different between tala vs taha

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

English

Etymology

Tswana [Term?]

Noun

taha (plural tahas)

1. (obsolete) The yellow-crowned bishop, Euplectes afer, especially the southern subspecies taha.
2. (obsolete) The village weaver, Ploceus cucullatus.

Anagrams

• Atha, HAAT, Hata, haat, thaa

Bikol Central

Verb

tahà

1. to get intimidated

Derived terms

• makataha

Chickasaw

Verb

taha

1. to end

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Pronoun

taha

1. second person; you (singular)

See also

• ta

Esmeralda

Etymology

Seler suggested that this term might be cognate or related to Pumé ta (“foot”), but this is now considered unlikely. Compare Esmeralda ta- (“classifying prefix for long objects”).

Noun

taha

1. foot

References

• Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Sáenz, Contribuciones a las lenguas y culturas de los Andes (2005), page 241: De la lista de semejanzas léxicas, por lo general poco convincentes, que fueron notadas por Jijón y Caamaño ([1941] 1998: 483), podríamos agregar esmeraldeño taha 'pié'[.]
• Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes: taha (citing Seler 1902, Jijón y Caamaño 1941)

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records kutaha maii as the equivalent of English draw water in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kutapa maanzi as its equivalent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taha/

Verb

taha (infinitive g?taha)

1. to draw (water, beer, etc.)
2. to seize (booty)

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• ndahi 9/10
• gatahi 12
• g?tahi 7

(Verbs)

• g?tah?ka

(Proverbs)

• m?r?ng?ru wa njamba ?tahaga na ime
• m?tumia ndat?raga m?twe na ndaikagia ndahi ndua

See also

• (to seize): k?gu?ma, k?gwata, g?tega

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Anagrams

• hata

Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tasi, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *?sa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *?sa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *?sa, *asa.

Numeral

taha

1. one

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *d?h?. Akin to Old English d??e, English daw.

Noun

t?ha f

1. jackdaw

Descendants

• German Dohle
• ? Italian: taccola

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish atajar "to block" and Portuguese talhar "to cut".

Verb

taha

1. to prohibit

Rapa Nui

Noun

taha

1. frigatebird

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tasi, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *?sa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *?sa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *?sa, *asa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ha/

Numeral

taha

1. one