ala

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English

Etymology 1

Originated 1730–40, borrowed from Latin āla (“wing”). Doublet of aisle.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.lə/
Rhymes: -eɪlə

Noun

ala (plural alae or alæ)

(anatomy) A wing or winglike anatomic process or part, especially of bone.
(botany) The flattened border of some stems, fruits, and seeds, or one of the two side petals of certain flowers in the pea family.
(architecture) In ancient Rome, a small room opening into a larger room or courtyard.

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French à la, by way of its English derivation a la.

Preposition

ala

(colloquial) Alternative form of a la.

References

“ala”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“ala”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
“ala”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
“ala” examples at Wordnik

Anagrams

AAL, Aal, aal

Afar

Etymology 1

Related to Saho aluula.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈala/ [ˈʔʌlʌ]
Hyphenation: a‧la

Noun

ála m (plural alluwwá f or alwá f)

animal, wild animal
European, white person (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Related to Somali hal.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈla/ [ʔʌˈlʌ]
Hyphenation: a‧la

Noun

alá f (masculine rakúb, plural aloolí f)

female camel

Declension

Hypernyms

gaaláytu (“camel”)

References

E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 37
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 24
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[11], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin āla (“wing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈala/, [ˈa.la]

Noun

ala f (plural ales)

wing
fin
Synonym: aleta

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑˈɫɑ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *āla.

Adjective

ala (comparative daha ala, superlative ən ala)

variegated
(poetic) blue (of eyes)
ala gözlər ― blue eyes

Derived terms

alagöz
alagözlü

Noun

ala (definite accusative alanı, plural alalar)

vitiligo (the patchy loss of skin pigmentation.)

Declension

Etymology 2

Likely from ay bala.

Interjection

ala

dude
Ala, nə eləyirsən?! ― Dude, what are you doing?!

References

Balinese

Romanization

ala

Romanization of ᬳᬮ

Baoule

Noun

ala

iroko (Milicia excelsa, syn. Chlorophora excelsa)

References

Basque

Etymology

Presumably from Proto-Basque *aLa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ala/ [a.la]
Rhymes: -ala
Hyphenation: a‧la

Conjunction

ala

or (exclusive)

Usage notes

The conjunction ala is an exclusive or, while edo is an inclusive or. For instance, while Sagarrak edo udareak nahi al dituzu? and Sagarrak ala udareak nahi dituzu? are both correct, the former asks in a yes or no question if you want apples, pears, apples and pears, or nothing; while the latter asks which one you want, the apples, or the pears.

References

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin āla (“wing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.lə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈa.la]
Homophone: hala

Noun

ala f (plural ales)

wing (appendage that enables flight)

Derived terms

alat
aleta
aletejar

Related terms

alar

Chickasaw

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈla/

Verb

ala (active, short verb)

(intransitive) to arrive, to come (I)
(intransitive) to be born (I)
Synonym: atta
(intransitive) to be here, to get here (I)
(transitive) to come to, to arrive at (I;3)

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ala.

Pronunciation

Noun

ala (genitive ala, partitive ala)

area, territory, region
Sellelt alalt on leitud palju rauda. ― A lot of iron has been found in this area.
(in working life, in sciences) field
Ainuke ala, mis mind huvitab, on ajalugu. ― The only field which interests me is history.
(business) branch

Declension

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ala, from Proto-Germanic *alaną (“to nourish, grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛaːla/
Rhymes: -ɛaːla
Homophones: æla, ælað

Verb

ala (third person singular past indicative ól, third person plural past indicative ólu, supine alið)

(kvæði) to give birth to
to foster
to nourish
to breed

Conjugation

Finnish

Etymology 1

See ala-; this stem was repurposed as a noun meaning "underside, lower side", from which the other senses have developed.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑlɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lɑ̝]
Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
Hyphenation^(key): ala

Noun

ala

area, field, domain (one's field of expertise or activity)
field, discipline (specific branch of knowledge, learning, or practice; e.g. in work or sciences)
industry, sector, branch (business, studies, etc.)
(mathematics) area
Synonym: pinta-ala
(archaic) underside

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑlɑˣ/, [ˈɑ̝lɑ̝(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
Hyphenation^(key): ala

Verb

ala

inflection of alkaa:
1. present active indicative connegative
2. second-person singular present imperative
3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Franco-Provençal

Noun

ala (Valdôtain, Piemontais)

Alternative form of âla (“wing”) documented in the following location(s): Aosta, Arnad, Ayas, Aymavilles, Brusson, Challand-St-Anselme, Challand-St-Victor, Champorcher, Charvensod, Cogne, Courmayeur, Doues, Fontainemore, La Thuile, Montjovet, Morgex, Nus, Quart, St-Oyen, St-Rhémy-en-Bosses, St-Vincent, Valgrisenche, Valpelline; Giaglione

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin āla. Compare the inherited á.

