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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

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

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

Noun

tala (definite accusative talanı, plural talalar)

1. open place in a forest, meadow, glade

Declension

Descendants

• → Armenian: թալա (tʻala)

References

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

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

Noun

talâ (Basahan spelling ᜆᜎ)

1. trace (of a line)

   Synonym: gira

Derived terms

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈta.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈta.la]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from talar.

Noun

tala f (plural tales)

1. felling, woodcutting
2. destruction

Etymology 2

Verb

tala

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

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

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

French

Pronunciation

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

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tala”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tala”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tala”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

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

  Homophone: 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

3. number

4. (grammar) number

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Verb

tala

1. to talk

Conjugation

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 (plural tala-tala)

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

   Synonym: garpu tala

Affixed terms

Further reading

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

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtala/ [ˈtaː.lʌ] (“bird”)
  • Rhymes: -ala
• IPA^(key): /taˈla/ [tʌˈla] (“bewitching”)
  • Rhymes: -a
• (Sagada, parts of Sabangan)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtara/ [ˈtaː.rʌ] (“bird”)
    • Rhymes: -ara
  • IPA^(key): /taˈra/ [tʌˈra] (“bewitching”)
    • Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ta‧la

Noun

tála

1. An edible bird with white, black, and brown plumage, long tail, kills smaller birds, and mimics the singing of other birds.

Noun

talá

1. act of bewitching

Derived terms

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “tala”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[1], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 449
• Allen, Larry (2021) “tala”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Kituba

Verb

tala

1. to look
2. to visit

Lingala

Verb

tala

1. to look
2. to visit

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 English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑ.lɑ/

Verb

tala

1. singular imperative of talian

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

Derived terms

Related terms

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

Descendants

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tala1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 432; also available at the 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. to talk to, speak to [with til (+ genitive)]

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

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

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

Related terms

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

Descendants

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tala2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 432; also available at the 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

• 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

Deverbal from talar.

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bíada.

Verb

-tála

1. to bear

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːˌla/

Verb

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

1. to speak, to talk (make speech)

   Synonym: (less idiomatic) prata

2. to speak (a language or the like)

   Synonyms: (less idiomatic) prata, (colloquial) snacka

3. (somewhat formal) to speak, to talk (to someone)

   Synonyms: prata, (colloquial) snacka

4. to make a speech, to speak

   Synonym: hålla tal

Usage notes

See the usage notes for prata.

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

• diskutera
• konversera
• prata
• samtala
• småprata
• snacka (colloquial)
• språka
• surra
• säga (“say”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Samoan tālā.

Noun

tala c

1. tala (currency of Samoa)

References

• tala in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tala in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tala in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• lata

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly from either:

• From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talaq.
• From Sanskrit तारा (tārā, “star”). Possible doublet of estrelya.

Compare Balinese ᬢᬭᬵ (tala) and Kapampangan tala.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtalaʔ/ [ˈt̪aː.lɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -alaʔ
• Syllabification: ta‧la

Noun

talà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎ)

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

   Synonyms: lusero, (Quezon) Talang Batugan

2. (astronomy) star

   Synonyms: bituin, estrelya

3. (astronomy, loosely) any astronomical body (such as a star, a planet, or a comet)
4. (figurative) beautiful woman

   Synonym: paraluman

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

   Synonym: bituin

Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Derived from Sanskrit ताल (tāla, “palmyra or fan palm tree”) whose leaves were used to write on, according to Potet (2016). Compare Cebuano mantala.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈlaʔ/ [t̪ɐˈlaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ta‧la

Noun

talâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎ)

1. record; notes

   Synonyms: listahan, talaan, lista, nota

2. listing; jotting down on a list

   Synonym: pagtatala

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtala/ [ˈt̪aː.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: ta‧la

Noun

tala (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎ)

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

Further reading

• “tala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 299

Anagrams

• Taal, alta, alat, taal, 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^[2], 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

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

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[3], Pacific linguistics

Yakan

Adjective

tala

1. far

   Antonym: tapit

Yámana

Noun

tala

1. eye

Source: wiktionary.org