bolla, noun
/ˈbɔla/
- Origin:
- Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, bun (hair-style), adaptation of Dutch bol ball, pate, crown of a hat.
1. colloquial. Hair worn in a bun. Also bollatjie/-ki/ [see -ie].
1971 G. Bayman on Springbok Radio 2 Feb.Bolla — the bun worn at the back of the head by Cape Malay women.
1983 P.-D. Uys in Sunday Times 18 Sept. 6The Japanese are very small and I can’t wear heels or my bolla here.
2. kossiter.
1979 Heard & Faull Our Best Trad. Recipes 96When Malays speak of koeksisters they mean bollas. These are made like koeksisters but are round and rolled in sugar and green and red coconut.
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