ala

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ala"

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

 
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Originated 1730–40, borrowed from Latin āla (“wing”). Doublet of aisle.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ala (plural alae or alæ)

  1. (anatomy) A wing or winglike anatomic process or part, especially of bone.
  2. (botany) The flattened border of some stems, fruits, and seeds, or one of the two side petals of certain flowers in the pea family.
  3. (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

  1. (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,” […]
    • 2011 March 11, Aaron Blake; Chris Cillizza, “Palin: The GOP's Pelosi?”, in The Fix‎[3]:
      […] we might be getting to the point where Palin is a bona fide liability—ala Pelosi—for the GOP.
    • 2011 April 11, Charles Gasparino, “Duncan Niederauer Calling the Shots for NYSE Is Bad News for Shareholders”, in HuffPost‎[4]:
      […] the NYSE didn't implode ala Merrill […]

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

AfarEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ála m

  1. animal

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

alá f (masculine rakúb) (plural aloolí m)

  1. female camel

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

From Latin āla (“wing”).

NounEdit

ala f (plural ales)

  1. wing
  2. fin
    Synonym: aleta

AzerbaijaniEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Turkic *āla.[1]

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɑˈɫɑ/
  • Audio (Baku)
    		(file)

AdjectiveEdit

ala (comparative daha ala, superlative ən ala)

  1. variegated
  2. (poetic) blue (of eyes)
    ala gözlər ― blue eyes

Derived termsEdit

NounEdit

ala (definite accusative alanı, plural alalar)

  1. vitiligo (the patchy loss of skin pigmentation.)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ala
singular plural
nominative ala
 alalar
definite accusative alanı
 alaları
dative alaya
 alalara
locative alada
 alalarda
ablative aladan
 alalardan
definite genitive alanın
 alaların
Possessive forms of ala
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) alam alalarım
sənin (“your”) alan alaların
onun (“his/her/its”) alası alaları
bizim (“our”) alamız alalarımız
sizin (“your”) alanız alalarınız
onların (“their”) alası or alaları alaları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) alamı alalarımı
sənin (“your”) alanı alalarını
onun (“his/her/its”) alasını alalarını
bizim (“our”) alamızı alalarımızı
sizin (“your”) alanızı alalarınızı
onların (“their”) alasını or alalarını alalarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) alama alalarıma
sənin (“your”) alana alalarına
onun (“his/her/its”) alasına alalarına
bizim (“our”) alamıza alalarımıza
sizin (“your”) alanıza alalarınıza
onların (“their”) alasına or alalarına alalarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) alamda alalarımda
sənin (“your”) alanda alalarında
onun (“his/her/its”) alasında alalarında
bizim (“our”) alamızda alalarımızda
sizin (“your”) alanızda alalarınızda
onların (“their”) alasında or alalarında alalarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) alamdan alalarımdan
sənin (“your”) alandan alalarından
onun (“his/her/its”) alasından alalarından
bizim (“our”) alamızdan alalarımızdan
sizin (“your”) alanızdan alalarınızdan
onların (“their”) alasından or alalarından alalarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) alamın alalarımın
sənin (“your”) alanın alalarının
onun (“his/her/its”) alasının alalarının
bizim (“our”) alamızın alalarımızın
sizin (“your”) alanızın alalarınızın
onların (“their”) alasının or alalarının alalarının

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ 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

  1. or (exclusive)

Related termsEdit

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Occitan, from Latin āla (“wing”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ala f (plural ales)

  1. wing (appendage that enables flight)

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

ChickasawEdit

VerbEdit

ala

  1. to be born
    Synonym: atta

EstonianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *ala.

