-cola

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cola"

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -cola, from the verbal root of colō (“to till, cultivate, inhabit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ko.la]

Suffix

-cola m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -coles)

1. cultivating, breeding
2. inhabiting

Suffix

-cola m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -coles)

1. cultivator, breeder
2. inhabitant (forming nouns and adjectives)

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -cola

Further reading

• “-cola” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latin

Etymology

colō +‎ -a (agent noun)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ko.la/, [kɔɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.la/, [kolä] (stressed on the antepenult)

Suffix

-cola m (genitive -colae); first declension

1. inhabitor (one who inhabits)

   rūpēs + -cola → rūpicola

2. tiller, cultivator (one who tills or cultivates)

   ager + -cola → agricola

3. worshipper, honourer (one who worships or honours)

   Jūnō + -cola → Jūnōnicola

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-cola	-colae
Genitive	-colae	-colārum
Dative	-colae	-colīs
Accusative	-colam	-colās
Ablative	-colā	-colīs
Vocative	-cola	-colae

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -cola

Descendants

• Spanish: -cola

References

• “-cola” on page 349/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin -cola, from the verbal root of colō (“to till, cultivate, inhabit”).

Suffix

-cola m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -colas)
-cola m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -colas)

1. cultivator, breeder; forms nouns and adjectives
2. inhabitant; forms nouns and adjectives

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -cola

Further reading

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