Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -aʎɐ
  • Hyphenation: fa‧lha

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from French faille, from Vulgar Latin *fallia.[1][2]

Noun edit

falha f (plural falhas)

  1. a flaw
  2. (geology) a fault

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

falha

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

References edit

Thao edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Austronesian *baʀah (ember; glowing coal).

Noun edit

falha

  1. charcoal
    sa falha ya muqtha putuan apuy, muqtha thithu mimbarumbun shunara.
    If the black charcoal is put into the fire again, it will burn fiercely again.