abala

Basque

Noun

abala

1. absolutive singular of abal

French

Pronunciation

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• Homophones: abalas, abalât

Verb

abala

1. third-person singular past historic of abaler

Galician

Verb

abala

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

Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦲꦧꦭ
Pegon
Roman	abala

Etymology

From a- +‎ bala.

Verb

abala

1. to have an army

Kapampangan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈbalə/ [əˈbäː.lə]
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧la

Noun

abála

1. a family affair, something to be kept internal
2. a delay

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈba.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈba.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈba.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈba.lɐ/ [ɐˈβa.lɐ]

• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧la
• Rhymes: -alɐ

Verb

abala

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

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.ˈla/, [a.ba.ˈla]

Noun

abala

1. (anatomy) shoulder

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *abala. Compare Kapampangan abala, Pangasinan abala, and Casiguran Dumagat Agta abala. Zorc (1979) posits the senses “busy; preoccupied” were borrowed from Pangasinan abala, from Proto-Austronesian *qabaʀa (“shoulder”) with semantic shift.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbala/ [ʔɐˈbaː.lɐ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ala
  • IPA^(key): /ʔabaˈla/ [ʔɐ.bɐˈla] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧la

Noun

abala (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜎ)

1. trouble; bother; inconvenience

   Synonym: gulo

   Ang matagal na problema ng trapik sa mga kalsada ay isang matinding abala sa mamamayan.

   The long-time problem of road traffic is a heavy burden to people.

2. interruption; delay; disturbance
3. (colloquial) act of borrowing from someone

Derived terms

• abalahin
• maabala
• magpakaabala
• makaabala
• mang-abala
• punong-abala

 

Adjective

abalá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜎ)

1. busy; preoccupied; distracted

   Wala akong oras dahil abala ako sa pangangalaga sa lolo ko.

   I've no time because I'm busy taking care of my grandfather.

2. absorbed; obsessed; engrossed; preoccupied
3. inconvenient; bothersome

   Abala naman ang pinagagawa mo sa akin.

   What you're asking me to do is troublesome.

Derived terms

• abalang-abala
• mag-abala
• mapag-abala

 

Further reading

• “abala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 1