tol

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tol"

English

Etymology 1

Eye dialect of tall.

Adjective

tol

(Internet slang) Tall.

Etymology 2

Back slang for lot.

Noun

tol (plural tols)

(obsolete, costermongers) Lot.
- 1851, Henry Mayhew, “Habits and Amusements of Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor‎^[1], volume 1, page 11:
  Business topics are discussed in a most peculiar style. One man takes the pipe from his mouth and says, "Bill made a doogheno hit this morning." "Jem," says another, to a man just entering, "you'll stand a top o' reeb?" "On," answers Jem, "I've had a trosseno tol, and have been doing dab."
- 1978, Rose Ayers, The Street Sparrows:
  "Give me two gen, then, and take the whole bloody tol. I've walked me teef orf afore rouf this mornin', and wot 'ave I got? Two bloody yenneps! I ask yer."

Anagrams

LTO, Lot, OTL, lot

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the determiner tou (“all”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).

Contraction

tol m (feminine tola, neuter tolo, masculine plural tolos, feminine plural toles)

all the

Bariai

Numeral

tol

three

References

Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)

Catalan

Verb

tol

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɔl/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: tol
Rhymes: -ɔl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tol (“twig”), related to telg.

Noun

tol m (plural tollen, diminutive tolletje n)

top, spinning top (a toy)

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: tol

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch tol, from Old Dutch tol, from Latin telōneum (“custom house”).

Noun

tol m (plural tollen)

toll, customs (tax or fee)
toll, heavy burden

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: tol
Negerhollands: tol
→ Indonesian: tol

Anagrams

lot

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse þol.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰoːl/

Noun

tol n (genitive singular tols, uncountable)

patience

Declension

Declension of tol (singular only)
n3s	singular
n3s	indefinite	definite
nominative	tol	tolið
accusative	tol	tolið
dative	toli	tolinum
genitive	tols	tolsins

Antonyms

ótol

Anagrams

lot

Galician

Alternative forms

atol

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tullom, *tullos (“hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Compare Spanish tollo (“hole”), Welsh twll, Breton toull, Irish toll.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɔl/

Noun

tol f (plural toles)

ditch used for watering a field
dam

Related terms

atolar
tola

References

Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tol”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “tol”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tol”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtol]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ol

Verb

tol

(transitive) to push
Synonyms: nyom, lök, taszít

Conjugation

conjugation of tol

Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indef.	tolok	tolsz	tol	tolunk	toltok	tolnak
		Def.	tolom	tolod	tolja	toljuk	toljátok	tolják
		2nd-p. o.	tollak	―
	Past	Indef.	toltam	toltál	tolt	toltunk	toltatok	toltak
		Def.	toltam	toltad	tolta	toltuk	toltátok	tolták
		2nd-p. o.	toltalak	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. tolni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	tolék	tolál	tola	tolánk	tolátok	tolának
		Def.	tolám	tolád	tolá	tolánk	tolátok	tolák
		2nd-p. o.	tolálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. tol vala, tolt vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	tolandok	tolandasz	toland	tolandunk	tolandotok	tolandanak
		Def.	tolandom	tolandod	tolandja	tolandjuk	tolandjátok	tolandják
		2nd-p. o.	tolandalak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	tolnék	tolnál	tolna	tolnánk	tolnátok	tolnának
		Def.	tolnám	tolnád	tolná	tolnánk (or tolnók)	tolnátok	tolnák
		2nd-p. o.	tolnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. tolt volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	toljak	tolj or toljál	toljon	toljunk	toljatok	toljanak
		Def.	toljam	told or toljad	tolja	toljuk	toljátok	tolják
		2nd-p. o.	toljalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. tolt légyen
Infinitive	tolni		tolnom	tolnod	tolnia	tolnunk	tolnotok	tolniuk
Other forms	tolás		toló	tolt	tolandó	tolva (tolván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of tol

