hala

See also: håla, halá, häla, hála, hâla, hâlâ, hālá, hală, hələ, halà, hāla, halą, and hálaʼ

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Hawaiian hala, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan. Doublet of pandan via Malay.

Noun edit

hala (plural halas or hala)

Pandanus tectorius, a screw pine native to Malesia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands.

Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

hala (comparative more hala, superlative most hala)

(obsolete, dialect) Embarrassed or ashamed.
- 1688, Thomas Shadwell, The Squire of Alsatia:
  Hack. Kiſs, kiſs her, Man; this Town affords ſuch every where; you'll hate the Country, when you ſee a little more; kiſs her, I ſay.
  Lolp. I am ſo hala; I am aſhamed.

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

ala

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish حالا (hala).^[1]
Or from Arabic على (ala, “however; nevertheless; but; still; yet.”)

Adverb edit

halá

(colloquial) yet, still
Synonyms: endé, akóma

References edit

^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “hala”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 184

Basque edit

Pronunciation edit

Audio (file)

IPA^(key): (Southern) /ala/, [a.la]
IPA^(key): (Northern) /hala/, [ɦa.la]

Adverb edit

hala (not comparable)

thus

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.lə]
IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈa.la]
Homophone: ala

Verb edit

hala

inflection of halar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Cebuano edit

Interjection edit

hala

an expression of surprise or warning

Czech edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈɦala]
Rhymes: -ala

Noun edit

hala f (related adjective halový)

hall

Declension edit

Declension of hala (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	hala	haly
genitive	haly	hal
dative	hale	halám
accusative	halu	haly
vocative	halo	haly
locative	hale	halách
instrumental	halou	halami

Faroese edit

Noun edit

hala

inflection of hali:
1. accusative/dative/genitive singular
2. genitive plural

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Audio (file)

Verb edit

hala

third-person singular past historic of haler

Galician edit

Verb edit

hala

inflection of halar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Hawaiian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Polynesian *sala, from Proto-Oceanic *salaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq.

Noun edit

hala

sin
Ke kala mai i ka ʻino a me ka hala.
Forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin.
error

Verb edit

hala

(intransitive) to sin
(intransitive) to err

Derived terms edit

hoʻohala

Descendants edit

English: hala

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Polynesian *fara, from Proto-Oceanic *padran, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.

Noun edit

hala

screw pine, pandanus (Pandanus tectorius).

Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.

Verb edit

hala

(of time, intransitive) to pass, elapse
(intransitive) to die

Derived terms edit

References edit

Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “hala”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

hal (“fish”) +‎ -a (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈhɒlɒ]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: ha‧la

Noun edit

hala

third-person singular single-possession possessive of hal

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	hala	—
accusative	halát	—
dative	halának	—
instrumental	halával	—
causal-final	haláért	—
translative	halává	—
terminative	haláig	—
essive-formal	halaként	—
essive-modal	halául	—
inessive	halában	—
superessive	halán	—
adessive	halánál	—
illative	halába	—
sublative	halára	—
allative	halához	—
elative	halából	—
delative	haláról	—
ablative	halától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	haláé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	haláéi	—

Icelandic edit

Noun edit

hala

indefinite genitive plural of halur

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Malay hala (“direction”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ha.la/
Rhymes: -la
Hyphenation: ha‧la

Noun edit

hala (plural hala-hala, first-person possessive halaku, second-person possessive halamu, third-person possessive halanya)

(archaic) direction
Synonym: arah

Javanese edit

Romanization edit

hala

Romanization of ꦲꦭ

Laboya edit

Noun edit

hala

incest

References edit

Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “hala”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 23
Geirnaert-Martin, Danielle C. (1992) “hala”, in The Woven Land of Lamboya. Socio-cosmic Ideas and Values in West Sumba, Eastern Indonesia (CNWS Publications; 11), Leiden: Centre of Non-Western Studies, Leiden University

Latin edit

Verb edit

hālā

second-person singular present active imperative of hālō

References edit

hala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Lokono edit

Noun edit

hala

bench

References edit

Willem J. A. Pet, A Grammar Sketch and Lexicon of Arawak (Lokono Dian) (2011)

Nigerian Pidgin edit

Etymology edit

From English holler.

Verb edit

hala

to scream, shout
- 2024, “Crowd hala as dem carry ogbonge Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny body for burial”, in BBC News Pidgin‎^[2]:
  Wen im coffin bin arrive, crowd begin hala im name.
  When his coffin arrived, the crowd began to scream his name.

