taula

English

Etymology

From Catalan taula (“table”). Doublet of table.

Noun

taula (plural taulas)

1. A kind of T-shaped stone monument, built by the Talaiotic culture, found on the Balearic island of Minorca.

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Basque

Etymology

Compare Catalan taula and Occitan taula from Latin tabula (“board”)

Noun

taula

1. board
2. game board
3. table (information arranged in rows and columns)

Declension

(inanimate noun) declension of taula indefinite singular plural absolutive taula taula taulak ergative taula taula ek dative taulari taulari ei genitive taularen taularen en comitative taularekin taularekin ekin causative taularengatik taularengatik engatik benefactive taularentzat taularentzat entzat instrumental taulaz taulaz ez inessive taulatan taulan etan locative taulatako taulako etako allative taulatara taulara etara terminative taulataraino taularaino etaraino directive taulatarantz taularantz etarantz destinative taulatarako taularako etarako ablative taulatatik taulatik etatik partitive taularik - - prolative taulatzat - -

Derived terms

• taulada
• taulatu

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tabula (“tablet; board, plank”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

taula f (plural taules)

1. table (furniture)
2. table (way of arranging information)

   Synonym: àbac

Derived terms

• joc de taula
• taula periòdica
• tauleta

Related terms

• tauler

Descendants

• → English: taula

Further reading

• “taula” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “taula” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “taula” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “taula” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *takla, borrowed from Baltic, compare Latvian dagla (“tinder”), Lithuanian deglis (“tinder”). Cognate with Estonian tael, Karelian takla, Votic tagla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑu̯lɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑu̯lɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑulɑ
• Hyphenation: tau‧la

Noun

taula

1. amadou; fine-grained tinder made from the polypore Fomes fomentarius

Declension

Inflection of taula (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		taula	taulat
genitive		taulan	taulojen
partitive		taulaa	tauloja
illative		taulaan	tauloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		taula	taulat
accusative	nom.	taula	taulat
	gen.	taulan
genitive		taulan	taulojen taulainrare
partitive		taulaa	tauloja
inessive		taulassa	tauloissa
elative		taulasta	tauloista
illative		taulaan	tauloihin
adessive		taulalla	tauloilla
ablative		taulalta	tauloilta
allative		taulalle	tauloille
essive		taulana	tauloina
translative		taulaksi	tauloiksi
instructive		—	tauloin
abessive		taulatta	tauloitta
comitative		—	tauloineen

Possessive forms of taula (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	taulani	taulamme
2nd person	taulasi	taulanne
3rd person	taulansa

Compounds

• taulakääpä
• taulapää

Anagrams

• aulat, laatu, latua, lauta

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• taulo (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Latin tabula (“tablet; board, plank”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtawlo]

Noun

taula f (plural taulas)

1. table

Descendants

• → French: taule; tôle (northern dialects)