different between ala vs tala

English

Etymology 1

Originated 1730–40, borrowed from Latin ?la (“wing”). Doublet of aisle.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?e?.l?/

Noun

ala (plural alae or alæ)

1. (anatomy) A wing or winglike anatomic process or part, especially of bone.
2. (botany) The flattened border of some stems, fruits, and seeds, or one of the two side petals of certain flowers in the pea family.
3. (architecture) In ancient Rome, a small room opening into a larger room or courtyard.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French à la, by way of its English derivation a la.

Preposition

ala

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of a la.

References

• “ala”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
• “ala”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “ala” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “ala” examples at Wordnik

Anagrams

• AAL, Aal, aal

Afar

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?/
• Hyphenation: a?la

Noun

ála m (plural alluwwá f)

1. animal, wild animal
2. European, white person

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Somali hal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?/
• Hyphenation: a?la

Noun

alá f (masculine rakúb, plural aloolí f)

1. female camel

Declension

Hypernyms

• gaaláytu (“camel”)

See also

• nargó (“baby female camel”)
• addó (“juvenile female camel”)

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, ?ISBN, page 37
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, ?ISBN, page 24
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[7], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin ?la (“wing”).

Noun

ala f (plural ales)

1. wing
2. fin

   Synonym: aleta

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *?la.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????/

Adjective

ala (comparative daha ala, superlative ?n ala)

1. variegated
2. (poetic) blue (of eyes)

Derived terms

• alagöz
• alagözlü

Noun

ala (definite accusative alan?, plural alalar)

1. vitiligo (the patchy loss of skin pigmentation.)

Declension

References

Baoule

Noun

ala

1. iroko (Milicia excelsa, syn. Chlorophora excelsa)

References

Basque

Conjunction

ala

1. or (exclusive)

Related terms

• edo

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin ?la (“wing”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?a.l?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?a.la/
• Homophone: hala

Noun

ala f (plural ales)

1. wing (appendage that enables flight)

Derived terms

• aleta
• aletejar

Related terms

• alar

Further reading

• “ala” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ala” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “ala” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ala” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chickasaw

Verb

ala

1. to be born

   Synonym: atta

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ala.

Noun

ala (genitive ala, partitive ala)

1. area, territory, region

2. (in working life, in sciences) field

3. (business) branch

Declension

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ala, from Proto-Germanic *alan? (“to nourish, grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *al- (“to grow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?la/
• Rhymes: -?a?la
• Homophones: æla, ælað

Verb

ala (third person singular past indicative ól, third person plural past indicative ólu, supine alið)

1. (kvæði) to give birth to
2. to foster
3. to nourish
4. to breed

Conjugation

Finnish

(index al)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *ala, from Proto-Uralic *ëla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?/, [??l?]
• Rhymes: -?l?
• Syllabification: a?la

Noun

ala

1. area, field, domain (one's field of expertise or activity)
2. (in working life, in sciences) field, discipline
3. industry, sector, branch (business, studies, etc.)
4. (mathematics) area

   Synonym: pinta-ala

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l??/, [??l?(?)]
• Rhymes: -?l?
• Syllabification: a?la

Verb

ala

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

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?la. Compare the inherited á.

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

1. wing

   Synonym: á

Further reading

• “ala” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *hala, from Proto-Oceanic *jalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.la/, [??l?]

Noun

ala

1. way, path, road

Derived terms

References

• “ala” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Hoyahoya

Noun

ala

1. grandfather

References

• Philip Carr, Hoyahoya organised phonology data (2006)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?la/
• Rhymes: -a?la

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ala, from Proto-Germanic *alan? (“to nourish, grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *al- (“to grow”).

Verb

ala (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative ól, third-person plural past indicative ólu, supine alið)

1. (with accusative) to bear, give birth to
2. (with accusative) to foster
3. (with accusative) to feed, nourish

Conjugation

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

ala

1. indefinite genitive plural of alur

Igbo

Etymology

Alternative forms

• àn?? (Onicha)

Noun

ala

1. earth, land, soil, ground.

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From French à la.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ala]
• Hyphenation: ala

Preposition

a la

1. (colloquial) a la, in the style or manner of.