Old Javanese edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ha.la/
Rhymes: -la
Hyphenation: la

Etymology 1 edit

Unknown, probably related to Malay bala (“misfortune”) and Tagalog halá (“you're in trouble!”), probably Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq (“wrong, in error (of behavior); miss (a target); mistake, error, fault”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective edit

hala

bad, evil

Alternative forms edit

ala

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

> Javanese: ꦲꦭ (ala) (inherited)
>? Malay: bala (see there for further descendants)
>? Tagalog: halá

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit हल (hala, “plough”).

Noun edit

hala

plough

Descendants edit

> Javanese: ꦲꦭ (hala) (inherited)

References edit

"hala" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Papiamentu edit

Alternative forms edit

For meaning 1:

ala (alternative spelling)

Etymology 1 edit

From Portuguese ala and Spanish ala.

Noun edit

hala

wing

Etymology 2 edit

From Spanish halar and Spanish jalar and Dutch halen.

Verb edit

hala

to pull
to take

Polish edit

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

hala

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈxa.la/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ala
Syllabification: ha‧la

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from German Halle or French halle, both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *hallu, from Proto-Germanic *hallō. Doublet of hol (“hallway, lobby”) and cela (“cell”).

Noun edit

hala f

hall, concourse
hala produkcyjna ― shopfloor

Declension edit

Declension of hala

	singular	plural
nominative	hala	hale
genitive	hali	hali/hal
dative	hali	halom
accusative	halę	hale
instrumental	halą	halami
locative	hali	halach
vocative	halo	hale

Derived terms edit

adjective

halowy

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Slovak hoľa.

Noun edit

hala f

mountain meadow in the Alpine tundra, above the tree line
pasture in the Tatra mountains

Declension edit

Declension of hala

	singular	plural
nominative	hala	hale
genitive	hali	hali/hal
dative	hali	halom
accusative	halę	hale
instrumental	halą	halami
locative	hali	halach
vocative	halo	hale

Derived terms edit

adjective

halny

nouns

Rohingya edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit.

Adjective edit

hala

black

Serbo-Croatian edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /xala/

Etymology 1 edit

From German Halle.

Noun edit

hala f (Cyrillic spelling хала)

hall

Etymology 2 edit

From Ottoman Turkish خلا (halâ), from Arabic خَلَاء (ḵalāʔ).

Noun edit

hala f (Cyrillic spelling хала)

Synonyms edit

toalet, klozet, nužnik

Etymology 3 edit

From Ottoman Turkish خاله (hâla, hâle), from Arabic خَالَة (ḵāla).

Noun edit

hala f (Cyrillic spelling хала)

(regional, rare, Islam) aunt (maternal or paternal)
Synonym: tetka

Etymology 4 edit

Adjective edit

hála or hàla or hȁla (Cyrillic spelling ха́ла or ха̀ла or ха̏ла)

Alternative form of ala (“spotted”)

Noun edit

hála or hàla or hȁla f (Cyrillic spelling ха́ла or ха̀ла or ха̏ла)

Alternative form of ala (“dragon”)

Siraya edit

Noun edit

hala

wine

Slovak edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈɦala]

Noun edit

hala f (genitive singular haly, nominative plural haly, genitive plural hál, declension pattern of žena)

hall

Declension edit

Declension of hala

	singular	plural
nominative	hala	haly
genitive	haly	hál
dative	hale	halám
accusative	halu	haly
locative	hale	halách
instrumental	halou	halami

Derived terms edit

halový

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈala/ [ˈa.la]
Rhymes: -ala
Syllabification: ha‧la
Homophone: ala

Etymology 1 edit

Alternative forms edit

ala, alá

Interjection edit

¡hala!

come on! let’s go!
wow! (an indication of surprise)
Synonym: guau
my goodness! (an indication of surprise, shock, or amazement)
Synonyms: Dios mío, madre mía, vaya, joder, hostia

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

hala

inflection of halar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish edit

Etymology 1 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

hala

inflection of hal:
1. definite singular
2. plural

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Low German halen, from Old Saxon halon.

