ala
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Originated 1730–40, borrowed from Latin āla (“wing”). Doublet of aisle.
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.lə/
NounEdit
- (anatomy) A wing or winglike anatomic process or part, especially of bone.
- (botany) The flattened border of some stems, fruits, and seeds, or one of the two side petals of certain flowers in the pea family.
- (architecture) In ancient Rome, a small room opening into a larger room or courtyard.
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from French à la, by way of its English derivation a la.
PrepositionEdit
ala
- (colloquial) Alternative form of a la.
- 2006, WorstPreviews.com[1]:
- The film is told in reverse ala Memento.
- 2008 November 14, admin, “Quantum of Solace”, in Film Threat[2]:
- […] interactive plasma screens with flashing digits and what not, ala “Minority Report,” […]
ReferencesEdit
- “ala” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
- “ala” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “ala” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “ala” examples at Wordnik
AnagramsEdit
AfarEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ála m
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
alá f (masculine rakúb) (plural aloolí m)
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[5], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
ala f (plural ales)
AzerbaijaniEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Turkic *āla.[1]
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
ala (comparative daha ala, superlative ən ala)
- variegated
- (poetic) blue (of eyes)
- ala gözlər ― blue eyes
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
ala (definite accusative alanı, plural alalar)
- vitiligo (the patchy loss of skin pigmentation.)
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) , “*āla”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
BasqueEdit
ConjunctionEdit
ala
- or (exclusive)
Related termsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan, from Latin āla (“wing”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ala f (plural ales)
- wing (appendage that enables flight)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “ala” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ala” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “ala” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ala” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
ChickasawEdit
VerbEdit
ala
EstonianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *ala.
NounEdit
ala (genitive ala, partitive ala)
- area, territory, region
- Sellelt alalt on leitud palju rauda.
- A lot of iron has been found in this area.
- (in working life, in sciences) field
- Ainuke ala, mis mind huvitab, on ajalugu.
- The only field which interests me is history.
- (business) branch
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | ala | alad |
accusative | ala | alad |
genitive | ala | alade |
partitive | ala | alu alasid |
illative | alla alasse |
aladesse alusse |
inessive | alas | alades alus |
elative | alast | aladest alust |
allative | alale | aladele alule |
adessive | alal | aladel alul |
ablative | alalt | aladelt alult |
translative | alaks | aladeks aluks |
terminative | alani | aladeni |
essive | alana | aladena |
abessive | alata | aladeta |
comitative | alaga | aladega |
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse ala, from Proto-Germanic *alaną (“to nourish, grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *al- (“to grow”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
ala (third person singular past indicative ól, third person plural past indicative ólu, supine alið)
- (kvæði) to give birth to
- to foster
- to nourish
- to breed
ConjugationEdit
FinnishEdit
(index al)
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Finnic *ala, from Proto-Uralic *ëla.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ala
- area, field, domain (one's field of expertise or activity)
- (in working life, in sciences) field, discipline
- industry, sector, branch (business, studies, etc.)