Etymology 2

From Arabic ?????? (?al?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ala]
• Hyphenation: ala

Preposition

a la

1. on, over.

   Synonyms: atas, pada, kepada, akan

Noun

a la

1. unproductive land with the owner or descendants still have the main rights in that land.

Etymology 3

From Arabic ???????? (?a?l?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ala]
• Hyphenation: ala

Adjective

a la

1. high.

   Synonym: tinggi

Further reading

• “ala” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish athlad

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?al??/

Noun

ala

1. Only used in phrases; see Derived terms below

Derived terms

• ar ala na huaire (“on the spur of the moment; within a second”)
• gach ala (“every now and then”)

Further reading

• "ala" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.la/

Etymology 1

From Latin ?la.

Noun

ala f (plural ali, poetic plural ale)

1. wing

   Synonym: alia (archaic, slang)

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

ala

1. third-person singular present indicative of alare
2. second-person singular imperative of alare

Jarai

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hulaR, from Proto-Austronesian *SulaR.

Noun

ala (classifier dr?i)

1. snake

Ladin

Etymology

From a +? la.

Contraction

ala

1. at or to the (+ feminine singular noun)

Latin

Etymology

For earlier *axla, from axis, from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?s- (“axis”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a?.la/, [?ä???ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.la/, [???l?]

Noun 1

?la f (genitive ?lae); first declension

1. A wing.
2. (anatomy) The upper and under part of the arm, where it unites with the shoulder; the armpit.
3. (zoology) The hollow where the foreleg is joined to the shoulder; the shoulder blade.
4. (botany) The hollow where a limb joins the trunk of a tree.
5. (architecture) The wings off the main room, the side apartments on the right and left of the court, the side halls or porches, waiting areas, the collonades.
6. (military) The wing of an army, cavalry force (usually deployed on an army's flank).

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun 2

?l? f

1. ablative singular of ?la

References

• ala in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ala in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ala in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ala in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ala in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Latvian

Etymology

The usual theory considers ala to be borrowed from Middle Low German hol (“depth, hole, cave”), or maybe from the same form in Middle Dutch or German Low German (East Frisian); cf. German Höhle (“cave”).

A different view suggests that ala could also reflex of an old Proto-Indo-European stem *h?el-, *ol-, *al- (“to flow, to drain”) with various Baltic reflexes: dialectal alots, alogs, standard avots (“(water) source”), alksna, aluksna (“miry, swampy place”) (cf. place names like Al?ksne, Al?kstes), Lithuanian al??ti (“to flow, to drip”). The original meaning of ala would thus have been “(water) source”, from which “place (e.g., cave, rift, pit) from which water springs” and finally simply “cave,” possibly under the influence of the aforementioned Germanic words.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ala]

Noun

ala f (4th declension)

1. cave (space or cavity formed underground, especially between rocks, or in the face of a cliff or hillside)

2. burrow, hole, lair, den (the dwelling of some animals, in the form of a cavity with one or many exits)

Declension

Derived terms

• alu cilv?ks

See also

• speleolo?ija

References

Malagasy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.la/, [?a.l??]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *halas, from Proto-Austronesian *Salas. Cognate with Balinese ???? (alas), Javanese ???? (alas).

Noun

ala

1. forest

Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *alaq (“fetch; get; take”).

Adverb

ala

1. without; freed from; removed from

Malay

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?

Preposition

ala (Jawi spelling ???? or ????)

1. like
2. according to
3. on

References

• "ala" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, ?ISBN, 2005.
• “ala” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mirandese

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

1. wing
2. (nautical) sail

North Wahgi

Noun

ala

1. mistake

References

• Heather and Don Mc Lean, North Wahgi (Yu We) Organised Phonology Data (2005), p. 2

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???l??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

ala f

1. flag (piece of cloth)

Northern Ndebele

Verb

-ála

1. to refuse

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ëlëk.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?ala/

Adverb

ala

1. over
2. on, on top

Derived terms

• alcces-, alcce-, allas- (locative stems of ieš (“self”))

Postposition

ala

1. over
2. on, onto, on top of

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[8], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ala, from Proto-Germanic *alan?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?életi.

