polta

polta

1. Indicative present connegative form of polttaa.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of polttaa.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of polttaa.

• lapot, palot, polat

• polte (archaic)

With a change in ending, from Latin pultem, accusative of puls (“meal, porridge”), from Ancient Greek πόλτος (póltos), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpol.ta/, [ˈpol̪t̪ä]
• Rhymes: -olta
• Stress: pólta
• Hyphenation: pol‧ta

polta f (plural polte) (literary)

1. (Ancient Rome) A sort of polenta made from white flour or fava flour, used as food before the discovery of bread.
   1. (by extension) A confused mixture; muddle

      Synonyms: intruglio, poltiglia