NounEdit

ala (genitive ala, partitive ala)

  1. area, territory, region
    Sellelt alalt on leitud palju rauda.
    A lot of iron has been found in this area.
  2. (in working life, in sciences) field
    Ainuke ala, mis mind huvitab, on ajalugu.
    The only field which interests me is history.
  3. (business) branch

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of ala (ÕS type 17u/sõna, no gradation)
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)

  1. (kvæði) to give birth to
  2. to foster
  3. to nourish
  4. to breed

ConjugationEdit

   Conjugation of ala
v-58
infinitive ala
present participle alandi
past participle a26 alin
supine alið
number singular plural
person first second third all
indicative eg tú hann/hon/tað vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present ali elur elur ala
past ól ól(st) ól ólu
imperative — tú — tit
present — al! — alið!

FinnishEdit

(index al)

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Finnic *ala, from Proto-Uralic *ëla.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑlɑ/, [ˈɑlɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
  • Syllabification: a‧la

NounEdit

ala

  1. area, field, domain (one's field of expertise or activity)
  2. (in working life, in sciences) field, discipline
  3. industry, sector, branch (business, studies, etc.)
  4. (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

compounds

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑlɑˣ/, [ˈɑlɑ(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
  • Syllabification: a‧la

VerbEdit

ala

  1. Indicative present connegative form of alkaa.
  2. Second-person singular imperative present form of alkaa.
  3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of alkaa.

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin āla. Compare the inherited á.

NounEdit

ala f (plural alas)

  1. wing
    Synonym: á

Further readingEdit

HawaiianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *hala, from Proto-Oceanic *jalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ala

  1. way, path, road

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “ala” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

HoyahoyaEdit

NounEdit

ala

  1. grandfather

ReferencesEdit

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)

  1. (with accusative) to bear, give birth to
  2. (with accusative) to foster
  3. (with accusative) to feed, nourish
ConjugationEdit
ala — active voice (germynd)
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.
alast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
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.
alinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
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

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

ala

  1. indefinite genitive plural of alur

IndonesianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From French à la.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈala]
  • Hyphenation: ala

PrepositionEdit

a la

  1. (colloquial) a la, in the style or manner of.

Etymology 2Edit

From Arabic عَلَى‎ (ʿalā).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈala]
  • Hyphenation: ala

PrepositionEdit

a la

  1. on, over.
    Synonyms: atas, pada, kepada, akan

NounEdit

a la

  1. unproductive land with the owner or descendants still have the main rights in that land.

Etymology 3Edit

From Arabic أَعْلَى‎ (ʾaʿlā).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈala]
  • Hyphenation: ala

AdjectiveEdit

a la

  1. high.
    Synonym: tinggi

Further readingEdit

IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Irish athlad

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ala

  1. Only used in phrases; see Derived terms below

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin āla.

NounEdit

ala f (plural ali, poetic plural ale)

  1. wing
    Synonym: alia (archaic, slang)
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

ala

  1. third-person singular present indicative of alare
  2. second-person singular imperative of alare

JaraiEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hulaR, from Proto-Austronesian *SulaR

NounEdit

ala (classifier drơi)

  1. snake

LadinEdit

EtymologyEdit

a +‎ la

ContractionEdit

ala

  1. at or to the (+ feminine singular noun)

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

For earlier *axla, from axis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

āla f (genitive ālae); first declension

  1. A wing.
  2. (anatomy) The upper and under part of the arm, where it unites with the shoulder; the armpit.
  3. (zoology) The hollow where the foreleg is joined to the shoulder; the shoulder blade.
  4. (botany) The hollow where a limb joins the trunk of a tree.
  5. (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.
  6. (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

Descendants of ala in other languages
  • Asturian: ala
  • Catalan: ala
  • Dalmatian: jal
  • → English: ala, ali-
  • Friulian: ale
  • → Galician: ala
  • Italian: ala
  • Ligurian: âa
  • Occitan: ala
  • Old French: aile
  • Old Portuguese: aa
    • Galician: á
    • Portuguese: á
  • → Portuguese: ala
  • Romansch: ala, ela
  • Sardinian: aba, ala, àua
  • Sicilian: ala
  • Spanish: ala
  • Venetian: ała

NounEdit

ālā f

  1. ablative singular of āla

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

 ala on Latvian Wikipedia
 
Ala (1)
 
Trušu ala (2)

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)