- (mathematics) area
- Synonym: pinta-ala
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of ala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | ala | alat | |
genitive | alan | alojen | |
partitive | alaa | aloja | |
illative | alaan | aloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | ala | alat | |
accusative | nom. | ala | alat |
gen. | alan | ||
genitive | alan | alojen alainrare | |
partitive | alaa | aloja | |
inessive | alassa | aloissa | |
elative | alasta | aloista | |
illative | alaan | aloihin | |
adessive | alalla | aloilla | |
ablative | alalta | aloilta | |
allative | alalle | aloille | |
essive | alana | aloina | |
translative | alaksi | aloiksi | |
instructive | — | aloin | |
abessive | alatta | aloitta | |
comitative | — | aloineen |
Possessive forms of ala (type kala) | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | alani | alamme |
2nd person | alasi | alanne |
3rd person | alansa |
Derived termsEdit
- alahuuli
- alajako
- alajaos
- alajaosto
- alajaotus
- alajuoksu
- alakansakoulu
- alakansi
- alakenttä
- alakerta
- alakierre
- alakomitea
- alakoulu
- alakulminaatio
- alakulo
- alakuloisuus
- alakulttuuri
- alakunto
- alakuu
- alalaji
- alalause
- alalehti
- alaleuka
- alaluomi
- alamaa
- alamaailma
- alamasto
- alamitta
- alamuoto
- alamäki
- alamärssypurje
- alanurkka
- alanvaihto
- alanvalinta
- alaosa
- alaosasto
- alaote
- alaotsake
- alaotsikko
- alapaula
- alaperä
- alapesu
- alapinta
- alaportti
- alapuoli
- alapuolisko
- alapää
- alaraaja
- alaraja
- alareuna
- alaruumis
- alaryhmä
- alasaksa
- alasiipi
- alasuku
- alasuunta
- alasuurennos
- alasävel
- alataso
- alatiili
- alatoimikunta
- alatyyli
- alaurakka
- alavalssi
- alavatsa
- alavesi
- alaviite
- alaviitta
- alavirta
- alavokaali
- alayhdistys
- alayhtiö
- alaääni
- alue
- ammattiala
- ampuma-ala
- elintarvikeala
- erikoisala
- etuala
- hakkuuala
- hallinnonala
- huoneala
- huoneistoala
- ilmanala
- iskuala
- kasvuala
- kerrosala
- koeala
- koulutusala
- kriisiala
- kuljetusala
- kuva-ala
- kylvöala
- käsiala
- käyttöala
- lattia-ala
- lehtiala
- liikeala
- liikkuma-ala
- maa-ala
- maatalousala
- matalapalkka-ala
- matkailuala
- merenkulkuala
- metalliala
- metsäala
- mieliala
- muotiala
- näköala
- oikeudenala
- oikeusala
- opetusala
- opinala
- painoala
- painopisteala
- palveluala
- pankkiala
- peittoala
- peliala
- peltoala
- pienpalkka-ala
- pinta-ala
- pohja-ala
- purjeala
- rakennusala
- ravintola-ala
- ravitsemisala
- sosiaaliala
- sovellusala
- soveltamisala
- sydänala
- sähköala
- sävelala
- taiteenala
- taka-ala
- talousala
- teatteriala
- tekstiiliala
- teollisuudenala
- terveydenhoitoala
- terveydenhuoltoala
- terveysala
- tiedonala
- tieteenala
- toimiala
- tuotannonala
- tuotantoala
- turkisala
- tynnyrinala
- työala
- uudistusala
- vaatetusala
- vakuutusala
- viljelyala
- viljelysala
- ääniala
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
ala
- Indicative present connegative form of alkaa.
- Second-person singular imperative present form of alkaa.
- Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of alkaa.
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin āla. Compare the inherited á.
NounEdit
ala f (plural alas)
Further readingEdit
- “ala” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
HawaiianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Polynesian *hala, from Proto-Oceanic *jalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ala
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “ala” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986
HoyahoyaEdit
NounEdit
ala
ReferencesEdit
- Philip Carr, Hoyahoya organised phonology data (2006)
IcelandicEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse ala, from Proto-Germanic *alaną (“to nourish, grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *al- (“to grow”).
VerbEdit
ala (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative ól, third-person plural past indicative ólu, supine alið)
- (with accusative) to bear, give birth to
- (with accusative) to foster
- (with accusative) to feed, nourish
ConjugationEdit
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að ala | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
supine (sagnbót) |
alið | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
alandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég el | við ölum | present (nútíð) |
ég ali | við ölum |
þú elur | þið alið | þú alir | þið alið | ||
hann, hún, það elur | þeir, þær, þau ala | hann, hún, það ali | þeir, þær, þau ali | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég ól | við ólum | past (þátíð) |
ég æli | við ælum |
þú ólst | þið óluð | þú ælir | þið æluð | ||
hann, hún, það ól | þeir, þær, þau ólu | hann, hún, það æli | þeir, þær, þau ælu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
al (þú) | alið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
aldu | aliði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að alast | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
supine (sagnbót) |
alist | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
alandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég elst | við ölumst | present (nútíð) |
ég alist | við ölumst |
þú elst | þið alist | þú alist | þið alist | ||
hann, hún, það elst | þeir, þær, þau alast | hann, hún, það alist | þeir, þær, þau alist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég ólst | við ólumst | past (þátíð) |
ég ælist | við ælumst |
þú ólst | þið ólust | þú ælist | þið ælust | ||
hann, hún, það ólst | þeir, þær, þau ólust | hann, hún, það ælist | þeir, þær, þau ælust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
alst (þú) | alist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
alstu | alisti * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
alinn | alin | alið | aldir | aldar | alin | |
accusative (þolfall) |
alinn | alda | alið | alda | aldar | alin | |
dative (þágufall) |
öldum | alinni | öldu | öldum | öldum | öldum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
alins | alinnar | alins | alinna | alinna | alinna | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
aldi | alda | alda | öldu | öldu | öldu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
alda | öldu | alda | öldu | öldu | öldu | |
dative (þágufall) |
alda | öldu | alda | öldu | öldu | öldu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
alda | öldu | alda | öldu | öldu | öldu |
Derived termsEdit
- ala aldur sinn (“to live one's life”)
- ala á (“to harp on”)
- ala önn fyrir (“to take care of somebody”)
- alast
- ala upp
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
ala
IndonesianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
a la
- (colloquial) a la, in the style or manner of.
