tala

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tala"

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːlə

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Samoan tālā, in turn from English dollar.

Noun

tala (plural talas)

1. The currency of Samoa, divided into 100 sene.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit ताल (tālá).

Noun

tala (plural talas)

1. (music) A rhythmic pattern in Indian music.

See also

• laya

Anagrams

• Alt-A, Alta, Alta., Lata, alta, lata

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Of Mongolic origin. Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *tala, *tal-b- (“steppe, open place”), whence also Modern Mongolian тала (tala).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɑˈɫɑ]
• Hyphenation: ta‧la

• Audio

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Noun

tala (definite accusative talanı, plural talalar)

1. open place in a forest, meadow, glade

Declension

Declension of tala
	singular	plural
nominative	tala	talalar
definite accusative	talanı	talaları
dative	talaya	talalara
locative	talada	talalarda
ablative	taladan	talalardan
definite genitive	talanın	talaların

Possessive forms of tala
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	talam	talalarım
sənin (“your”)	talan	talaların
onun (“his/her/its”)	talası	talaları
bizim (“our”)	talamız	talalarımız
sizin (“your”)	talanız	talalarınız
onların (“their”)	talası or talaları	talaları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	talamı	talalarımı
sənin (“your”)	talanı	talalarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	talasını	talalarını
bizim (“our”)	talamızı	talalarımızı
sizin (“your”)	talanızı	talalarınızı
onların (“their”)	talasını or talalarını	talalarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	talama	talalarıma
sənin (“your”)	talana	talalarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	talasına	talalarına
bizim (“our”)	talamıza	talalarımıza
sizin (“your”)	talanıza	talalarınıza
onların (“their”)	talasına or talalarına	talalarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	talamda	talalarımda
sənin (“your”)	talanda	talalarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	talasında	talalarında
bizim (“our”)	talamızda	talalarımızda
sizin (“your”)	talanızda	talalarınızda
onların (“their”)	talasında or talalarında	talalarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	talamdan	talalarımdan
sənin (“your”)	talandan	talalarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	talasından	talalarından
bizim (“our”)	talamızdan	talalarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	talanızdan	talalarınızdan
onların (“their”)	talasından or talalarından	talalarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	talamın	talalarımın
sənin (“your”)	talanın	talalarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	talasının	talalarının
bizim (“our”)	talamızın	talalarımızın
sizin (“your”)	talanızın	talalarınızın
onların (“their”)	talasının or talalarının	talalarının

Descendants

• → Armenian: թալա (tʿala)

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧la
• IPA^(key): /taˈlaʔ/

Noun

talâ

1. trace (of a line)

   Synonym: gira

Derived terms

• magtala
• talaan
• talaon

 

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from talar.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈta.lə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈta.la/

Noun

tala f (plural tales)

1. felling, woodcutting
2. destruction

Verb

tala

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

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰɛaːla/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːla
• Homophone: talað

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talō (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”).

Noun

tala f (genitive singular talu, plural talur)

1. talk, conversation

Declension

Declension of tala
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tala	talan	talur	talurnar
accusative	talu	taluna	talur	talurnar
dative	talu	taluni	talum	talunum
genitive	talu	talunnar	tala	talanna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talōną.

Verb

tala (third person singular past indicative talaði, third person plural past indicative talað, supine talað)

1. to speak

Conjugation

Conjugation of tala (group v-30)
infinitive	tala
supine	talað
participle (a6)1	talandi	talaður
	present	past
first singular	tali	talaði
second singular	talar	talaði
third singular	talar	talaði
plural	tala	talaðu
	imperative
singular	tala!
plural	talið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

French

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

tala

1. third-person singular past historic of taler

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps from Latin tabula (compare falar < Latin fabulare).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtalɐ]

Noun

tala f (plural talas)

1. wooden object that squeezes or pressures, not allowing free movement; splint
2. wooden tongs used for picking chestnuts burrs

   Synonym: colledoira

Derived terms

• entalar

References

• “tala” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “tala” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “tala” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰaːla/
• Rhymes: -aːla

  Homophones: Tala

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talō (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”). Cognate with Dutch taal (“language, speech”), English tale (“number”) (from Middle English, from Old English talu (“calculation; story”)), German Zahl (“number, figure”), Danish tale (“speech”), Latin dolus (“guile, deceit, fraud”), Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “wile, bait”), Old Armenian տող (toł, “row”). Related to tell, talk.

