Chichewa edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

phala class 5

  1. a kind of thin porridge

See also edit

Northern Sotho edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *mpàdá.

Noun edit

phala

  1. impala

Old Javanese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit फल (phala).

Noun edit

phala

  1. fruit.
  2. consequence.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • > Javanese: ꦥꦭ (pala, fruit; nutmeg), ꦥꦲꦭ (pahala, merit) (inherited)
  • Balinese: ᬨᬮ (pala, fruit; result)

Further reading edit

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

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Sanskrit फल (phala).

Noun edit

phala n

  1. fruit (of a tree)[1]
  2. result, benefit[1]
Declension edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

Extracted from phala, phallati and nipphatti.

Noun edit

phala m

  1. Name of the Pali root phal[2]
Declension edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “phala”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
  2. ^ Dhtp 266

Sotho edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *mpàdá.

Noun edit

phala class 9/10 (plural diphala)

  1. impala

Tswana edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *mpàdá.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

phala class 9 (plural diphala)

  1. impala

Venda edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *mpàdá.

Noun edit

phala

  1. impala

Xhosa edit

Verb edit

-phala?

  1. (intransitive) to gallop

Inflection edit

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