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
a la
NounEdit
a la
- unproductive land with the owner or descendants still have the main rights in that land.
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
a la
Further readingEdit
- “ala” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Irish athlad
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ala
- Only used in phrases; see Derived terms below
Derived termsEdit
- ar ala na huaire (“on the spur of the moment; within a second”)
- gach ala (“every now and then”)
Further readingEdit
- "ala" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
ala f (plural ali, poetic plural ale)
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
ala
JaraiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hulaR, from Proto-Austronesian *SulaR
NounEdit
ala (classifier drơi)
LadinEdit
EtymologyEdit
ContractionEdit
ala
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
For earlier *axla, from axis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
āla f (genitive ālae); first declension
- A wing.
- (anatomy) The upper and under part of the arm, where it unites with the shoulder; the armpit.
- (zoology) The hollow where the foreleg is joined to the shoulder; the shoulder blade.
- (botany) The hollow where a limb joins the trunk of a tree.
- (architecture) The wings off the main room, the side apartments on the right and left of the court, the side halls or porches, waiting areas, the collonades.
- (military) The wing of an army, cavalry force (usually deployed on an army's flank).
InflectionEdit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | āla | ālae |
Genitive | ālae | ālārum |
Dative | ālae | ālīs |
Accusative | ālam | ālās |
Ablative | ālā | ālīs |
Vocative | āla | ālae |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
NounEdit
ālā f
ReferencesEdit
- ala in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ala in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ala in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- ala in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ala in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
LatvianEdit
EtymologyEdit
The usual theory considers ala to be borrowed from Middle Low German hol (“depth, hole, cave”), or maybe from the same form in Middle Dutch or German Low German (East Frisian); cf. German Höhle (“cave”).
A different view suggests that ala could also reflex of an old Proto-Indo-European stem *h₁el-, *ol-, *al- (“to flow, to drain”) with various Baltic reflexes: dialectal alots, alogs, standard avots (“(water) source”), alksna, aluksna (“miry, swampy place”) (cf. place names like Alūksne, Alūkstes), Lithuanian alė́ti (“to flow, to drip”). The original meaning of ala would thus have been “(water) source”, from which “place (e.g., cave, rift, pit) from which water springs” and finally simply “cave,” possibly under the influence of the aforementioned Germanic words.[1]
PronunciationEdit
(file) |
NounEdit
ala f (4th declension)
- cave (space or cavity formed underground, especially between rocks, or in the face of a cliff or hillside)
- klinšu alas ― rock caves
- pazemes ala ― subterranean cave
- alu labirinti ― cave labyrinths
- alu cilvēks ― caveman
- alu zīmējumi ― cave drawings, paintings
- Abhāzijā atrodas ala, kuras labirinti ir vairāk nekā trīs kilometrus gari ― in Abkhazia there is a cave with labyrinths longer than three kilometers
- burrow, hole, lair, den (the dwelling of some animals, in the form of a cavity with one or many exits)
- peles, lapsas alas ― mice, fox holes
- āpšu, trušu alas ― badger, rabbit holes, burrows
- rakt alu ― to dig a hole, burrow
- nekā sevišķa tur neredzēja, izņemot nelielu caurumu zemē... likās tā kā kurmja ala ― there was nothing special to see there, except a small whole on the ground... it seemed to be a molehill (lit. hole)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) , “ala”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
MalagasyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *halas, from Proto-Austronesian *Salas. Cognate with Balinese ᬳᬮᬲ᭄ (alas), Javanese ꦲꦭꦱ꧀ (alas).