Noun

tala f (genitive singular tölu, nominative plural tölur)

1. a short address, a speech
2. button

   Það á ekki að hneppa neðstu tölunni.

   You are not supposed to fasten the lowest button.

3. number

   Milljón er stór tala.

   A million is a big number.

4. (grammar) number

   Í hvaða tölu er orðið ‚hestur‘? — Það er í eintölu.

   What number is the word ‘horse’? — It is singular.

Declension

declension of tala

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tala	talan	tölur	tölurnar
accusative	tölu	töluna	tölur	tölurnar
dative	tölu	tölunni	tölum	tölunum
genitive	tölu	tölunnar	talna	talnanna

Derived terms

• áttundakerfistala
• bitatala
• einræðistala
• eintala
• einundafyllitala
• Euler-tala
• fjöldatala
• fjölræðistala
• fleirtala
• frumtala
• fyllitala
• föst IP-tala
• grunnfyllitala
• grunntala
• heil tala
• heiltala
• hendingartala
• hlaupakommutala
• hrópmerkt tala
• höfuðtala
• IP-tala
• kennitala
• kvikleg IP-tala
• láta töluna ganga
• loðin tala
• millisamtala
• náttúrleg tala
• níundafyllitala
• óræð tala
• óræð tala
• prímtala
• raðtala
• rauntala
• ræð tala
• sextándakerfistala
• slembitala
• stofnfyllitala
• stofntala
• talnaband
• talning
• telja sér tölur um
• tugafyllitala
• tugakerfistala
• tvinntala
• tvítala
• tvíundafyllitala
• tvíundakerfistala
• tvíundatala
• umsjártala
• vartala
• veldistala
• þjöppuð tugatala
• þvertala

 

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talōną.

Verb

tala

1. to talk

Conjugation

tala — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að tala
supine (sagnbót)		talað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		talandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég tala	við tölum	present (nútíð)	ég tali	við tölum
	þú talar	þið talið		þú talir	þið talið
	hann, hún, það talar	þeir, þær, þau tala		hann, hún, það tali	þeir, þær, þau tali
past (þátíð)	ég talaði	við töluðum	past (þátíð)	ég talaði	við töluðum
	þú talaðir	þið töluðuð		þú talaðir	þið töluðuð
	hann, hún, það talaði	þeir, þær, þau töluðu		hann, hún, það talaði	þeir, þær, þau töluðu
imperative (boðháttur)	tala (þú)	talið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	talaðu	taliði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

talast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að talast
supine (sagnbót)		talast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		talandist ** ** 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 talast	við tölumst	present (nútíð)	ég talist	við tölumst
	þú talast	þið talist		þú talist	þið talist
	hann, hún, það talast	þeir, þær, þau talast		hann, hún, það talist	þeir, þær, þau talist
past (þátíð)	ég talaðist	við töluðumst	past (þátíð)	ég talaðist	við töluðumst
	þú talaðist	þið töluðust		þú talaðist	þið töluðust
	hann, hún, það talaðist	þeir, þær, þau töluðust		hann, hún, það talaðist	þeir, þær, þau töluðust
imperative (boðháttur)	talast (þú)	talist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	talastu	talisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

talaður — 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)	talaður	töluð	talað		talaðir	talaðar	töluð
accusative (þolfall)	talaðan	talaða	talað		talaða	talaðar	töluð
dative (þágufall)	töluðum	talaðri	töluðu		töluðum	töluðum	töluðum
genitive (eignarfall)	talaðs	talaðrar	talaðs		talaðra	talaðra	talaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	talaði	talaða	talaða		töluðu	töluðu	töluðu
accusative (þolfall)	talaða	töluðu	talaða		töluðu	töluðu	töluðu
dative (þágufall)	talaða	töluðu	talaða		töluðu	töluðu	töluðu
genitive (eignarfall)	talaða	töluðu	talaða		töluðu	töluðu	töluðu