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

wing
Synonym: á

Gallurese

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin āla, from earlier *axla, from axis, from Proto-Italic *aksis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈala/

Noun

ala f (plural ali)

wing

References

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.la/, [ˈɐ.lə]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *hala, from Proto-Oceanic *salan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.

Noun

ala

way, path, road

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

ala

to waken
(stative) awake
to arise, rise up

Synonyms

(rise): See Thesaurus:ala

Derived terms

hoʻāla (“to awaken (sb.), incite, stir up”)
hoʻoala (“to awaken (sb.)”)

Etymology 3

Verb

ala

(rare) alternative form of ale (“to swallow”)
Synonyms: alaō, alapoho

Etymology 4

Determiner

ala

(demonstrative) variant of kēlā: that

Usage notes

kēlā and lā are more frequently used.

References

Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ala”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
ala in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

Hoyahoya

Noun

ala

grandfather

References

Philip Carr, Hoyahoya organised phonology data (2006)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaːla/
Rhymes: -aːla

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ala, from Proto-Germanic *alaną (“to nourish, grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow”).

Verb

ala (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative ól, third-person plural past indicative ólu, supine alið)

to bear, give birth to [with accusative]
to foster [with accusative]
to feed, nourish [with accusative]

Conjugation

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ala

indefinite genitive plural of alur

Igala

Etymology

Compare with Ebira àra, probably from Idoma ala, displaced native àgwùtọ̀

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /á.lá/

Noun

álá

sheep
Synonym: (obsolete) àgwùtọ̀
(idiomatic, offensive) idiot, stupid person
Synonyms: àgwùtọ̀, álá onẹ̀

Derived terms

Ígáláà

Igbo

Alternative forms

ànị̀ (Onicha)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Igboid *ɛ́-làCḭ. Cognate with Ekpeye ɛ́lɛ̀, Ogbah àlɪ̀, Ezaa àlɪ̀, Izi àlɪ̀, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ànɪ̀, Ika àlɪ̀. Compare Proto-Yoruboid *á-lɛ̀, (Yoruba alẹ̀).

Noun

ala

earth, land, soil, ground.

Derived terms

ala eze (“kingdom”)
ala mmụọ (“spirit world”)
Ọmenala

Etymology 2

From Proto-Igboid [Term?]. Cognate with Ogbah ɛ́rã́, Ezaa ɛ́rá, Izi ɛ́rá, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ɛ́lá, Ika ɛ́rã́. Possibly cognate with Yoruba wàrà.

Noun

ala

breast
milk

References

Indonesian

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈala/ [ˈa.la]
Rhymes: -ala
Syllabification: a‧la

Etymology 1

From French à la, perhaps through English la.

Preposition

ala

(colloquial) a la, in the style or manner of.
Synonyms: khas, gaya

Etymology 2

From Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā).

Preposition

ala

on, over.
Synonyms: atas, pada, kepada, akan

Noun

ala

(law) land, with the owner or descendants still have the main rights in that land.

Etymology 3

From Arabic أَعْلَى (ʔaʕlā).

Adjective

ala

(obsolete) high.
Synonym: tinggi

Irish

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Irish athlad.

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”)

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin āla.

Noun

ala f

wing

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.la/
Rhymes: -ala
Hyphenation: à‧la

Etymology 1

From Latin āla.

Noun

ala f (plural ali or (archaic or poetic) ale)

wing
Synonym: alia (archaic; slang)

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ala

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

Jarai

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hulaR, from Proto-Austronesian *SulaR.