NounEdit
ala
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Austronesian *alaq (“fetch; get; take”)
AdverbEdit
ala
MalayEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ə
PrepositionEdit
ala (Jawi spelling الا or على)
ReferencesEdit
- "ala" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
- “ala” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
MirandeseEdit
NounEdit
ala f (plural alas)
North WahgiEdit
NounEdit
ala
ReferencesEdit
- Heather and Don Mc Lean, North Wahgi (Yu We) Organised Phonology Data (2005), p. 2
Northern KurdishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ala f
- flag (piece of cloth)
Northern NdebeleEdit
VerbEdit
-ála
- to refuse
InflectionEdit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Northern SamiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Samic *ëlëk.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
ala
Derived termsEdit
- alcces-, alcce-, allas- (locative stems of ieš (“self”))
PostpositionEdit
ala
Further readingEdit
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[6], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse ala, from Proto-Germanic *alaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi.
Alternative formsEdit
- ale (e infinitive)
VerbEdit
ala (present tense aler or el, past tense alte or ol, past participle alt or ale, present participle alande, imperative al)
- to foster
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the main entry.
NounEdit
ala
ReferencesEdit
- “ala” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
OccitanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ala f (plural alas)
Old High GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *ēlō. Cognates include Old English æl and Old Norse alr.
NounEdit
āla f
DescendantsEdit
- German: Ahle
Old NorseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Germanic *alaną (“to nourish, grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi, from *h₂el- (“to raise, feed, nourish”). Cognate with Old English alan and Latin alō.
VerbEdit
ala (singular present indicative elr, singular past indicative ól, plural past indicative ólu, past participle alinn)
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | ala | |
---|---|---|
present participle | alandi | |
past participle | alinn | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | el | ól |
2nd-person singular | elr | ólt |
3rd-person singular | elr | ól |
1st-person plural | ǫlum | ólum |
2nd-person plural | alið | óluð |
3rd-person plural | ala | ólu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | ala | œla |
2nd-person singular | alir | œlir |
3rd-person singular | ali | œli |
1st-person plural | alim | œlim |
2nd-person plural | alið | œlið |
3rd-person plural | ali | œli |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | al | |
1st-person plural | ǫlum | |
2nd-person plural | alið |
infinitive | alask | |
---|---|---|
present participle | alandisk | |
past participle | alizk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | ǫlumk | ólumk |
2nd-person singular | elsk | ólzk |
3rd-person singular | elsk | ólsk |
1st-person plural | ǫlumsk | ólumsk |
2nd-person plural | alizk | óluzk |
3rd-person plural | alask | ólusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | ǫlumk | œlumk |
2nd-person singular | alisk | œlisk |
3rd-person singular | alisk | œlisk |
1st-person plural | alimsk | œlimsk |
2nd-person plural | alizk | œlizk |
3rd-person plural | alisk | œlisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | alsk | |
1st-person plural | ǫlumsk | |
2nd-person plural | alizk |
DescendantsEdit
- Icelandic: ala
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ala
- Norwegian Bokmål: ale
- Old Swedish: ala
- Old Danish: alæ
- Westrobothnian: äl, ala
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the main entry.
NounEdit
ala
ReferencesEdit
- ala in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
ala f (plural alas)
- wing (limb)
- c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 67v. a.
- la ṕmera ſemeiaua leon e auie alas de aguila ueye q́ meſauan ſus alas e cayen atierra e ſobre ſos piedes como oḿe se leuátaua
- The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I saw its wings torn off and fall to the ground so that it stood on its feet like a man.
- la ṕmera ſemeiaua leon e auie alas de aguila ueye q́ meſauan ſus alas e cayen atierra e ſobre ſos piedes como oḿe se leuátaua
- c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 67v. a.
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
A contraction of a (“to, toward, in, at”) + la (“the”); the feminine singular definite article.
ContractionEdit
ala (plural alas)
- (followed by a singular feminine noun) to the, toward the
- c1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2v. b.