Derived terms

• eins og um var talað
• tala um

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French tel, Italian tale, Spanish tal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.la/

Adjective

tala

1. such, like: of that kind

Derived terms

• tale (“so, in such a manner”)
• tale ke (“so that, in such a way that”)
• talmaniere (“thus, so, in such a way”)
• tala quala (“such as”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit ताल (tāla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ala]
• Hyphenation: ta‧la

Noun

tala (first-person possessive talaku, second-person possessive talamu, third-person possessive talanya)

1. (music) tune.
2. (music) tuning fork.

   Synonym: garpu tala

Affixed terms

• bertala-tala
• menala
• menalakan
• penala
• penalaan
• setala

 

Further reading

• “tala” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːlɑ/

Noun

tala n

1. definite plural of tal

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• talen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²tɑːlɑ/

Noun

tala f

1. definite singular of tale

Etymology 3

From Old Norse tala.

Alternative forms

• tale (e-infinitive)
• tålå (dialectal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²tɑːlɑ/

Verb

tala (present tense talar or taler, past tense tala or talte, past participle tala or talt, passive infinitive talast, present participle talande, imperative tal)

1. to speak, talk
2. to make a speech

Derived terms

• uttala
• vi talast

References

• “tala” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *talō.

Noun

tala f (genitive tǫlu)

1. speech, discourse
2. tale, number
3. (grammar) number
4. bead

Declension

  Declension of tala (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tala	talan	tǫlur	tǫlurnar
accusative	tǫlu	tǫluna	tǫlur	tǫlurnar
dative	tǫlu	tǫlunni	tǫlum	tǫlunum
genitive	tǫlu	tǫlunnar	talna	talnanna

Derived terms

• tǫlulist f (“arithmetic”)
• tǫlupallr m (“speaker's stand, platform”)
• tǫlusnjallr (“eloquent”)
• tǫlustaðr m (“speaker's stand”)
• tǫlustóll m (“speaker's stand”)
• tǫluverðr (“worth counting, considerable”)

 

Related terms

• tal n (“number”)
• tala (“to speak”)
• telja (“to count”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: tala
• Faroese: tala
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tale m or f (“speech”); tòle f (“vertebra”) < obl. form tǫlu
• Norwegian Bokmål: tale m or f
• Danish: tale c

References

• “tala1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tala in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *talōną, also from *talō.

Verb

tala

1. to talk, speak
2. to speak, make speech
3. to record, tell
4. (with prepositions)
   1. (til + genitive) to talk to, speak to

      Rútr talaði þá til Marðar (gen.) ― Ruth then spoke to Mǫrðr

   2. (um + accusative) to talk about (something)
   3. (við + accusative) to talk with, speak to (someone)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tala — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	tala
present participle	talandi
past participle	talaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	tala	talaða
2nd-person singular	talar	talaðir
3rd-person singular	talar	talaði
1st-person plural	tǫlum	tǫluðum
2nd-person plural	talið	tǫluðuð
3rd-person plural	tala	tǫluðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	tala	talaða
2nd-person singular	talir	talaðir
3rd-person singular	tali	talaði
1st-person plural	talim	talaðim
2nd-person plural	talið	talaðið
3rd-person plural	tali	talaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	tala
1st-person plural	tǫlum
2nd-person plural	talið

Conjugation of tala — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	talask
present participle	talandisk
past participle	talazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	tǫlumk	tǫluðumk
2nd-person singular	talask	talaðisk
3rd-person singular	talask	talaðisk
1st-person plural	tǫlumsk	tǫluðumsk
2nd-person plural	talizk	tǫluðuzk
3rd-person plural	talask	tǫluðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	tǫlumk	tǫluðumk
2nd-person singular	talisk	talaðisk
3rd-person singular	talisk	talaðisk
1st-person plural	talimsk	talaðimsk
2nd-person plural	talizk	talaðizk
3rd-person plural	talisk	talaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	talask
1st-person plural	tǫlumsk
2nd-person plural	talizk

