleam
Ablative	pōleā
Vocative	pōlea

References

• “polea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• polea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “πωλίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Spanish

Noun

polea f (plural poleas)

1. pulley

   Synonyms: garrucha, carrucha, trocla, trócola, carillo

Further reading

• “polea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• pelao

Swahili

Verb

-polea (infinitive kupolea)

1. Applicative form of -poa

Conjugation

Conjugation of -polea
Positive present -napolea Subjunctive -polee Negative -polei Imperative singular polea
Infinitives
Positive kupolea Negative kutopolea
Imperatives
Singular polea Plural poleeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupolea Positive past positive subject concord + -lipolea Negative past negative subject concord + -kupolea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napolea) Singular Plural 1st person ninapolea/napolea tunapolea 2nd person unapolea mnapolea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapolea wanapolea other classes positive subject concord + -napolea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -polei) Singular Plural 1st person sipolei hatupolei 2nd person hupolei hampolei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapolei hawapolei other classes negative subject concord + -polei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapolea Negative future negative subject concord + -tapolea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -polee) Singular Plural 1st person nipolee tupolee 2nd person upolee mpolee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apolee wapolee other classes positive subject concord + -polee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipolee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepolea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepolea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipolea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipolea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apolea) Singular Plural 1st person napolea twapolea 2nd person wapolea mwapolea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apolea wapolea m-mi(III/IV) wapolea yapolea ji-ma(V/VI) lapolea yapolea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapolea vyapolea n(IX/X) yapolea zapolea u(XI) wapolea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapolea pa(XVI) papolea mu(XVIII) mwapolea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepolea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapolea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japolea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipolea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopolea Consecutive kapolea / positive subject concord + -kapolea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapolee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipolea -tupolea 2nd person -kupolea -wapolea/-kupoleeni/-wapoleeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpolea -wapolea m-mi(III/IV) -upolea -ipolea ji-ma(V/VI) -lipolea -yapolea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipolea -vipolea n(IX/X) -ipolea -zipolea u(XI) -upolea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupolea pa(XVI) -papolea mu(XVIII) -mupolea Reflexive -jipolea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -polea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -poleaye -poleao m-mi(III/IV) -poleao -poleayo ji-ma(V/VI) -polealo -poleayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -poleacho -poleavyo n(IX/X) -poleayo -poleazo u(XI) -poleao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -poleako pa(XVI) -poleapo mu(XVIII) -poleamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -polea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepolea -opolea m-mi(III/IV) -opolea -yopolea ji-ma(V/VI) -lopolea -yopolea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopolea -vyopolea n(IX/X) -yopolea -zopolea u(XI) -opolea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopolea pa(XVI) -popolea mu(XVIII) -mopolea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.