Noun

ala (classifier drơi)

snake

Javanese

Romanization

ala

Romanization of ꦲꦭ

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

la (text messaging)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈlaʔ/ [əˈläʔ]
Hyphenation: a‧la

Pronoun

alâ

nothing; no one; none; nonexistent

Adjective

alâ

missing; absent; gone; lost
Synonyms: liban, bating, lili
(euphemistic) dead
Synonym: mete

Ladin

Etymology

From a +‎ la.

Contraction

ala

at or to the (+ feminine singular noun)

Latin

Etymology

For earlier *axla, from axis, from Proto-Italic *aksis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.la/, [ˈäːɫ̪ä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.la/, [ˈäːlä]

Noun

āla f (genitive ālae); first declension

a wing (appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly)
(anatomy) the armpit (the upper and under part of the arm, where it unites with the shoulder)
(of an animal) shoulder blade, axilla (the hollow where the foreleg is joined to the shoulder)
(of a plant) the hollow where a limb joins the trunk of a tree
(architecture) wings, side halls or porches, waiting areas, colonnades, side apartments (side rooms off the main room, the side apartments on the right and left of a court)
(military) a wing (portion of an army, cavalry force (usually) deployed on an army's flank)
(transferred) wings (the members of a group placed along the perimeter)

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

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 Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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 German hol (“depth, hole, cave”), from Old Saxon hol, or maybe from the same form in Middle Dutch or German Low German (East Frisian); cf. German Höhle (“cave”), all from Proto-West Germanic *hol.

A different view suggests that ala could also be a 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), Lithuanian alė́ti (“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

ala f (4th declension)

cave (space or cavity formed underground, especially between rocks, or in the face of a cliff or hillside)
klinšu alas ― rock caves

pazemes ala ― subterranean cave

alu labirinti ― cave labyrinths

alu cilvēks ― caveman

alu zīmējumi ― cave drawings, paintings

Abhāzijā atrodas ala, kuras labirinti ir vairāk nekā trīs kilometrus gari ― in Abkhazia there is a cave with labyrinths longer than three kilometers
burrow, hole, lair, den (the dwelling of some animals, in the form of a cavity with one or many exits)
peles, lapsas alas ― mice, fox holes

āpšu, trušu alas ― badger, rabbit holes, burrows

rakt alu ― to dig a hole, burrow

nekā sevišķa tur neredzēja, izņemot nelielu caurumu zemē... likās tā kā kurmja ala ― there was nothing special to see there, except a small whole on the ground... it seemed to be a molehill (lit. hole)

Declension

Derived terms

alu cilvēks

References

Laz

Conjunction

ala

Latin spelling of ალა (ala)

Malagasy

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.la/, [ˈa.lə̥]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *halas, from Proto-Austronesian *Salas. Cognate with Balinese ᬳᬮᬲ᭄ (alas), Javanese ꦲꦭꦱ꧀ (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 spelling الا or على)

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

ala f (plural alas)

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/

Noun

ala m (Arabic spelling ئالا)

Alternative form of al (“flag, banner”)

Declension

References

Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “ala”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 5

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ala, from Proto-Germanic *alaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi.

Alternative forms

ale (e infinitive)
ålå (dialectal)

Verb

ala (present tense aler or el, past tense alte or ol, past participle alt or ale, present participle alande, imperative al)

to foster

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ala

definite plural of al

References

“ala” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin āla.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [alo̞]

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

wing

Old English

Noun

āla

genitive plural of āl

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ālu. Cognates include Old English æl and Old Norse alr.

Noun

āla f

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 English alan and Latin alō.

Verb

ala (singular present indicative elr, singular past indicative ól, plural past indicative ólu, past participle alinn)

to produce
to testify
to breed
to nourish

Conjugation

Descendants

Icelandic: ala
Faroese: ala
Norwegian Nynorsk: ala
Norwegian Bokmål: ale
Old Swedish: ala
- Swedish: uppala
Old Danish: alæ
Old Gutnish: ala

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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): /ˈala/

Etymology 1

From Latin āla.

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

wing (limb)
- c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 67v. a.

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 (plural alas)

(followed by a singular feminine noun) to the, toward the
- c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2v. b.
(followed by a singular feminine noun) in the, at the
- c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 2v. a.

Related terms

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

hala (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From Portuguese ala and Spanish ala.