Alternative forms

• ale (e infinitive)

Verb

ala (present tense aler or el, past tense alte or ol, past participle alt or ale, present participle alande, imperative al)

1. to foster

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

ala

1. definite plural of al

References

• “ala” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ?la.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alo?]

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

1. wing

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *?l?. Cognates include Old English æl and Old Norse alr.

Noun

?la f

1. awl

Descendants

• German: Ahle

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *alan? (“to nourish, grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?életi, from *h?el- (“to raise, feed, nourish”). Cognate with Old English alan and Latin al?.

Verb

ala (singular present indicative elr, singular past indicative ól, plural past indicative ólu, past participle alinn)

1. to produce
2. to testify
3. to breed
4. to nourish

Conjugation

Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

ala

1. indefinite genitive plural of alr

References

• ala in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?a.la]

Etymology 1

From Latin ?la.

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

1. wing (limb)
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 67v. a.

     la ?mera ?emeiaua leon e auie alas de aguila ueye q? me?auan ?us alas e cayen atierra e ?obre ?os piedes como o?e se leuátaua

     The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I saw its wings torn off and fall to the ground so that it stood on its feet like a man.

Descendants

• Ladino: ala (Latin spelling)
• Spanish: ala

Etymology 2

A contraction of a (“to, toward, in, at”) + la (“the”); the feminine singular definite article.

Contraction

ala (plural alas)

1. (followed by a singular feminine noun) to the, toward the
   • c1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2v. b.

     Loth ouo miedo de ?eer en segor esubio alas mótánas có sus. ij. fijas. estido é una cueua có sus. ij. fijas. edixo la maior ala menor. n?o padre es uyeio eno nos podremos ca?ar. com es derecho.

     Loth was afriad to stay in Zoar, so he moved to the mountains with his two daughters. There he lived in a cave with his two daughters; then older [daughter] said to the younger: "Our father is old, and [here] we cannot marry as is the custom."

2. (followed by a singular feminine noun) in the, at the
   • c1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2v. a.

     e?tos angeles có q? fablo abraã. vinieron a ?odoma e loth ?edia ala puerta de la cibdat. e violos & leuátos cótra ellõ.

     These angels to whom Abraham spoke came to Sodom, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. And he saw them and got up to meet them.

Related terms

• al

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• hala (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Portuguese ala and Spanish ala.

Noun

ala

1. wing

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?a.l?/
• Hyphenation: a?la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ?la. Compare the inherited doublet á.

Noun 1

ala f (plural alas)

1. (architecture) wing (part of a building that extends from the main structure)
2. (chiefly politics) faction (ideologically distinct group within an organisation)
3. a row among a larger group of people or things
4. a subdivision of a carnival block consisting of similarly themed participants
5. (military) a flank unit
6. (military) a rank or file of soldiers
7. (chess) each player’s half of the chessboard
8. (sports) wing (position on either side of the field)

Noun 2

ala m, f (plural alas)

1. (sports) wing; winger (player in a wing position)
2. (aviation) wingman (support pilot in a squadron)

Related terms

• alado
• alar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

ala

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of alar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of alar

Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *hala, from Proto-Oceanic *jalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.

Noun

ala

1. path, way, lane, track

Derived terms

Further reading

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Rade

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *?ular, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hula?, from Proto-Austronesian *Sula?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alaa/, [??laa]

Noun

ala

1. snake

Romansch

Alternative forms

• ela (Puter)

Etymology

From Latin ?la.

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) wing
2. mouldboard

Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

àla (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (used for emphasis, or as an intensifier) expression of awe, surprise, dismay, etc.

Noun

ala f (Cyrillic spelling ???)

1. dragon

   Synonym: hala

2. type of mythical creature similar to dragon

Related terms

Southern Ndebele

Verb

-ála

1. to refuse

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ala/, [?a.la]
• Homophone: hala

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish ala (compare Ladino ala), from Latin ?la.

