Second-person singular imperative present form of alkaa.
Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of alkaa.
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latināla. Compare the inherited á.
Noun
alaf (pluralalas)
wing
Synonym:á
Further reading
“ala” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian*hala, from Proto-Oceanic*jalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zalan, from Proto-Austronesian*zalan.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈa.la/, [ˈɐlə]
Noun
ala
way, path, road
Derived terms
alaloa
alanui
alawai
References
“ala” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986
Hoyahoya
Noun
ala
grandfather
References
Philip Carr, Hoyahoya organised phonology data (2006)
Icelandic
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈaːla/
Rhymes: -aːla
Etymology 1
From Old Norseala, from Proto-Germanic*alaną(“to nourish, grow”), from Proto-Indo-European*al-(“to grow”).
Verb
ala (strong verb, third-person singular past indicativeól, third-person plural past indicativeólu, supinealið)
(with accusative) to bear, give birth to
(with accusative) to foster
(with accusative) to feed, nourish
Conjugation
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
ala
indefinite genitive plural of alur
Indonesian
Etymology 1
From Frenchà la.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈala]
Hyphenation: ala
Preposition
a la
(colloquial)a la, in the style or manner of.
Etymology 2
From Arabicعَلَى (ʿalā).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈala]
Hyphenation: ala
Preposition
a la
on, over.
Synonyms:atas, pada, kepada, akan
Noun
a la
unproductiveland with the owner or descendants still have the main rights in that land.
Etymology 3
From Arabicأَعْلَى (ʾaʿlā).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈala]
Hyphenation: ala
Adjective
a la
high.
Synonym:tinggi
Further reading
“ala” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irishathlad
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈalˠə/
Noun
ala
Only used in phrases; see Derived terms below
Derived terms
ar ala na huaire(“on the spur of the moment; within a second”)
gach ala(“every now and then”)
Further reading
"ala" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Italian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈala]
Etymology 1
From Latināla.
Noun
alaf (pluralali, poetic pluralale)
wing
Synonym:alia(archaic, slang)
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
ala
third-person singular present indicative of alare
second-person singular imperative of alare
Jarai
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*hulaR, from Proto-Austronesian*SulaR
Noun
ala (classifierdrơi)
snake
Ladin
Etymology
a + la
Contraction
ala
at or to the (+ feminine singular noun)
Latin
Etymology
For earlier *axla, from axis, from Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱs-(“axis”).
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.la/, [ˈaː.ɫ̪a]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.la/, [ˈaː.la]
Noun
ālaf (genitiveālae); first declension
wing (as of a bird)
armpit
the hollow where a limb joins the trunk of an animal or tree
(architecture) wings off the main room, side porches, waiting areas
(military) wing of an army, cavalry force (usually deployed on an army's flank)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
ālāf
ablative singular of āla
References
ala in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ala in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
ala in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
ala in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
ala in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Latvian
Etymology
The usual theory considers ala to be borrowed from Middle Low Germanhol(“depth, hole, cave”), or maybe from the same form in Middle Dutch or German Low German (East Frisian); cf. GermanHöhle(“cave”).
A different view suggests that ala could also reflex of an old Proto-Indo-European stem *h₁el-, *ol-, *al-(“to flow, to drain”) with various Baltic reflexes: dialectal alots, alogs, standard avots(“(water) source”), alksna, aluksna(“miry, swampy place”) (cf. place names like Alūksne, Alūkstes), Lithuanianalė́ti(“to flow, to drip”). The original meaning of ala would thus have been “(water) source”, from which “place (e.g., cave, rift, pit) from which water springs” and finally simply “cave,” possibly under the influence of the aforementioned Germanic words.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ala]
Noun
alaf (4th declension)
cave (space or cavity formed underground, especially between rocks, or in the face of a cliff or hillside)
burrow, hole, lair, den (the dwelling of some animals, in the form of a cavity with one or many exits)
Declension
Derived terms
alu cilvēks
See also
speleoloģija
References
Malagasy
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈa.la/, [ˈa.lə̥]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*halas, from Proto-Austronesian*Salas. Cognate with Balineseᬳᬮᬲ᭄(alas), Javaneseꦲꦭꦱ꧀(alas).
Noun
ala
forest
Etymology 2
From Proto-Austronesian*alaq(“fetch; get; take”)
Adverb
ala
without; freed from; removed from
Malay
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -ə
Preposition
ala (Jawi spellingالا orعلى)
like
according to
on
References
"ala" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
“ala” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Mirandese
Noun
alaf (pluralalas)
wing
(nautical) sail
North Wahgi
Noun
ala
mistake
References
Heather and Don Mc Lean, North Wahgi (Yu We) Organised Phonology Data (2005), p. 2
Northern Kurdish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɑːˈlɑː/
Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun
alaf
flag (piece of cloth)
Northern Ndebele
Verb
-ála
to refuse
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Northern Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic*ëlëk.
Pronunciation
(Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈala/
Adverb
ala
over
on, on top
Derived terms
alcces-, alcce-, allas- (locative stems of ieš(“self”))
Postposition
ala
over
on, onto, on top of
Further reading
Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norseala, from Proto-Germanic*alaną, from Proto-Indo-European*h₂életi.