  1. 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
  2. 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

Declension of ala (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) ala alas
accusative (akuzatīvs) alu alas
genitive (ģenitīvs) alas alu
dative (datīvs) alai alām
instrumental (instrumentālis) alu alām
locative (lokatīvs) alā alās
vocative (vokatīvs) ala alas

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ 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

  1. forest

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Austronesian *alaq (“fetch; get; take”)

AdverbEdit

ala

  1. without; freed from; removed from

MalayEdit

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

ala (Jawi spelling الا‎ or على‎)

  1. like
  2. according to
  3. on

ReferencesEdit

MirandeseEdit

NounEdit

ala f (plural alas)

  1. wing
  2. (nautical) sail

North WahgiEdit

NounEdit

ala

  1. mistake

ReferencesEdit

Northern KurdishEdit

 
ala

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ala f

  1. flag (piece of cloth)

Northern NdebeleEdit

VerbEdit

-ála

  1. to refuse

InflectionEdit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Northern SamiEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Samic *ëlëk.

PronunciationEdit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈala/

AdverbEdit

ala

  1. over
  2. on, on top

Derived termsEdit

  • alcces-, alcce-, allas- (locative stems of ieš (“self”))

PostpositionEdit

ala

  1. over
  2. on, onto, on top of

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)

  1. to foster

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the main entry.

NounEdit

ala

  1. definite plural of al

ReferencesEdit

OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin āla.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ala f (plural alas)

  1. wing

Old High GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *ēlō. Cognates include Old English æl and Old Norse alr.

NounEdit

āla f

  1. awl

DescendantsEdit

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)

  1. to produce
  2. to testify
  3. to breed
  4. to nourish
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of ala — active (strong class 6)
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
Conjugation of ala — mediopassive (strong class 6)
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

  1. indefinite genitive plural of alr

ReferencesEdit

  • ala in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin āla.

NounEdit

ala f (plural alas)

  1. 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.
DescendantsEdit
  • Ladino: ala (Latin spelling)
  • Spanish: ala

Etymology 2Edit

A contraction of a (“to, toward, in, at”) + la (“the”); the feminine singular definite article.

ContractionEdit

ala (plural alas)

  1. (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."
  2. (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.
Related termsEdit

PapiamentuEdit

Alternative formsEdit

 
  • hala (alternative spelling)

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese ala and Spanish ala.

NounEdit

ala

  1. wing

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin āla. Compare the inherited doublet á.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ala f (plural alas)

  1. (architecture) wing (part of a building that extends from the main structure)
  2. (chiefly politics) faction (ideologically distinct group within an organisation)
  3. a row among a larger group of people or things
  4. a subdivision of a carnival block consisting of similarly themed participants
  5. (military) a flank unit
  6. (military) a rank or file of soldiers
  7. (chess) each player’s half of the chessboard
  8. (sports) wing (position on either side of the field)

NounEdit

ala m, f (plural alas)

  1. (sports) wing; winger (player in a wing position)
  2. (aviation) wingman (support pilot in a squadron)

Related termsEdit

PukapukanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *hala, from Proto-Oceanic *jalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.

NounEdit

ala

  1. path, way, lane, track

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

RadeEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Chamic *ʔular, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hulaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *Sulaʀ.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ala

  1. snake

RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin āla.

NounEdit

ala f (plural alas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) wing
  2. mouldboard

Serbo-CroatianEdit

AdverbEdit

àla (Cyrillic spelling а̀ла)

  1. (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)

  1. dragon
    Synonym: hala
  2. type of mythical creature similar to dragon

Related termsEdit

Southern NdebeleEdit

VerbEdit

-ála

  1. 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)

  1. wing (of bird)
  2. wing (of aircraft)
  3. brim (of hat)
  4. (military) flank (of a formation)
  5. (sports) wing (part of the field)
  6. (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:
el ala
  • 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

  1. Alternative spelling of hala

Further readingEdit

Sranan TongoEdit

PronounEdit

ala

  1. everything

SwahiliEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Arabic آلَة‎ (ʾāla, “instrument, tool”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ala (n class, plural ala)

  1. tool, instrument
    Synonym: kifaa
  2. sheath, scabbard

SwaziEdit

VerbEdit

-ála

  1. to refuse

InflectionEdit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

TurkishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɑˈɫɑ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧la

AdjectiveEdit

ala (comparative daha ala, superlative en ala)

  1. multicolored, pied, variegated
  2. Clipping of alabalık (“trout”).

VepsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to Finnish älä.

VerbEdit

ala

  1. second-person singular imperative of ei
  2. do not

WestrobothnianEdit

NounEdit

ala m

  1. Harness strap; the strap pulled through the shaft and wherein the harness peg is inserted.[1]

Usage notesEdit

If instead an iron hasp is used, it is called al-ösp f.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ 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

  1. to refuse

InflectionEdit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

YámanaEdit

VerbEdit

ala

  1. drink

ZuluEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

VerbEdit

-âla

  1. to deny, refuse, decline
  2. to forbid
  3. to reject
  4. to refuse give [+ na- (object)]
  5. to hate, detest

InflectionEdit

Tone HH
Infinitive ukwala
Positive Negative
Infinitive ukwala ukungali
Imperative
Simple + object concord
Singular yala -ale
Plural yalani -aleni
Present
Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
1st singular ngiyala, ngala engalayo, engala ngala angali engingali ngingali
2nd singular uyala, wala owalayo, owala wala awali ongali ungali
1st plural siyala, sala esalayo, esala sala asali esingali singali
2nd plural niyala, nala enalayo, enala nala anali eningali ningali
Class 1 uyala, wala owalayo, owala ala akali ongali engali
Class 2 bayala, bala abalayo, abala bala abali abangali bengali
Class 3 uyala, wala owalayo, owala wala awali ongali ungali
Class 4 iyala, yala eyalayo, eyala yala ayali engali ingali
Class 5 liyala, lala elalayo, elala lala alali elingali lingali
Class 6 ayala, ala alayo, ala ala awali angali engali
Class 7 siyala, sala esalayo, esala sala asali esingali singali
Class 8 ziyala, zala ezalayo, ezala zala azali ezingali zingali
Class 9 iyala, yala eyalayo, eyala yala ayali engali ingali
Class 10 ziyala, zala ezalayo, ezala zala azali ezingali zingali
Class 11 luyala, lwala olwalayo, olwala lwala alwali olungali lungali
Class 14 buyala, bala obalayo, obala bala abali obungali bungali
Class 15 kuyala, kwala okwalayo, okwala kwala akwali okungali kungali
Class 17 kuyala, kwala okwalayo, okwala kwala akwali okungali kungali
Recent past
Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
1st singular ngalile, ngalē engalile, engalē ngalile, ngalē angalanga engingalanga ngingalanga
2nd singular walile, walē owalile, owalē walile, walē awalanga ongalanga ungalanga
1st plural salile, salē esalile, esalē salile, salē asalanga esingalanga singalanga
2nd plural nalile, nalē enalile, enalē nalile, nalē analanga eningalanga ningalanga
Class 1 walile, walē owalile, owalē alile, alē akalanga ongalanga engalanga
Class 2 balile, balē abalile, abalē balile, balē abalanga abangalanga bengalanga
Class 3 walile, walē owalile, owalē walile, walē awalanga ongalanga ungalanga
Class 4 yalile, yalē eyalile, eyalē yalile, yalē ayalanga engalanga ingalanga
Class 5 lalile, lalē elalile, elalē lalile, lalē alalanga elingalanga lingalanga
Class 6 alile, alē alile, alē alile, alē awalanga angalanga engalanga
Class 7 salile, salē esalile, esalē salile, salē asalanga esingalanga singalanga
Class 8 zalile, zalē ezalile, ezalē zalile, zalē azalanga ezingalanga zingalanga
Class 9 yalile, yalē eyalile, eyalē yalile, yalē ayalanga engalanga ingalanga