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

1. wing (of bird)
2. wing (of aircraft)
3. brim (of hat)
4. (military) flank (of a formation)
5. (sports) wing (part of the field)
6. (sports) winger

Usage notes

• The feminine noun ala is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el ala

• However, if an adjective, even one that begins with a stressed a sound such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Interjection

ala

1. Alternative spelling of hala

Further reading

• “ala” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Sranan Tongo

Pronoun

ala

1. everything

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ????? (??la, “instrument, tool”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ala (n class, plural ala)

1. tool, instrument

   Synonym: kifaa

2. sheath, scabbard

Swazi

Verb

-ála

1. to refuse

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????/
• Hyphenation: a?la

Adjective

ala (comparative daha ala, superlative en ala)

1. multicolored, pied, variegated
2. Clipping of alabal?k (“trout”).

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish älä.

Verb

ala

1. second-person singular imperative of ei
2. do not

Westrobothnian

Noun

ala m

1. Harness strap; the strap pulled through the shaft and wherein the harness peg is inserted.

Usage notes

If instead an iron hasp is used, it is called al-ösp f.

References

Xhosa

Verb

-âla

1. to refuse

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Yámana

Verb

ala

1. drink

Zulu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

-âla

1. to deny, refuse, decline
2. to forbid
3. to reject
4. to refuse give [+ na- (object)]
5. to hate, detest

Inflection

Derived terms

• -alela (applicative)
• -alisa (causative)
• -alayala (diminutive)
• -alisisa (intensive)
• -aleka (neuter-passive)
• -aliwa (passive)
• -alana (reciprocal)

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “ala”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ?ISBN: “ala”

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??l?

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Samoan t?l?, in turn from English dollar.

Noun

tala (plural talas)

1. The currency of Samoa, divided into 100 sene.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??? (t?lá).

Noun

tala (plural talas)

1. (music) A rhythmic pattern in Indian music.

See also

• laya

Anagrams

• Alt-A, Alta, Alta., Lata, alta, lata

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Of Mongolic origin. Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *tala, *tal-b- (“steppe, open place”), whence also Modern Mongolian ???? (tala).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t????]
• Hyphenation: ta?la

Noun

tala (definite accusative talan?, plural talalar)

1. open place in a forest, meadow, glade

Declension

References

Catalan

Verb

tala

1. third-person singular present indicative form of talar
2. second-person singular imperative form of talar

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??a?la/
• Rhymes: -?a?la
• Homophone: talað

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *tal? (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”).

Noun

tala f (genitive singular talu, plural talur)

1. talk, conversation

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *tal?n?.

Verb

tala (third person singular past indicative talaði, third person plural past indicative talað, supine talað)

1. to speak

Conjugation

French

Verb

tala

1. third-person singular past historic of taler

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?a?la/
• Rhymes: -a?la

  Homophones: Tala

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *tal? (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”). Cognate with Dutch taal (“language, speech”), English tale (“number”) (from Middle English, from Old English talu (“calculation; story”)), German Zahl (“number, figure”), Danish tale (“speech”), Latin dolus (“guile, deceit, fraud”), Ancient Greek ????? (dólos, “wile, bait”), Old Armenian ??? (to?, “row”). Related to tell, talk.

Noun

tala f (genitive singular tölu, nominative plural tölur)

1. a short address, a speech
2. button

3. number

4. (grammar) number

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *tal?n?.

Verb

tala

1. to talk

Conjugation

Derived terms

• eins og um var talað
• tala um

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French tel, Italian tale, Spanish tal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta.la/

Adjective

tala

1. such, like: of that kind

Derived terms

• tale (“so, in such a manner”)
• tale ke (“so that, in such a way that”)
• talmaniere (“thus, so, in such a way”)
• tala quala (“such as”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (t?la).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?ala]
• Hyphenation: ta?la

Noun

tala (first-person possessive talaku, second-person possessive talamu, third-person possessive talanya)

1. (music) tune.
2. (music) tuning fork.

   Synonym: garpu tala

Affixed terms

Further reading

• “tala” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??l?/

Noun

tala n

1. definite plural of tal

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• talen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²t??l?/

Noun

tala f

1. definite singular of tale

Etymology 3

From Old Norse tala

Alternative forms

• tale

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²t??l?/

Verb

tala (present tense talar or taler, past tense tala or talte, past participle tala or talt, passive infinitive talast, present participle talande, imperative tal)

1. to speak, talk
2. to make a speech

Derived terms

• uttala

References

• “tala” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *tal?.