- Loth ouo miedo de ſeer en segor esubio alas mótánas có sus. ij. fijas. estido é una cueua có sus. ij. fijas. edixo la maior ala menor. nŕo padre es uyeio eno nos podremos caſar. com es derecho.
- Loth was afriad to stay in Zoar, so he moved to the mountains with his two daughters. There he lived in a cave with his two daughters; then older [daughter] said to the younger: "Our father is old, and [here] we cannot marry as is the custom."
- Loth ouo miedo de ſeer en segor esubio alas mótánas có sus. ij. fijas. estido é una cueua có sus. ij. fijas. edixo la maior ala menor. nŕo padre es uyeio eno nos podremos caſar. com es derecho.
- c1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2v. b.
- (followed by a singular feminine noun) in the, at the
- c1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2v. a.
- eſtos angeles có q́ fablo abraã. vinieron a ſodoma e loth ſedia ala puerta de la cibdat. e violos & leuátos cótra ellõ.
- These angels to whom Abraham spoke came to Sodom, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. And he saw them and got up to meet them.
- eſtos angeles có q́ fablo abraã. vinieron a ſodoma e loth ſedia ala puerta de la cibdat. e violos & leuátos cótra ellõ.
- c1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2v. a.
Related termsEdit
PapiamentuEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- hala (alternative spelling)
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese ala and Spanish ala.
NounEdit
ala
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin āla. Compare the inherited doublet á.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ala f (plural alas)
- (architecture) wing (part of a building that extends from the main structure)
- (chiefly politics) faction (ideologically distinct group within an organisation)
- a row among a larger group of people or things
- a subdivision of a carnival block consisting of similarly themed participants
- (military) a flank unit
- (military) a rank or file of soldiers
- (chess) each player’s half of the chessboard
- (sports) wing (position on either side of the field)
NounEdit
ala m, f (plural alas)
Related termsEdit
PukapukanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Polynesian *hala, from Proto-Oceanic *jalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.
NounEdit
ala
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
RadeEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Chamic *ʔular, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hulaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *Sulaʀ.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ala
RomanschEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- ela (Puter)
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
ala f (plural alas)
Serbo-CroatianEdit
AdverbEdit
àla (Cyrillic spelling а̀ла)
- (used for emphasis, or as an intensifier) expression of awe, surprise, dismay, etc.
- Ala je bilo lijepo!
- It sure was nice!
- Ala lažeš!
- Oh, you're lying!
NounEdit
ala f (Cyrillic spelling ала)
Related termsEdit
Southern NdebeleEdit
VerbEdit
-ála
- to refuse
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Spanish ala (compare Ladino ala), from Latin āla.
NounEdit
ala f (plural alas)
- wing (of bird)
- wing (of aircraft)
- brim (of hat)
- (military) flank (of a formation)
- (sports) wing (part of the field)
- (sports) winger
Usage notesEdit
- The feminine noun ala is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:
- However, if an adjective, even one that begins with a stressed a sound such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
InterjectionEdit
ala
- Alternative spelling of hala
Further readingEdit
- “ala” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Sranan TongoEdit
PronounEdit
ala
SwahiliEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Arabic آلَة (ʾāla, “instrument, tool”).
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
NounEdit
ala (n class, plural ala)
- tool, instrument
- Synonym: kifaa
- sheath, scabbard
SwaziEdit
VerbEdit
-ála
- to refuse
InflectionEdit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
TurkishEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
ala (comparative daha ala, superlative en ala)
- multicolored, pied, variegated
- Clipping of alabalık (“trout”).
VepsEdit
EtymologyEdit
VerbEdit
ala
WestrobothnianEdit
NounEdit
ala m
Usage notesEdit
If instead an iron hasp is used, it is called al-ösp f.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Ala”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 6
XhosaEdit
VerbEdit
-âla
- to refuse
InflectionEdit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
YámanaEdit
VerbEdit
ala
ZuluEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
VerbEdit
-âla
InflectionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- -alela (applicative)
- -alisa (causative)
- -alayala (diminutive)
- -alisisa (intensive)
- -aleka (neuter-passive)
- -aliwa (passive)
- -alana (reciprocal)
ReferencesEdit
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “ala”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ala”