Class 10 zalile, zalē ezalile, ezalē zalile, zalē azalanga ezingalanga zingalanga
Class 11 lwalile, lwalē olwalile, olwalē lwalile, lwalē alwalanga olungalanga lungalanga
Class 14 balile, balē obalile, obalē balile, balē abalanga obungalanga bungalanga
Class 15 kwalile, kwalē okwalile, okwalē kwalile, kwalē akwalanga okungalanga kungalanga
Class 17 kwalile, kwalē okwalile, okwalē kwalile, kwalē akwalanga okungalanga kungalanga
Remote past
Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
1st singular ngāla engāla ngāla angalanga engingalanga ngingalanga
2nd singular wāla owāla wāla awalanga ongalanga ungalanga
1st plural sāla esāla sāla asalanga esingalanga singalanga
2nd plural nāla enāla nāla analanga eningalanga ningalanga
Class 1 wāla owāla āla akalanga ongalanga engalanga
Class 2 bāla abāla bāla abalanga abangalanga bengalanga
Class 3 wāla owāla wāla awalanga ongalanga ungalanga
Class 4 yāla eyāla yāla ayalanga engalanga ingalanga
Class 5 lāla elāla lāla alalanga elingalanga lingalanga
Class 6 āla āla āla awalanga angalanga engalanga
Class 7 sāla esāla sāla asalanga esingalanga singalanga
Class 8 zāla ezāla zāla azalanga ezingalanga zingalanga
Class 9 yāla eyāla yāla ayalanga engalanga ingalanga
Class 10 zāla ezāla zāla azalanga ezingalanga zingalanga
Class 11 lwāla olwāla lwāla alwalanga olungalanga lungalanga
Class 14 bāla obāla bāla abalanga obungalanga bungalanga
Class 15 kwāla okwāla kwāla akwalanga okungalanga kungalanga
Class 17 kwāla okwāla kwāla akwalanga okungalanga kungalanga
Potential
Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
1st singular ngingala — ngingala ngingale — ngingale
2nd singular ungala — ungala ungale — ungale
1st plural singala — singala singale — singale
2nd plural ningala — ningala ningale — ningale
Class 1 angala — engala angale — engale
Class 2 bangala — bengala bangale — bengale
Class 3 ungala — ungala ungale — ungale
Class 4 ingala — ingala ingale — ingale
Class 5 lingala — lingala lingale — lingale
Class 6 angala — engala angale — engale
Class 7 singala — singala singale — singale
Class 8 zingala — zingala zingale — zingale
Class 9 ingala — ingala ingale — ingale
Class 10 zingala — zingala zingale — zingale
Class 11 lungala — lungala lungale — lungale
Class 14 bungala — bungala bungale — bungale
Class 15 kungala — kungala kungale — kungale
Class 17 kungala — kungala kungale — kungale
Immediate future
Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
1st singular ngizokwala engizokwala ngizokwala angizukwala engingezukwala ngingezukwala
2nd singular uzokwala ozokwala uzokwala awuzukwala ongezukwala ungezukwala
1st plural sizokwala esizokwala sizokwala asizukwala esingezukwala singezukwala
2nd plural nizokwala enizokwala nizokwala anizukwala eningezukwala ningezukwala
Class 1 uzokwala ozokwala ezokwala akazukwala ongezukwala engezukwala
Class 2 bazokwala abazokwala bezokwala abazukwala abangezukwala bengezukwala
Class 3 uzokwala ozokwala uzokwala awuzukwala ongezukwala ungezukwala
Class 4 izokwala ezokwala izokwala ayizukwala engezukwala ingezukwala
Class 5 lizokwala elizokwala lizokwala alizukwala elingezukwala lingezukwala
Class 6 azokwala azokwala ezokwala awazukwala angezukwala engezukwala
Class 7 sizokwala esizokwala sizokwala asizukwala esingezukwala singezukwala