Derived terms

• talaðr (“spoken, speaking”)
• tǫlugr (“well-spoken”)

Related terms

• tal n (“number”)
• tala (“speech”)
• telja (“to count”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: tala
• Faroese: tala
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tala, tale
• Norwegian Bokmål: tale
• Old Swedish: tala
  • Swedish: tala
• Danish: tale

References

• “tala2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tala in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Phuthi

Etymology 1

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

Verb

-tala

1. to become full

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-bíada.

Verb

-tála

1. to bear

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -alɐ
• Hyphenation: ta‧la

Etymology 1

From Latin tabula (“table”). Doublet of tábula.

Noun

tala f (plural talas)

1. (medicine, first aid) splint (thin and rigid device used to immobilize a body part or a fractured bone)
2. (figuratively) an object that squeezes or pressures, not allowing free movement
3. (figuratively, usually in the plural) something that causes difficulties or limitations, a liability, an obstacle
4. (Brazil) a type of leather whip
5. (tailoring) device used to widen the opening of hats
6. act of furrowing fields in order to unflood them

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tala, from Samoan tālā, in turn from English dollar.

Noun

tala f (plural talas)

1. tala (basic currency unit of Samoa)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tala

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

Rohingya

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali তালা (tala).

Noun

tala

1. lock

Samoan

Noun

tala

1. story

Derived terms

• tusitala

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

tálā (Cyrillic spelling та́ла̄)

1. genitive plural of tlo

Sotho

Adjective

tala

1. green
2. blue

Relative

tala

1. unripe

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtala/ [ˈt̪a.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: ta‧la

Etymology 1

See talar (verb).

Noun

tala f (uncountable)

1. (forestry) felling, cutting down

Verb

tala

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

See also

• (noun): deforestación
• (verb): desmontar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua tara.

Noun

tala m (plural talas)

1. tala (Celtis tala, a South American tree)

Etymology 3

Uncertain, according to some from Latin tālea (“long and slender stick”), according to others from Arabic طَالِع‎ (ṭāliʕ, “rising”).

Noun

tala f (plural talas)

1. tipcat (game and stick)

Further reading

• “tala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bíada.

Verb

-tála

1. to bear

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talō (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːˌla/

• audio

  (file)

Verb

tala (present talar, preterite talade, supine talat, imperative tala)

1. (somewhat formal) to speak; to utter words; to tell
2. (somewhat formal) to talk (to someone)
3. (somewhat formal) to make a speech

Usage notes

Språka is quite rare and is used about close or intimate talk. Prata is the most common, and is mainly used of informal talking. Tala is a more formal word in its own right, and mainly used about formal speeches, lecturing etc., but also in some expressions. In imperative it is also an encouragement to speak up.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tala (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	tala		talas
Supine	talat		talats
Imperative	tala		—
Imper. plural1	talen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	talar	talade	talas	talades
Ind. plural1	tala	talade	talas	talades
Subjunctive2	tale	talade	tales	talades
	Participles
Present participle	talande
Past participle	talad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• prata
• språka
• snacka (colloquial)

Derived terms

• avtala
• baktala
• förtala
• intala
• omtala
• påtala
• samtala
• tala emot (“speak against”)
• tala för (“speak on behalf of, to advocate”)
• tala med kluven tunga
• tala någon till rätta
• tala om (“speak about”)
• tala om trollen
• tala ur skägget
• tala ut (“speak one's mind”)
• talande tystnad
• tilltala
• uttala
• vältalig
• åtala
• övertala

 

See also

• säga

Anagrams

• lata

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talaq or possibly from Sanskrit तारा (tārā, “star”). Compare Balinese ᬢᬭᬵ and Kapampangan tala.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˈtalaʔ/, [ˈta.lɐʔ]

Noun

talà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎ)

1. (astronomy) morning star; any bright star (except the Sun)

   Synonym: lusero

2. (astronomy) star

   Synonyms: bituin, estrelya

3. (astronomy, in general) any astronomical body (such as a star, a planet, or a comet)
4. (figuratively) beautiful woman

   Synonym: paraluman

5. (figuratively) celebrity (artist, actor, etc.)