Verb edit

hala (present halar, preterite halade, supine halat, imperative hala)

(often with a particle like in (“in”), ner (“down”), upp (“up”), or fram (“forth”)) to reel, to haul (pull on something so as to bring more and more of it to oneself, often in order to bring in things attached)
to bring (something) somewhere by pulling on something, like above
hala ner en flagga
lower a flag

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of hala (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	hala		halas
Supine	halat		halats
Imperative	hala		—
Imper. plural¹	halen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	halar	halade	halas	halades
Ind. plural¹	hala	halade	halas	halades
Subjunctive²	hale	halade	hales	halades
	Participles
Present participle	halande
Past participle	halad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Adjective edit

hala

inflection of hal:
1. definite singular
2. plural

References edit

Tagalog edit

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Spanish hala.

Alternative forms edit

ala — dialectal
luh — slang

Pronunciation edit

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /haˈla/, [hɐˈla]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: ha‧la

Interjection edit

halá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎ)

used to express warning or threat for a wrongdoing: you're in trouble!
Synonym: lagot

Derived terms edit

hala ka

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhalaʔ/, [ˈha.lɐʔ]
Rhymes: -alaʔ
Syllabification: ha‧la

Noun edit

halà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎ) (obsolete)

referring to something based on what it looks like (while adding what it is)

Derived terms edit

Turkish edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خاله (hala), from Arabic خَالَة (ḵāla, “maternal aunt”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /hɑˈɫɑ/

Noun edit

hala (definite accusative halayı, plural halalar)

paternal aunt (father’s sister)

Declension edit

Inflection
Nominative	hala
Definite accusative	halayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hala	halalar
Definite accusative	halayı	halaları
Dative	halaya	halalara
Locative	halada	halalarda
Ablative	haladan	halalardan
Genitive	halanın	halaların

Synonyms edit

bibi

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːlɑː/

Adverb edit

hala

Misspelling of hâlâ (“still, yet”).

Veps edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *halla.

Noun edit

hala

frost

Inflection edit

Inflection of hala (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	hala
genitive sing.	halan
partitive sing.	halad
partitive plur.	haloid
	singular	plural
nominative	hala	halad
accusative	halan	halad
genitive	halan	haloiden
partitive	halad	haloid
essive-instructive	halan	haloin
translative	halaks	haloikš

inessive	halas	haloiš
elative	halaspäi	haloišpäi
illative	halaha halha	haloihe

adessive	halal	haloil
ablative	halalpäi	haloilpäi
allative	halale	haloile

abessive	halata	haloita
comitative	halanke	haloidenke
prolative	haladme	haloidme

approximative I	halanno	haloidenno
approximative II	halannoks	haloidennoks
egressive	halannopäi	haloidennopäi

terminative I	halahasai halhasai	haloihesai
terminative II	halalesai	haloilesai
terminative III	halassai	—

additive I	halahapäi halhapäi	haloihepäi
additive II	halalepäi	haloilepäi

References edit

Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “заморозок, иней”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

Colloquial South Wales variant of hel (“send; pursue”) from Proto-Celtic *selgā, from Proto-Indo-European *selǵ- (“let loose, send”).

Pronunciation edit

(South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈhala/

Verb edit

hala (first-person singular present halaf, not mutable)(South Wales, transitive)

to drive
to send
to spend

Conjugation edit

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third	impersonal
present indicative/future	helaf	heli	hela	helwn	helwch	helant	helir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	helwn	helit	helai	helem	helech	helent	helid
preterite	helais	helaist	helodd	helasom	helasoch	helasant	helwyd
pluperfect	helaswn	helasit	helasai	helasem	helasech	helasent	helasid, helesid
present subjunctive	helwyf	helych	helo	helom	heloch	helont	heler
imperative	—	hela	heled	helwn	helwch	helent	heler
verbal noun	hala
verbal adjectives	heledig heladwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
Inflected colloquial forms	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	hela i, helaf i	heli di	helith o/e/hi, heliff e/hi	helwn ni	helwch chi	helan nhw
conditional	helwn i, helswn i	helet ti, helset ti	helai fo/fe/hi, helsai fo/fe/hi	helen ni, helsen ni	helech chi, helsech chi	helen nhw, helsen nhw
preterite	helais i, heles i	helaist ti, helest ti	helodd o/e/hi	helon ni	heloch chi	helon nhw
imperative	—	hela	—	—	helwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Synonyms edit

(drive): gyrru
(send): anfon
(spend [money]): gwario
(spend [time]): treulio

hala

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