Alternative forms
ale (e infinitive)
Verb
ala (present tensealerorel, past tensealteorol, past participlealtorale, present participlealande, imperativeal)
to foster
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
ala
definite plural of al
References
“ala” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
From Latināla.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [alo̞]
Noun
alaf (pluralalas)
wing
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic*ēlō. Cognates include Old Englishæl and Old Norsealr.
Noun
ālaf
awl
Descendants
German: Ahle
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic*alaną(“to nourish, grow”), from Proto-Indo-European*h₂életi, from *h₂el-(“to raise, feed, nourish”). Cognate with Old Englishalan and Latinalō.
Verb
ala (singular present indicativeelr, singular past indicativeól, plural past indicativeólu, past participlealinn)
to produce
to testify
to breed
to nourish
Conjugation
Descendants
Icelandic: ala
Norwegian Nynorsk: ala
Norwegian Bokmål: ale
Old Swedish: ala
Old Danish: alæ
Westrobothnian: äl, ala
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
ala
indefinite genitive plural of alr
References
ala in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈa.la]
Etymology 1
From Latināla.
Noun
alaf (pluralalas)
wing (limb)
c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 67v. a.
la ṕmera ſemeiaua leon e auie alas de aguila ueye q́ meſauan ſus alas e cayen atierra e ſobre ſos piedes como oḿe se leuátaua
The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I saw its wings torn off and fall to the ground so that it stood on its feet like a man.
Descendants
Ladino: ala(Latin spelling)
Spanish: ala
Etymology 2
A contraction of a(“to, toward, in, at”) + la(“the”); the feminine singular definite article.
Contraction
ala (pluralalas)
(followed by a singular feminine noun) to the, toward the
c1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2v. b.
Loth ouo miedo de ſeer en segor esubio alas mótánas có sus. ij. fijas. estido é una cueua có sus. ij. fijas. edixo la maior ala menor. nŕo padre es uyeio eno nos podremos caſar. com es derecho.
Loth was afriad to stay in Zoar, so he moved to the mountains with his two daughters. There he lived in a cave with his two daughters; then older [daughter] said to the younger: "Our father is old, and [here] we cannot marry as is the custom."
(followed by a singular feminine noun) in the, at the
c1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2v. a.
eſtos angeles có q́ fablo abraã. vinieron a ſodoma e loth ſedia ala puerta de la cibdat. e violos & leuátos cótra ellõ.
These angels to whom Abraham spoke came to Sodom, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. And he saw them and got up to meet them.
Related terms
al
Papiamentu
Alternative forms
hala(alternative spelling)
Etymology
From Portugueseala and Spanishala.
Noun
ala
wing
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latināla. Compare the inherited doublet á.
Pronunciation
(Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈa.lɐ/
Hyphenation: a‧la
Noun
alaf (pluralalas)
section, wing
Pukapukan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian*hala, from Proto-Oceanic*jalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zalan, from Proto-Austronesian*zalan.
Noun
ala
path, way, lane, track
Derived terms
Further reading
Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary
Rade
Etymology
From Proto-Chamic*ʔular, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*hulaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian*Sulaʀ.
(used for emphasis, or as an intensifier) expression of awe, surprise, dismay, etc.
Noun
alaf (Cyrillic spellingала)
dragon
Synonym:hala
type of mythical creature similar to dragon
Related terms
Southern Ndebele
Verb
-ála
to refuse
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈala/
Homophone: hala
Etymology 1
From Old Spanishala (compare Ladinoala), from Latināla.
Noun
alaf (pluralalas)
wing (of bird)
wing (of aircraft)
brim (of hat)
(military) flank (of a formation)
(sports) wing (part of the field)
(sports) winger
Usage notes
The feminine noun ala is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:
el ala
However, if an adjective, even one that begins with a stressed a sound such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Interjection
ala
Alternative spelling of hala
Further reading
“ala” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Sranan Tongo
Pronoun
ala
everything
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabicآلَة (ʾāla, “instrument, tool”).
Noun
ala (n class, pluralala)
tool, instrument
Synonym:kifaa
sheath, scabbard
Swazi
Verb
-ála
to refuse
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Turkish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɑˈɫɑ/
Hyphenation: a‧la
Adjective
ala (comparativedaha ala, superlativeen ala)
multicolored, pied, variegated
Clipping of alabalık(“trout”).
Veps
Etymology
Related to Finnishälä.
Verb
ala
second-person singular imperative of ei
do not
Westrobothnian
Noun
alam
Harness strap; the strap pulled through the shaft and wherein the harness peg is inserted.
Usage notes
If instead an iron hasp is used, it is called al-öspf.
References
Xhosa
Verb
-âla
to refuse
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Yámana
Verb
ala
drink
Zulu
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
-âla
to deny, refuse, decline
to forbid
to reject
to refuse give [+ na-(object)]
to hate, detest
Inflection
Derived terms
-alela(applicative)
-alisa(causative)
-alayala(diminutive)
-alisisa(intensive)
-aleka(neuter-passive)
-aliwa(passive)
-alana(reciprocal)
References
C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “ala”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ala”