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alla

See also: Appendix:Variations of "alla"

Bavarian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German allein.

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Adjective

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alla (predicative)

  1. (Austria, Vienna) alone

Choctaw

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Alternative forms

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  • vlla (traditional)
  • ạlla (Byington/Swanton, obsolete linguistic)
  • alla' (Modified traditional, glottal)

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Noun

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alla

  1. child
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Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɑˈlaː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: al‧la
  • Rhymes: -aː

Interjection

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alla

  1. so be it, go ahead
  2. granted, I'll admit

Estonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Finnic *alla (compare Finnish alla), from older *alna < *ala-na, an archaic locative formed with Proto-Uralic *-na (whence the essive suffix -na) from ala-.

Adverb

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alla (not comparable)

  1. down, to below
    Ma kukkusin alla.
    I fell down.

Postposition

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alla

  1. down, to below, to under (+ genitive)
    Mine laua alla!
    Go under the table!

Preposition

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alla

  1. below (+ genitive)
    See on kasvult alla keskmise.
    It is below average growth.

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *alla (compare Estonian all), from older *alna < *ala-na, an archaic locative formed with Proto-Uralic *-na (whence the essive suffix -na) from ala-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑlːɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): al‧la

Adverb

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alla

  1. beneath, underneath, below

Postposition

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alla [with genitive and／or possessive form]

  1. (static) under, underneath, below, beneath
    Synonym: alapuolella
    Antonyms: päällä, yllä, yläpuolella
    Pallo on pöydän alla.
    The ball is under the table.
  2. (temporal) just before, only a short time before
    Vaalien alla on esiintynyt uusia syytöksiä.
    Just before the elections new accusations have arisen.

Declension

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Declension of ala-
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative ala- –superessive alhaalla –
genitive – –delative alhaalta –
partitive – –sublative alhaalle –
accusative – –lative alas –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive alla –distributive – –
ablative alta –temp. dist. – –
allative alle –prolative ali
alitse		 –
essive – –situative allekkain
(alakkain)		 –
translative – –oppositive alatusten –
abessive – –
instructive – –
comitative – –
Personal/possessive forms of alla
no possessor alla
possessor singular plural
1st person allani allamme
2nd person allasi allanne
3rd person allaan
allansa

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compounds
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Further reading

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French

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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alla

  1. third-person singular past historic of aller

Gothic

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Romanization

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alla

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰

Greenlandic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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alla (plural allat)

  1. other, another
    • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
      Filmiliarlu taanna nunani allani TV-eqarfinnut soqutinnittunut[sic – meaning soqutiginnittunut] tun iniarneqartussaavoq[sic – meaning tuniniarneqartussaavoq].
      The finished film will be offered to interested broadcasting companies in other countries.
    • 1998 September 1, “Aatsaat qaamasunik amilinnik takusut”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
      Soorunami siornatigut aviisitigut allatigullu qaamasunik amillit qanoq isikkoqarnersut ilisimareeraluarlugit sunaaffa aatsaat iluamik inuttarsisut.
      While they had, of course, already seen people with light skin in news papers and other things, it turned out that they had not met any in the flesh.

Declension

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Declension of alla
singular plural
absolutive alla allat
ergative allap allat
allative allamut allanut
ablative allamit allanit
prosecutive allakkut allatigut
locative allami allani
instrumental allamik allanik
equative allatut allatut

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Icelandic

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Pronoun

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alla

  1. feminine accusative singular of allur
  2. masculine accusative plural of allur

Inupiaq

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Particle

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alla (dual allak, plural allat)

  1. another one, different one
    Alla taamna.
    That one is another one.

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Irish

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Etymology 1

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Possibly from Old Irish allguth m (“great noise, shout”), from guth m (“voice, sound”).

Noun

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alla m (genitive singular alla)

  1. shout
Declension
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Declension of alla

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative alla
Vocative a alla
Genitive alla
Dative alla

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an t-alla
Genitive an alla
Dative leis an alla

don alla

Alternative forms
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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alla

  1. Alternative form of allta (“wild”)
Derived terms
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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
alla n-alla halla t-alla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈal.la/
  • Rhymes: -alla
  • Hyphenation: àl‧la

Contraction

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alla

  1. Contraction of a la.; to the, at the

Preposition

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alla

  1. -style, à la
    cotoletta alla milanese ― Milan-style veal cutlet
    cotoletta alla bolognese ― Bologna-style veal cutlet
    cotoletta alla valdostana ― Aosta Valley-style veal cutlet

Laz

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Noun

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alla

  1. God

Lule Sami

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Adjective

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alla

  1. attributive of allak

Maltese

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Etymology

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From the proper noun Alla (“God”), from Arabic الله (allāh). The Arabic is not used as a common noun, for which related إلٰه (ʔilāh).

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Noun

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alla f (plural allat)

  1. a god

Interjection

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alla

  1. Oh God! (expressing shock, frustration, or anger)
    Synonyms: ħaqq, ostja, madonna, f’għoxx
    Tini il-mobajl, alla! ― Give me the phone, for heaven's sake!
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Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈalla/

Adjective

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alla

  1. attributive form of allat

Nyunga

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Preposition

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alla

  1. Alternative spelling of alle

Old Dutch

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Adjective

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alla

  1. nominative plural of al

Old Norse

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Adjective

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alla

  1. inflection of allr:
    1. strong feminine accusative singular
    2. strong masculine accusative plural
    3. weak masculine oblique singular
    4. weak feminine nominative singular
    5. weak neuter singular

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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alla

  1. everyone
    Alla fick en kopp kaffe.
    Everyone got a cup of coffee

Determiner

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alla

  1. plural of all
    Har du plockat upp alla leksakerna från golvet?
    Have you picked up all the toys from the floor?

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Turkish

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Etymology

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al +‎ la (from al and ile)

Adverb

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alla

  1. with the red

Votic

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Etymology

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From the illative singular of Proto-Finnic *ala. Cognate with Ingrian allaa.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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alla

  1. down, downwards

Postposition

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alla (genitive + ~)

  1. (lative) (to) under

Preposition

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alla (~ + genitive)

  1. (lative) (to) under

References

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  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “alaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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alla

  1. Soft mutation of galla.

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
galla alla ngalla unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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