tala

See also tālā

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Samoan tālā, in turn from English dollar

Noun

tala (plural talas)

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

Etymology 2

Sanskrit  (tālà)

Noun

tala

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

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Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈtʰɛaːla/
  • Rhymes: -ɛaːla

Etymology 1

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

Noun

tala f (genitive singular talu, plural talur)

  1. talk, conversation
Declension
f1 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tala talan talur talurnar
Accusative talu taluna talur talurnar
Dative talu taluni talum talunum
Genitive talu talunnar tala talanna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talōnan.

Verb

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

  1. to speak

Conjugation


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French

Verb

tala

  1. third-person singular past historic of taler

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talō (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 (tale, series, calculation, list, statement, deposition, relation, communication, narrative, fable, story, accusation, action at law)), German Zahl (number, figure), Danish tale (speech), Latin dolus (guile, deceit, fraud), Ancient Greek  (dólos, wile, bait), Old Armenian տող (toł, row). Related to tell, talk.

Noun

tala f (genitive singular tölu, plural tölur)

  1. a short address, a speech
  2. button
    Það á ekki að hneppa neðstu tölunni.
    You are not supposed to button the lowest button.
  3. number
    Milljón er stór tala.
    A million is a big number.
  4. (grammar) number
    Í hvaða tölu er orðið ‚hestur‘?Það er í eintölu.
    What number is the word ‘horse’? — It is singular.
Declension
Derived terms
  • láta töluna ganga
  • telja sér tölur um
  • tvítala
  • fleirtala
  • eintala
  • raðtala
  • talnaband
  • talning
  • höfuðtala
  • óræð tala
  • áttundakerfistala
  • bitatala
  • einræðistala
  • einundafyllitala
  • Euler-tala
  • fjöldatala
  • fjölræðistala
  • frumtala
  • fyllitala
  • föst IP-tala
  • grunnfyllitala
  • grunntala
  • heil tala
  • heiltala
  • hendingartala
  • hlaupakommutala
  • hrópmerkt tala
  • IP-tala
  • kennitala
  • kvikleg IP-tala
  • loðin tala
  • millisamtala
  • náttúrleg tala
  • níundafyllitala
  • óræð tala
  • prímtala
  • rauntala
  • ræð tala
  • sextándakerfistala
  • slembitala
  • stofnfyllitala
  • stofntala
  • tugafyllitala
  • tugakerfistala
  • tvinntala
  • tvíundafyllitala
  • tvíundakerfistala
  • tvíundatala
  • umsjártala
  • vartala
  • veldistala
  • þjöppuð tugatala
  • þvertala

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talōnan.

Verb

tala (first person singular past indicative talaði, supine talað)

  1. to talk
Conjugation
Derived terms

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Ido

Adjective

tala

  1. such, such a

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Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali তালা (tālā).

Noun

tala

  1. lock

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Spanish

Verb

tala (infinitive talar)

  1. Informal second-person singular () 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.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

Verb

tala

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

Conjugation

Synonyms

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Related terms

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.


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Tagalog

Noun

tala

  1. star

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