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indef.	tolhatok	tolhatsz	tolhat	tolhatunk	tolhattok	tolhatnak
		Def.	tolhatom	tolhatod	tolhatja	tolhatjuk	tolhatjátok	tolhatják
		2nd-p. o.	tolhatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	tolhattam	tolhattál	tolhatott	tolhattunk	tolhattatok	tolhattak
		Def.	tolhattam	tolhattad	tolhatta	tolhattuk	tolhattátok	tolhatták
		2nd-p. o.	tolhattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	tolhaték	tolhatál	tolhata	tolhatánk	tolhatátok	tolhatának
		Def.	tolhatám	tolhatád	tolhatá	tolhatánk	tolhatátok	tolhaták
		2nd-p. o.	tolhatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. tolhat vala, tolhatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	tolhatandok or tolandhatok	tolhatandasz or tolandhatsz	tolhatand or tolandhat	tolhatandunk or tolandhatunk	tolhatandotok or tolandhattok	tolhatandanak or tolandhatnak
		Def.	tolhatandom or tolandhatom	tolhatandod or tolandhatod	tolhatandja or tolandhatja	tolhatandjuk or tolandhatjuk	tolhatandjátok or tolandhatjátok	tolhatandják or tolandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	tolhatandalak or tolandhatlak	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	tolhatnék	tolhatnál	tolhatna	tolhatnánk	tolhatnátok	tolhatnának
		Def.	tolhatnám	tolhatnád	tolhatná	tolhatnánk (or tolhatnók)	tolhatnátok	tolhatnák
		2nd-p. o.	tolhatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. tolhatott volna
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	tolhassak	tolhass or tolhassál	tolhasson	tolhassunk	tolhassatok	tolhassanak
		Def.	tolhassam	tolhasd or tolhassad	tolhassa	tolhassuk	tolhassátok	tolhassák
		2nd-p. o.	tolhassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. tolhatott légyen
Inf.	(tolhatni)		(tolhatnom)	(tolhatnod)	(tolhatnia)	(tolhatnunk)	(tolhatnotok)	(tolhatniuk)
Positive adjective			tolható	Neg. adj.	tolhatatlan	Adv. part.	(tolhatva / tolhatván)

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

^ tol in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

Anagrams

olt

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch tol (“toll”), from Middle Dutch tol, from Old Dutch tol, from Latin telōneum (“custom house”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtɔl]
Hyphenation: tol

Noun

tol

toll:
1. a fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.
2. toll booth, tollgate: a booth on a toll road or toll bridge where the toll is collected.
toll road: a road for the use of which a toll must be paid.

Lithuanian

Preposition

tol

until

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English toll.

Noun

tol

Alternative form of toll (“toll”)

Etymology 2

From Old English tōl.

Noun

tol

Alternative form of tool (“tool”)

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German tal, from Old High German tal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą. Cognate with German Tal, English dale.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /toːl/

Noun

tol n (plural telder)

valley

References

Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

tol

imperative of tola

Old English

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tōlą, from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to; secure”). Possibly inherited through Proto-West Germanic, but since the term is not attested in any other West Germanic language, it may instead be borrowed from Old Norse tól.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /toːl/

Noun

tōl n

tool, implement, instrument

Declension

Declension of tōl (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	tōl	tōl
accusative	tōl	tōl
genitive	tōles	tōla
dative	tōle	tōlum

Descendants

Middle English: tool, tole, tol, toole
- English: tool
- Scots: tuil

Old High German

Etymology

From *dulaz, whence also Old English dol.

Adjective

tol

foolish

Derived terms

Old Irish

Etymology

Unknown. MacBain associates it with Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to bear, endure”), but the semantic connection is tenuous.

The form toil was originally the accusative singular, while the form tuil was the dative singular. But both forms were already confused in the Glosses.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tol/

Noun

tol f (genitive toile or tuile, nominative plural tola)

will
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 27^c9
  Níbo in tain no·mbeid ar súil tantum do·gneith toil far coimded.
  It must not be when you pl are seen (by him) only that you do your master’s will.
desire
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10^d26
  massu thol atom·aig dó; manid ar lóg
  if it is desire that drives me to it; if it is not for pay

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	tol^L	toil^L, tuil	tola^H
Vocative	tol^L	toil^L, tuil	tola^H
Accusative	toil^N, tuil	toil^L, tuil	tola^H
Genitive	toile^H, tuile	tol^L	tol^N
Dative	toil^L, tuil	tolaib	tolaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Middle Irish: toil, tail
- Irish: toil
- Manx: toill
- Scottish Gaelic: toil

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
tol	thol	tol pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

'tol

Etymology

Clipping of utol, itself a clipping from kaputol.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtol/ [ˈt̪ol]
Rhymes: -ol
Syllabification: tol

Noun

tol (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎ᜔) (slang)

term of address to a male: brother; bro
Synonym: brad

Coordinate term: mare

Musta na, tol?
What's up, brother?
sibling (especially male)
boyfriend
Synonym: kasintahan

References

Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎^[3], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN

Tol

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tol/

Noun

tol (plural tolpan)

a person of the Tol (Jicaque) ethnic group
the Tol language

References

Dennis, Ronald K., Dennis, Margaret Royce de (1983) Diccionario Tol (Jicaque)-Español y Español-Tol (Jicaque)‎^[4] (in Spanish), Tegucigalpa: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 39

[1] tol in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

[1]

tol

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

Etymology 2

Noun

See also

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

Contraction

Bariai

Numeral

References

Catalan

Verb

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Anagrams

Faroese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Antonyms

Anagrams

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Related terms

References

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Further reading

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Lithuanian

Preposition

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Mòcheno

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

Old English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Descendants

Old High German

Etymology

Adjective

Derived terms

Old Irish