biola

Inherited from Malay biola, from Portuguese viola, from Old Galician-Portuguese viola, from Old Occitan viola, from Medieval Latin vitula, from Vitula, Roman goddess of joy and victory.

• IPA^(key): [biˈola]

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• Hyphenation: bi‧o‧la

biola (plural biola-biola)

1. (music) violin: A musical four-string instrument, generally played with a bow or by plucking the string, with the pitch set by pressing the strings at the appropriate place with the fingers; also any instrument of the violin family

• “biola” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Portuguese viola, from Old Galician-Portuguese viola, from Old Occitan viola, from Medieval Latin vitula, from Vitula, Roman goddess of joy and victory.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbjola/ [ˈbjo.la]
• Rhymes: -bio, -la

biola (Jawi spelling بيولا, plural biola-biola) (music)

1. violin

• > Indonesian: biola (inherited)
• → Tausug: biyula

• “biola” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.