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• sōl
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• Received-Pronunciation: /səʊl/
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• Received-Pronunciation, contemporary: [sɒʊɫ]
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• Canada, General-American: /soʊl/
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• Australian: /səʉl/
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• Australian: [sɔʊɫ]
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• New-Zealand: /sɐʉl/
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• New-Zealand: [sɒʊɫ]
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• New-Zealand: [sɔːɫ]
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• South-Asia: /soːl/
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• rhymes with -əʊl
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• homophone: Seoul
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• homophone: (toe–tow merger) soul
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• homophone: sowl
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• CMU ARPABET: S OW1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English sole, soule, from Old French sol, soul (“alone”), from Latin sōlus (“alone, single, solitary, lonely”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swé (reflexive pronoun). Perhaps related to Old Latin sollus (“whole, complete”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh2- (“safe, healthy”). More at save.

From Middle English sole, soole, from Old English sole, solu. Reinforced by Anglo-Norman sole, Old French sole, from Vulgar Latin *sola (“bottom of the shoe”, also “flatfish”), from Latin solea (“sandal, bottom of the shoe”), from Proto-Indo-European *swol- (“sole”). Cognate with Dutch zool (“sole, tread”), German Sohle (“sole, insole, bottom, floor”), Danish sål (“sole”), Icelandic sóli (“sole, outsole”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰 (sulja, “sandal”). Related to Latin solum (“bottom, ground, soil”). More at soil. Compare typologically Russian по́чва (póčva) akin to подо́шва (podóšva).

From Middle English sole, soole, from Old English sāl (“a rope, cord, line, bond, rein, door-hinge, necklace, collar”), from Proto-Germanic *sailą, *sailaz (“rope, cable”), *sailō (“noose, rein, bondage”), from Proto-Indo-European *sey- (“to tie to, tie together”). Cognate with Scots sale, saile (“halter, collar”), Dutch zeel (“rope, cord, strap”), German Seil (“rope, cable, wire”), Icelandic seil (“a string, line”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian dell (“sinew, vein”).

From Middle English sol, from Old English sol (“mire, miry place”), from Proto-Germanic *sulą (“mire, wallow, mud”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian soal (“ditch”), Dutch sol (“water and mud filled pit”), German Suhle (“mire, wallow”), Norwegian saula, søyla (“mud puddle”). More at soil.

From earlier sowle (“to pull by the ear”). Origin unknown. Perhaps from sow (“female pig”) + -le, as in the phrase "take a sow by the wrong ear", or from Middle English sole (“rope”). See above.

377 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: vetëm — only
• Gheg Albanian: call — only
• Arabic: وَحِيد (waḥīd) — only
• Armenian: միակ (miak) — only
• Bashkir: берҙән-бер (berźən-ber) — only
• Bashkir: бер генә (ber genə) — only
• Bashkir: берәү генә (berəw genə) — only
• Bulgarian: единствен (edinstven) — only
• Catalan: sol — only
• Chinese Mandarin: 唯一 (wéiyī) — only
• Czech: jediný — only
• Danish: eneste — only
• Dutch: enig — only
• Esperanto: sola — only
• Estonian: ainus — only
• Estonian: ainuke — only
• Finnish: ainoa — only
• French: unique — only
• French: seul — only
• Friulian: sôl — only
• Georgian: ერთადერთი (ertaderti) — only
• German: einzig — only
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍃 (ainahs) — only
• Greek: μόνος (mónos) — only
• Greek: μοναδικός (monadikós) — only
• Greek: αποκλειστικός (apokleistikós) — only
• Hebrew: יָחִיד (yaḥíd) — only
• Hindi: एकलौता (eklautā) — only
• Hindi: एकलौती (eklautī) — only
• Hungarian: egyetlen — only
• Ingrian: ainava — only
• Italian: unico — only
• Italian: solo — only
• Japanese: 唯一の (yuiitsu no, yuitsu no) — only
• Latgalian: vīneigs — only
