rula

• IPA^(key): [ˈrula]

rula f

1. gneiss

• “rula”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “rula”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “rula”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Created as an artificial stem in the 1970s, originally as a compound word of rull +‎ laud. The name was originally meant to be a product name, but became a generalised trademark.

rula (genitive rula, partitive rulad)

1. skateboard

• rulatama

• rola

Onomatopoeic. Compare Portuguese rola and Spanish arrullar.

• IPA^(key): [ˈrulɐ]

rula f (plural rulas)

1. dove

   turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur)

   collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

2. darling

   Ámote, miña rula ― I love you, my darling

• ruliña

• arrolar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rula”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rula”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rula”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From English ruler.

• IPA^(key): /rúː.làː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [rúː.làː]

r̃ūlā̀ f (plural r̃ūlōlī, possessed form r̃ūlàr̃)

1. ruler (measuring device)

Borrowed from French rouler.

a rula (third-person singular present rulează, past participle rulat) 1st conjugation

1. to roll
2. to roll up
3. to circulate

• roti
• rostogoli

rula

1. inflection of rular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from English ruler.

rula class IX (plural rula class X)

1. ruler (measuring or drawing device)

From English ruler.

rula

1. ruler (tool)