petola

From French pétulant, Italian petulante, English petulant, all from Latin petulāns. The u was likely replaced with o to avoid confusion with peti and its derived terms.

• IPA^(key): /peˈtola/

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• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: pe‧to‧la

petola (accusative singular petolan, plural petolaj, accusative plural petolajn)

1. petulant, frolicsome

• petolema
• petoli
• petolo
• petolulo

• ketola, patola

Inherited from Malay petola, from Sanskrit पटोल (paṭola, “pointed gourd”).

petola (plural petola-petola)

1. loofah, Luffa cylindrica

• ketola

From Sanskrit पटोल (paṭola, “pointed gourd”).

• IPA^(key): /pətola/
• Rhymes: -ola, -la, -a

petola (Jawi spelling ڤتولا, plural petola-petola or petola²)

1. dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula)

• "petola" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017