• Latvian: vienīgais — only
• Meänkieli: ainua — only
• Nepali: एउटै (euṭai) — only
• Norwegian: eneste — only
• Old English: ānlīepe — only
• Polish: jedyny — only
• Portuguese: único — only
• Romani: pindro — only
• Romanian: singur — only
• Russian: еди́нственный (jedínstvennyj) — only
• Slovak: jediný — only
• Slovene: edin — only
• Slovene: sam — only
• Spanish: solo — only
• Spanish: único — only
• Swedish: enda — only
• Tagalog: tangi — only
• Tocharian B: ṣemeske — only
• Tocharian B: ṣeske — only
• Ottoman Turkish: یالڭز (yalñız) — only
• Albanian: vej — unmarried; widowed
• Arabic: عَزْب (ʕazb) — unmarried; widowed
• Armenian: միայնակ (miaynak) — unmarried; widowed
• Bashkir: буйҙаҡ (buyźaq) — unmarried; widowed
• Bashkir: яңғыҙ (yañğıź) — unmarried; widowed
• Bulgarian: неженен (neženen) — unmarried; widowed
• Bulgarian: неомъжена (neomǎžena) — unmarried; widowed
• Catalan: solter — unmarried; widowed
• Chinese Mandarin: 獨身 /独身 (dúshēn) — unmarried; widowed
• Chinese Mandarin: 單身 /单身 (dānshēn) — unmarried; widowed
• Chinese Mandarin: 未婚 (wèihūn) — unmarried; widowed
• Danish: enlig — unmarried; widowed
• Dutch: alleenstaand — unmarried; widowed
• Dutch: ongetrouwd — unmarried; widowed
• Esperanto: needziĝita — unmarried; widowed
• Finnish: naimaton — unmarried; widowed
• Finnish: leski — unmarried; widowed
• French: célibataire — unmarried; widowed
• German: ledig — unmarried; widowed
• German: unverheiratet — unmarried; widowed
• German: alleinstehend — unmarried; widowed
• Greek: άγαμος (ágamos) — unmarried; widowed
• Greek: χήρος (chíros) — unmarried; widowed
• Hindi: एकल (ekal) — unmarried; widowed
• Hungarian: hajadon — unmarried; widowed
• Hungarian: özvegy — unmarried; widowed
• Japanese: 独身 (dokushin) — unmarried; widowed
• Japanese: 未婚 (mikon) — unmarried; widowed
• Nepali: एकल (ekal) — unmarried; widowed
• Norwegian: singel — unmarried; widowed
• Norwegian: enslig — unmarried; widowed
• Portuguese: solteiro — unmarried; widowed
• Russian: нежена́тый (neženátyj) — unmarried; widowed
• Russian: холосто́й (xolostój) — unmarried; widowed
• Russian: незаму́жняя (nezamúžnjaja) — unmarried; widowed
• Russian: одино́кий (odinókij) — unmarried; widowed
• Slovak: slobodný — unmarried; widowed
• Slovak: ovdovený — unmarried; widowed
• Slovak: vdovec — unmarried; widowed
• Slovak: ovdovená — unmarried; widowed
• Slovak: vdova — unmarried; widowed
• Slovene: samski — unmarried; widowed
• Swedish: ensamstående — unmarried; widowed
• Afrikaans: sool — bottom of the foot
• Afrikaans: voetsool — bottom of the foot
• Albanian: shputë — bottom of the foot
• Albanian: shollë — bottom of the foot
• Southern Altai: таман (taman) — bottom of the foot
• Southern Altai: ултаҥ (ultaŋ) — bottom of the foot
• Southern Altai: ылтам (ïltam) — bottom of the foot
• Arabic: أَخْمُص (ʔaḵmuṣ) — bottom of the foot
• Arabic: بَاطِن القَدَم (bāṭin al-qadam) — bottom of the foot
• Arabic: بَاطِن الرِجْل (bāṭin ar-rijl) — bottom of the foot
• Arabic: ساس (sās) — bottom of the foot
• Arabic: بطن الرجل (baṭn er-regl) — bottom of the foot
• Armenian: ոտնատակ (otnatak) — bottom of the foot
• Armenian: ոտատակ (otatak) — bottom of the foot
• Armenian: ներբան (nerban) — bottom of the foot
• Bashkir: табан (taban) — bottom of the foot
• Belarusian: падэ́шва (padéšva) — bottom of the foot
• Central Bikol: rapandapan — bottom of the foot
• Bulgarian: таба́н (tabán) — bottom of the foot
• Bulgarian: стъпало (stǎpalo) — bottom of the foot
• Burmese: ခြေဖဝါး (hkrehpa.wa:) — bottom of the foot
• Burmese: ဖဝါး (hpa.wa:) — bottom of the foot
• Catalan: planta del peu — bottom of the foot
• Chinese Cantonese: 腳板底 /脚板底 (goek3 baan2 dai2) — bottom of the foot
• Hakka Chinese: 腳底 /脚底 (kiok-tái) — bottom of the foot
• Chinese: 跤跡底 /跤迹底 (kha-jiah-té, kha-liah-tóe) — bottom of the foot
• Chinese Mandarin: 腳掌 /脚掌 (jiǎozhǎng) — bottom of the foot
• Chinese Mandarin: 腳底 /脚底 (jiǎodǐ) — bottom of the foot
• Chinese Mandarin: 腳底板 /脚底板 (jiǎodǐbǎn) — bottom of the foot
• Chinese Mandarin: 腳板 /脚板 (jiǎobǎn) — bottom of the foot
• Ngazidja Comorian: karo — bottom of the foot
• Coptic: ϣⲟⲡ ⲛⲣⲁⲧ (šop nrat) — bottom of the foot
• Coptic: ⲧⲁⲧⲥⲓ (tatsi) — bottom of the foot
• Coptic: ⲡⲉⲗⲙⲁ (pelma) — bottom of the foot
• Czech: chodidlo — bottom of the foot
• Czech: ploska — bottom of the foot