Noun

tala f (genitive t?lu)

1. speech, discourse
2. tale, number
3. (grammar) number
4. bead

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• tal n (“number”)
• tala (“to speak”)
• telja (“to count”)

Descendants

References

• tala1 in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tala in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *tal?n?, also from *tal?.

Verb

tala

1. to talk, speak
2. to speak, make speech
3. to record, tell
4. (with prepositions)
   1. (til + genitive) to talk to, speak to
   2. (um + accusative) to talk about (something)
   3. (við + accusative) to talk with, speak to (someone)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• talaðr (“spoken, speaking”)
• t?lugr (“well-spoken”)

Related terms

• tal n (“number”)
• tala (“to speak”)
• telja (“to count”)

Descendants

References

• tala2 in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tala in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Phuthi

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

-tala

1. to become full

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-bíada.

Verb

-tála

1. to bear

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Rohingya

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali ???? (tala).

Noun

tala

1. lock

Samoan

Noun

tala

1. story

Derived terms

• tusitala

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

tál? (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. genitive plural of tlo

Sotho

Adjective

tala

1. green
2. blue

Relative

tala

1. unripe

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tala/, [?t?a.la]

Etymology 1

See talar (verb).

Noun

tala f (uncountable)

1. (forestry) felling, cutting down

Verb

tala

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of talar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of talar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of talar.

See also

• (noun): deforestación
• (verb): desmontar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua tara.

Noun

tala m (plural talas)

1. tala (Celtis tala, a South American tree)

Etymology 3

Uncertain, according to some from Latin t?lea (“long and slender stick”), according to others from Arabic ??????? (??li?, “rising”).

Noun

tala f (plural talas)

1. tipcat (game and stick)

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bíada.

Verb

-tála

1. to bear

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *tal? (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???la/

Verb

tala (present talar, preterite talade, supine talat, imperative tala)

1. (somewhat formal) to speak; to utter words; to tell
2. (somewhat formal) to talk (to someone)
3. (somewhat formal) to make a speech

Usage notes

Språka is quite rare and is used about close or intimate talk. Prata is the most common, and is mainly used of informal talking. Tala is a more formal word in its own right, and mainly used about formal speeches, lecturing etc., but also in some expressions. In imperative it is also an encouragement to speak up.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• prata
• språka
• snacka (colloquial)

Related terms

• talande tystnad
• tala om
• tala ut
• tala emot (“to speak against”)
• strida emot (“to speak against”)
• motstridig (“contradictory”)

Derived terms

See also

• säga

Anagrams

• lata

Tagalog

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (t?raka).

Noun

tala

1. star

   Synonyms: astro, bituin

2. data; record

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta.la/
• Hyphenation: ta?la

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *tala. Cognates include Hawaiian kala and Samoan tala.

Noun

tala

1. story
2. news
3. statement, account
4. rumour, gossip
5. tale, legend
6. novel
7. play

Verb

tala

1. (transitive) to tell, narrate

Derived terms

• tala kave

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *tara. Cognates include Tahitian tara and Samoan tala.

Noun

tala

1. end of a traditional house with a gable

Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *tala. Cognates include Hawaiian kala and Samoan tala.

Verb

tala

1. (transitive) to demolish, destroy
2. (transitive) to undo, open

Etymology 4

Verb

tala

1. (transitive) to change (money)
2. (transitive) to withdraw (money)
3. (transitive) to let a pharmacist make (a drug)

Etymology 5

Verb

tala

1. (transitive) to dilute

Etymology 6

From Proto-Polynesian *tala. Cognates include Maori tara and Samoan tara.

Noun

tala

1. thorn, spike

Verb

tala

1. (transitive) to strip off using thorns

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary?^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 362

Venda

Verb

tala

1. to draw (a line)

Welsh

Alternative forms

• (third-person singular present/future; second-person singular imperative): tâl
• (first-person singular present/future): talaf

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?tala/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?ta?la/, /?tala/

Verb

tala

1. second-person singular imperative of talu
2. (literary) third-person singular present/future of talu
3. (colloquial) first-person singular future of talu

Adjective

tala

1. Colloquial form of talaf (“tallest”)

Mutation

Yakan

Adjective

tala

1. far

   Antonym: tapit

Yámana

Noun

tala

1. eye