Class 8 zizokwala ezizokwala zizokwala azizukwala ezingezukwala zingezukwala
Class 9 izokwala ezokwala izokwala ayizukwala engezukwala ingezukwala
Class 10 zizokwala ezizokwala zizokwala azizukwala ezingezukwala zingezukwala
Class 11 luzokwala oluzokwala luzokwala aluzukwala olungezukwala lungezukwala
Class 14 buzokwala obuzokwala buzokwala abuzukwala obungezukwala bungezukwala
Class 15 kuzokwala okuzokwala kuzokwala akuzukwala okungezukwala kungezukwala
Class 17 kuzokwala okuzokwala kuzokwala akuzukwala okungezukwala kungezukwala
Remote future
Positive absolute Positive relative Positive participial Negative absolute Negative relative Negative participial
1st singular ngiyokwala engiyokwala ngiyokwala angiyukwala engingeyukwala ngingeyukwala
2nd singular uyokwala oyokwala uyokwala awuyukwala ongeyukwala ungeyukwala
1st plural siyokwala esiyokwala siyokwala asiyukwala esingeyukwala singeyukwala
2nd plural niyokwala eniyokwala niyokwala aniyukwala eningeyukwala ningeyukwala
Class 1 uyokwala oyokwala eyokwala akayukwala ongeyukwala engeyukwala
Class 2 bayokwala abayokwala beyokwala abayukwala abangeyukwala bengeyukwala
Class 3 uyokwala oyokwala uyokwala awuyukwala ongeyukwala ungeyukwala
Class 4 iyokwala eyokwala iyokwala ayiyukwala engeyukwala ingeyukwala
Class 5 liyokwala eliyokwala liyokwala aliyukwala elingeyukwala lingeyukwala
Class 6 ayokwala ayokwala eyokwala awayukwala angeyukwala engeyukwala
Class 7 siyokwala esiyokwala siyokwala asiyukwala esingeyukwala singeyukwala
Class 8 ziyokwala eziyokwala ziyokwala aziyukwala ezingeyukwala zingeyukwala
Class 9 iyokwala eyokwala iyokwala ayiyukwala engeyukwala ingeyukwala
Class 10 ziyokwala eziyokwala ziyokwala aziyukwala ezingeyukwala zingeyukwala
Class 11 luyokwala oluyokwala luyokwala aluyukwala olungeyukwala lungeyukwala
Class 14 buyokwala obuyokwala buyokwala abuyukwala obungeyukwala bungeyukwala
Class 15 kuyokwala okuyokwala kuyokwala akuyukwala okungeyukwala kungeyukwala
Class 17 kuyokwala okuyokwala kuyokwala akuyukwala okungeyukwala kungeyukwala
Present subjunctive
Positive Negative
1st singular ngale ngingali
2nd singular wale ungali
1st plural sale singali
2nd plural nale ningali
Class 1 ale angali
Class 2 bale bangali
Class 3 wale ungali
Class 4 yale ingali
Class 5 lale lingali
Class 6 ale angali
Class 7 sale singali
Class 8 zale zingali
Class 9 yale ingali
Class 10 zale zingali
Class 11 lwale lungali
Class 14 bale bungali
Class 15 kwale kungali
Class 17 kwale kungali
Past subjunctive
Positive Negative
1st singular ngala ngangala, angala, angangala
2nd singular wala wangala, awala, awangala
1st plural sala sangala, asala, asangala
2nd plural nala nangala, anala, anangala
Class 1 wala wangala, akala, akangala
Class 2 bala bangala, abala, abangala
Class 3 wala wangala, awala, awangala
Class 4 yala yangala, ayala, ayangala
Class 5 lala langala, alala, alangala
Class 6 ala angala, awala, awangala
Class 7 sala sangala, asala, asangala
Class 8 zala zangala, azala, azangala
Class 9 yala yangala, ayala, ayangala
Class 10 zala zangala, azala, azangala
Class 11 lwala lwangala, alwala, alwangala
Class 14 bala bangala, abala, abangala
Class 15 kwala kwangala, akwala, akwangala
Class 17 kwala kwangala, akwala, akwangala

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

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