• Danish: fodsål — bottom of the foot
• Danish: sål — bottom of the foot
• Dutch: zool — bottom of the foot
• Dutch: voetzool — bottom of the foot
• Esperanto: plando — bottom of the foot
• Even: халган (halgan) — bottom of the foot
• Faroese: il — bottom of the foot
• Finnish: jalkapohja — bottom of the foot
• French: plante — bottom of the foot
• French: plante du pied — bottom of the foot
• Galician: planta — bottom of the foot
• Georgian: ძირი (ʒiri) — bottom of the foot
• German: Fußsohle — bottom of the foot
• Greek: πέλμα (pélma) — bottom of the foot
• Ancient Greek: πέλμα (pélma) — bottom of the foot
• Haitian Creole: plan pye — bottom of the foot
• Haitian Creole: pla pye — bottom of the foot
• Hindi: तलवा (talvā) — bottom of the foot
• Hungarian: talp — bottom of the foot
• Icelandic: il — bottom of the foot
• Ingrian: jalanpohja — bottom of the foot
• Irish: bonn — bottom of the foot
• Italian: pianta — bottom of the foot
• Japanese: 足裏 (ashiura) — bottom of the foot
• Japanese: 足の裏 (ashi no ura) — bottom of the foot
• Khmer: បាតជើង (baat cəəŋ) — bottom of the foot
• Khmer: បាត (baat) — bottom of the foot
• Korean: 발바닥 (balbadak) — bottom of the foot
• Kyrgyz: ултаң (ultaŋ) — bottom of the foot
• Lao: ຝ່າ (fā) — bottom of the foot
• Latin: planta — bottom of the foot
• Luxembourgish: Fousssuel — bottom of the foot
• Macedonian: ѓон (ǵon) — bottom of the foot
• Macedonian: табан (taban) — bottom of the foot
• Malay: tapak kaki — bottom of the foot
• Malayalam: ഉള്ളംകാൽ (uḷḷaṅkāl) — bottom of the foot
• Manchu: ᡶᠠᡨᠠᠨ (fatan) — bottom of the foot
• Māori: kapu — bottom of the foot
• Māori: kapukapu — bottom of the foot
• Māori: raparapa — bottom of the foot
• Mongolian: ул (ul) — bottom of the foot
• Nanai: палган (palgan) — bottom of the foot
• Navajo: akétłʼááh — bottom of the foot
• Nepali: पैताला (paitālā) — bottom of the foot
• Norwegian Bokmål: såle — bottom of the foot
• Norwegian Bokmål: fotsåle — bottom of the foot
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sole — bottom of the foot
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fotsole — bottom of the foot
• Old English: fōtwielm — bottom of the foot
• Old Prussian: plasmena — bottom of the foot
• Ossetian: фад (fad) — bottom of the foot
• Pawnee: askatahciriʼ — bottom of the foot
• Iranian Persian: کف پا (kaf-e pâ) — bottom of the foot
• Piedmontese: sòla — bottom of the foot
• Polish: podeszwa — bottom of the foot
• Portuguese: sola — bottom of the foot
• Portuguese: planta do pé — bottom of the foot
• Romanian: talpă — bottom of the foot
• Russian: подо́шва (podóšva) — bottom of the foot
• Russian: ступня (stupnja) — bottom of the foot
• Saraiki: تَلّی (tallī) — bottom of the foot
• Scottish Gaelic: bonn — bottom of the foot
• Serbo-Croatian: та̀бан — bottom of the foot
• Serbo-Croatian: поплaт — bottom of the foot
• Serbo-Croatian: потплaт — bottom of the foot
• Serbo-Croatian: tàban — bottom of the foot
• Serbo-Croatian: poplat — bottom of the foot
• Serbo-Croatian: potplat — bottom of the foot
• Sikkimese: རྐང་ཐིལ (rkang thil) — bottom of the foot
• Slovak: chodidlo — bottom of the foot
• Slovak: podošva — bottom of the foot
• Slovak: šľapa — bottom of the foot
• Slovene: podplat — bottom of the foot
• Spanish: planta — bottom of the foot
• Spanish: planta del pie — bottom of the foot
• Spanish: planta podal — bottom of the foot
• Swahili: wayo — bottom of the foot
• Swedish: fotsula — bottom of the foot
• Swedish: sula — bottom of the foot
• Tagalog: talampakan — bottom of the foot
• Tamil: உள்ளங்கால் (uḷḷaṅkāl) — bottom of the foot
• Tamil: உள்ளடி (uḷḷaṭi) — bottom of the foot
• Ternate: saha — bottom of the foot
• Thai: ฝ่า (fàa) — bottom of the foot
• Tibetan: རྐང་མཐིལ (rkang mthil) — bottom of the foot
• Tooro: ekiganja ky'ekigere class 7 — bottom of the foot
• Turkish: taban — bottom of the foot
• Ukrainian: підо́шва (pidóšva) — bottom of the foot
• Vietnamese: bàn chân — bottom of the foot
• Volapük: futaplant — bottom of the foot
• Welsh: gwadn — bottom of the foot
