Wiktionary

wala

See also: Appendix:Variations of "wala"

Bikol Central edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: wa‧la
  • IPA(key): /waˈla/, [waˈl̪a]

Adverb edit

walá

  1. left (direction, side)
    Antonym: tuo

Derived terms edit

Cebuano edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Bisayan *wadaq, from Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: wa‧la
  • IPA(key): /waˈlaʔ/, [wʌˈl̪aʔ]

Pronoun edit

walâ

  1. none; no one; nothing

Verb edit

walâ

  1. to lack
  2. to disappear or be gone and nonexistent

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: wa‧la
  • IPA(key): /waˈla/, [wʌˈl̪a]

Adjective edit

walá

  1. left (direction)
    Coordinate term: tuo

Chamicuro edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish bala.

Noun edit

wala

  1. bullet

Coatepec Nahuatl edit

Verb edit

wala

  1. To come.

Hausa edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /wáː.láː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [wáː.láː]

Noun edit

wālā f (possessed form wālar̃)

  1. turtledove

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /wáː.làː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [wáː.làː]

Verb edit

wālā̀ (grade 1)

  1. to relax

Hawaiian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈwa.la/, [ˈʋɐ.lə]

Verb edit

wala

  1. to tilt backwards

Hiligaynon edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Bisayan *wadaq, from Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Noun edit

walâ

  1. no one, nothing

Verb edit

walâ

  1. to lack
  2. to disappear or be gone and nonexistent

Verb edit

walà

  1. deny
  2. gainsay
  3. forgive, forget the wrongdoings of another

Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

walá

  1. left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)
    Antonym: tuo

Mbati edit

Noun edit

wala

  1. crab

References edit

  • LePage, Sarah Gloria (2020) "The phonology of Mbati"‎[1], University of North Dakota

Middle English edit

Noun edit

wala

  1. Alternative form of wale (“planking, welt”)

Old Dutch edit

Adverb edit

wala

  1. well

References edit

  1. Dr. Tack P, Proeve van Oudnederfrankische Grammatica, 77.

Old High German edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *walu.

Noun edit

wala f

  1. choice

Descendants edit

  • German: Wahl

Pangasinan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Northern Luzon *wadaʔ, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: wa‧la
  • IPA(key): /waˈla/, [waˈla]

Particle edit

wala

  1. existential quantifier: there is; to have; is in
    Walay baik.
    I have a grandmother
    (literally, “There exists my grandmother”)
    Wala ak ed Pangasinan.
    I'm in Pangasinan.
    Walay sira dia.
    There's fish here.

Usage notes edit

  • The entity existing is a word marked nominative with a marker -y or so. It can be a lone nominative pronoun (e.g. saya) which already is nominative.
  • The entity possessing is a word marked genitive with na or a genitive pronoun. This results in something like walay Y na X “X has Y”, or literally, “There's Y of X”.

Derived terms edit

Polish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈva.la/
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Syllabification: wa‧la

Noun edit

wala m animal

  1. genitive/accusative singular of wal

Verb edit

wala

  1. third-person singular present of walać

Pukapukan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *fara, from Proto-Oceanic *padran, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.

Noun edit

wala

  1. screwpine, pandanus tree (Pandanus tectorius)
    Te wala e lākau loa makeke i te māni wale.
    The pandanus is a tree with hard wood for building houses.
  2. pandanus key, single section of fruit.
    Aumai ake e wala māku.
    Please bring me a piece of pandanus fruit.

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Sahu edit

Etymology edit

Compare Ternate fala, Tidore fola, Tabaru woa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

wala

  1. house

References edit

  • Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987) Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Adjective edit

waḽâ

  1. lost; disappeared
    Nawaḽa sana siya.
    S/he's just disappeared.
  2. absent
    Antonym: yaon
    Waḽa naman siya sa klase.
    S/he's absent again in class.

Pronoun edit

waḽâ

  1. (indefinite) nothing; none; no one; nobody
    Synonym: dai
    Antonyms: igwa, may
    Waḽa nin tawo sa haḽong.
    There's no one in the house.

Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

walá

  1. left (direction)
    Antonym: tuo

Swahili edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Arabic وَلَا (walā, “and not”).

Conjunction edit

wala

  1. (in a negative sentence) and
  2. (in a negative sentence) or

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

wala

  1. plural of mla

Verb edit

wala

  1. inflection of -la:
    1. second-person singular gnomic
    2. third-person plural (wa class(II)) gnomic
    3. m class(III) and u class(XI) gnomic

Tagalog edit

Tagalog numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: wala
    Spanish cardinal: sero

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

walâ (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎ)

  1. nothing; to not exist; there is no
    Walang tao diyan.
    There's no people there.
    Synonyms: (slang, gay slang) waley, (gay slang) was
    Antonyms: may, mayroon
    1. to not be in; to be missing
      Wala pa sila dito...
      They aren't here yet...
      Wala 'yung kaibigan mo ah.
      Your friend isn't with you, hm.
    2. to not have; no
      Wala sa akin ang ballpen mo, wala akong kailangang ibalik sa iyo!
      I don't have your pen, I don't have to return anything to you!
      Wala akong pagkain, sa iba ka na lang.
      I don't have food here, go to another person.
    3. no; I/you/they don't have any; there isn't any
      Ay, wala, hindi ako nakakuha.
      Oh, I don't have any, I didn't get to grab any.
    4. nothing; no-one
      Wala 'yun sa akin.
      She's nothing to me.
      Ay, wala 'yun, 'wag mo na lang pansinin.
      Oh, they're no-one, don't mind them.
      Wala... hindi 'yan gagana.
      That's nothing... that won't work.
  2. free (from); lacking; without
    Synonym: ligtas
  3. (by extension) broken up (in a relationship)
    Wala na sila.
    They aren't together anymore.
  4. (euphemistic) dead
    Synonym: patay
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Compare Kapampangan uala (“voyage to the sea or deep bay”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

walà (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎ) (obsolete)

  1. gulf; high seas
    Synonym: laot
  2. sailing into a gulf or high seas
  3. coast
  4. (figurative) condition of being away and apart from others
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
See also edit

Further reading edit

Waray-Waray edit

Adjective edit

walá

  1. left
    Antonym: tuo
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