   Synonym: bituin

Derived terms

• alat
• Bulak Tala
• buntala
• buntalain
• dalubtala
• dalubtalaan
• dalubtalain
• kabuntalaan
• kabuntalaanin
• malabuntala
• malatala
• Tala
• Talang Bakero
• Talang Batugan
• talang-bulo
• talang-gubat
• talanyo
• talumpok
• talumpon

 

See also

• Benus
• bulalakaw
• buntala
• Ilaw-Daga (“evening star”)
• kometa
• Tanglaw-Daga (“evening star”)

 

Etymology 2

Derived from Sanskrit ताल (tāla, “palmyra or fan palm tree”) whose leaves were used to write on, according to Potet. Compare Cebuano mantala.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧la
• IPA^(key): /taˈlaʔ/, [tɐˈlaʔ]

Noun

talâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎ)

1. record; notes

   Synonyms: listahan, talaan, lista, nota

2. listing; jotting down on a list

   Synonym: pagtatala

Derived terms

• aklat-talaan
• ipatala
• itala
• magpatala
• magtala
• nakatala
• pagpapatala
• pagtatala
• patalaan
• tagapagtala
• tagatala
• talaaklatan
• talaan
• talaang-aklat
• talaang-itim
• talaangkanan
• talaarawan
• talababa
• talababaan
• talabulanan
• talahanayan
• talahuluganan
• talamayawan
• talambuhay
• talasalitaan
• talatauhan

 

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˈtala/, [ˈta.lɐ]

Noun

tala (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎ)

1. Limnophila rugosa (a type of marshweed used for cooking as an aromatic)

Further reading

• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, pages 299

Anagrams

• alat, lata

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.la/
• Hyphenation: ta‧la

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *tala. Cognates include Hawaiian kala and Samoan tala.

Noun

tala

1. story
2. news
3. statement, account
4. rumour, gossip
5. tale, legend
6. novel
7. play

Verb

tala

1. (transitive) to tell, narrate

Derived terms

• tala kave

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *tara. Cognates include Tahitian tara and Samoan tala.

Noun

tala

1. end of a traditional house with a gable

Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *tala. Cognates include Hawaiian kala and Samoan tala.

Verb

tala

1. (transitive) to demolish, destroy
2. (transitive) to undo, open

Etymology 4

Verb

tala

1. (transitive) to change (money)
2. (transitive) to withdraw (money)
3. (transitive) to let a pharmacist make (a drug)

Etymology 5

Verb

tala

1. (transitive) to dilute

Etymology 6

From Proto-Polynesian *tala. Cognates include Maori tara and Samoan tara.

Noun

tala

1. thorn, spike

Verb

tala

1. (transitive) to strip off using thorns

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 362

Tongan

Noun

tala

1. seagull

Venda

Verb

tala

1. to draw (a line)

Welsh

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• (third-person singular present/future; second-person singular imperative): tâl
• (first-person singular present/future): talaf

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtala/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈta(ː)la/

Verb

tala

1. inflection of talu:
   1. second-person singular imperative
   2. third-person singular present/future literary
   3. first-person singular future colloquial

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtala/

Adjective

tala

1. Colloquial form of talaf (“tallest”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tala	dala	nhala	thala
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Makian

Etymology

Compare Ternate tola (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪a.l̪a/

Verb

tala

1. (transitive) to cut
2. (transitive) to cross (a river)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tala (action verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tatala	matala	atala
2nd person		natala	fatala
3rd person	inanimate	itala	datala
	animate
imperative		natala, tala	fatala, tala

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics

Yakan

Adjective

tala

1. far

   Antonym: tapit

Yámana

Noun

tala

1. eye