• Afrikaans: sool — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Afrikaans: skoensool — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Southern Altai: ылтам (ïltam) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Southern Altai: ултаҥ (ultaŋ) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Southern Altai: таман (taman) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Arabic: نَعْل (naʕl) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Arabic: نعل (naʕl) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Armenian: ներբան (nerban) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Armenian: կոշկատակ (koškatak) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Armenian: պադոշ (padoš) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Belarusian: падэ́шва (padéšva) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Belarusian: падно́сак (padnósak) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Bulgarian: подме́тка (podmétka) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Catalan: sola — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Chinese Cantonese: 鞋底 (haai4 dai2) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Hakka Chinese: 鞋底 (hài-tái) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Chinese: 鞋底 (ôe-tóe, ê-té) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Chinese Mandarin: 鞋底 (xiédǐ) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Chinese Mandarin: 鞋底子 (xiédǐzi) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Czech: podrážka — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Danish: sål — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Danish: skosål — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Dutch: zool — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Dutch: schoenzool — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Esperanto: plandumo — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Finnish: pohja — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Finnish: antura — bottom of a shoe or boot
• French: semelle — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Galician: sola — bottom of a shoe or boot
• German: Sohle — bottom of a shoe or boot
• German: Schuhsohle — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Greek: σόλα (sóla) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Hebrew: סוּלְיָה (sulyá) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Hindi: नाल (nāl) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Hungarian: cipőtalp — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Hungarian: talp — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Icelandic: sóli — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Icelandic: skósóli — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Indonesian: sol — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Italian: suola — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Japanese: 靴底 (kutsuzoko) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Kashubian: zôla — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Korean: 구두창 (guduchang) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Kyrgyz: ултаң (ultaŋ) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Latin: solea — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Macedonian: ѓон (ǵon) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Mongolian: зан (zan) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Mongolian: ул (ul) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Mongolian: тах (tax) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Nanai: палган (palgan) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Norman: s'melle — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Norwegian Bokmål: såle — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sole — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Plautdietsch: Sol — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Polish: podeszwa — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Portuguese: sola — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Romanian: talpă — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Romanian: pingea — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Russian: подо́шва (podóšva) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Russian: подмётка (podmjótka) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Scottish Gaelic: bonn — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Serbo-Croatian: ђон — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Serbo-Croatian: đon — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Slovak: podošva — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Slovene: podplat — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Spanish: suela — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Swahili: soli — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Swedish: sula — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Swedish: skosula — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Tibetan: རྡོག་པ (rdog pa) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Ukrainian: підо́шва (pidóšva) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Ukrainian: підме́тка (pidmétka) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Volapük: sömäl — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Volapük: jukasömäl — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Volapük: butasömäl — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Volapük: gumasömäl — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Yiddish: פּאַדעשווע (padeshve) — bottom of a shoe or boot
• Afrikaans: tongvis — fish
• Arabic: سَمَك مُوسَى (samak mūsā) — fish
• Arabic: سمك موسى (samak musa) — fish
• Arabic: موسى (musa) — fish
• Arabic: صول (ṣol) — fish
• Asturian: llinguáu — fish
• Asturian: llinguáu finu — fish
• Asturian: llinguáu de verdá — fish
• Bulgarian: писия (pisija) — fish
• Bulgarian: морски език (morski ezik) — fish
• Catalan: llenguado — fish
• Chinese Cantonese: 龍脷 /龙脷 — fish
• Chinese Mandarin: 鰨魚 /鳎鱼 (tǎyú) — fish
• Danish: søtunge — fish
• Dutch: tong — fish
• Dutch: zeetong — fish
• Esperanto: soleo — fish
• Faroese: leistur — fish
• Finnish: meriantura — fish
• French: sole — fish
• Galician: linguado — fish
• Galician: solla — fish
• German: Seezunge — fish
• Greek: γλώσσα (glóssa) — fish
• Hebrew: סוֹל (sol) — fish
• Hungarian: nyelvhal — fish
• Ido: soleo — fish
• Irish: teanga chait — fish
• Irish: sól — fish
• Irish: sól coiteann — fish
• Italian: sogliola — fish
• Latin: solea — fish
• Ligurian: léngoa — fish
• Lushootseed: sc'áχəč — fish
• Malayalam: നങ്ക് (naṅkŭ) — fish
• Māori: pātiki — fish
• Māori: pātiki rore — fish
• Māori: tarore — fish
• Norwegian: sjøtunge — fish
• Polabian: šoľo — fish
• Polish: sola — fish
• Portuguese: solha — fish
• Portuguese: linguado — fish
• Romanian: solă — fish
• Romanian: limbă-de-mare — fish
• Russian: морско́й язы́к (morskój jazýk) — fish
• Spanish: lenguado — fish
• Swedish: sjötunga — fish
• Tamil: நாக்குமீன் (nākkumīṉ) — fish
• Turkish: dil balığı — fish
• Ottoman Turkish: دل بالغی (dil balığı) — fish
• Volapük: sölit — fish
• Bulgarian: слагам подметка (slagam podmetka) — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
• Czech: podrazit — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
• Dutch: zolen — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
• Esperanto: replandumi — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
• Finnish: anturoida — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
• French: semeler — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
• Galician: solar — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
• German: besohlen — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
• Greek: σολιάζω (soliázo) — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
• Hungarian: talpal — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
• Italian: suolare — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
• Kashubian: zôlowac — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
• Norwegian Bokmål: såle — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sole — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
• Polish: zelować — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
• Portuguese: solar — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
• Romanian: pingeli — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
• Russian: подбить новые подмётки (podbitʹ novyje podmjótki) — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
• Serbo-Croatian: pođoniti — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
• Spanish: solar — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
• Swedish: sula — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
• Turkish: pençelemek — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)
• Turkish: pençe vurmak — put a sole on (a shoe or boot)