Noun

ala

wing

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin āla.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.la/
Rhymes: -ala
Syllabification: a‧la
Homophone: Ala

Noun

ala f

(historical, Ancient Rome) ala (Roman allied military unit)

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -alɐ
Hyphenation: a‧la

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin āla. Compare the inherited doublet á.

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

a flank
1. (military) a flank unit
2. (sports) wing (position on either side of the field)
(chiefly politics) faction (ideologically distinct group within an organisation)
a row among a larger group of people or things
1. (military) a rank or file of soldiers
2. (Brazil) a subdivision of a carnival block consisting of similarly themed participants
(architecture) wing (part of a building that extends from the main structure)
(chess) each player’s half of the chessboard
(dated) wing (part of an animal)

Noun

ala m or f by sense (plural alas)

(sports) wing; winger (player in a wing position)
(aviation) wingman (support pilot in a squadron)

Related terms

alado
alar

Interjection

ala!

out! (demanding that someone leave)
Synonym: fora

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ala

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

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

Rade

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *ʔular, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hulaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *Sulaʀ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /alaa/, [ʔəlaa]

Noun

ala

snake

Romansch

Alternative forms

ela (Puter)

Etymology

From Latin āla.

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) wing
mouldboard

Sassarese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈala/

Noun

ala f (plural ali)

(dialectal) Alternative form of ara (“wing”)

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ǎla/

Adverb

àla (Cyrillic spelling а̀ла)

(used for emphasis, or as an intensifier) expression of awe, surprise, dismay, etc.
Ala je bilo lijepo! ― It sure was nice!

Ala lažeš! ― Oh, you're lying!

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آلا (ala, “spotted, variegated”).

Alternative forms

hala

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ǎːla/

Adjective

ála or àla or ȁla (Cyrillic spelling а́ла or а̀ла or а̏ла) (indeclinable)

piebald, spotted

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xala, unless borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آلا (ala, “spotted, variegated”), euphemistic for a snake.

Alternative forms

hala

Noun

ála or àla or ȁla f (Cyrillic spelling а́ла or а̀ла or а̏ла)

dragon, type of mythical creature similar to dragon

References

Knüppel, Michael (2009) “Zu serbo-kroatisch hȁla ∼ ȁla ‘Drache’”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎^[14] (in German), volume 55, pages 179–183

Sicilian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin āla.

Noun

ala f (plural ali)

wing

References

Traina, Antonino (1868) “ala”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 179

Southern Ndebele

Verb

-ála

to refuse

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈala/ [ˈa.la]
Rhymes: -ala
Syllabification: a‧la
Homophone: hala

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish ala (compare Ladino ala), from Latin āla.

Noun

ala f (plural alas)

wing (of a bird or insect)
El pájaro tiene un ala herida. ― The bird has an injured wing.
wing (of an aircraft)
El avión perdió un ala durante el vuelo. ― The plane lost a wing during the flight.
brim (of a hat)
(military) flank (of a formation)
(sports) wing (part of the field)
(in the plural) flip, wings (hairstyle)

Noun

ala m or f by sense (plural alas)

(sports) winger

Usage notes

Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like ala take the singular definite article el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el ala. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al ala, del ala.

These nouns also usually take the indefinite article un that is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una is also permitted): un ala or una ala. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).

However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) must be used: la mejor ala, una buena ala.

If an adjective follows the noun, it must agree with the noun's gender regardless of the article used: el ala única, un(a) ala buena.
In the plural, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (las, unas etc.) are always used.

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Interjection

ala

Alternative spelling of hala

Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈala/, [ˈa̠la̠], [ˈɑ̟lɑ̟]

Pronoun

ala

everything

Determiner

ala

every; all

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic آلَة (ʔāla).

Pronunciation

Noun

ala (n class, plural ala)

tool, instrument
Synonym: kifaa
sheath, scabbard

References

Swazi

Verb

-ála

to refuse

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈla/ [ʔɐˈla]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: a‧la
Homophone: Ala

Interjection

alá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ) (dialectal)

expressing negation or disapproval, or sometimes agreement, depending on the tenor of expression

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish ala, from Latin āla.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔala/ [ˈʔaː.lɐ]
Rhymes: -ala
Syllabification: a‧la

Noun

ala (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ)

(uncommon) wing
Synonyms: pakpak, bagwis
(architecture) extension of building sideways

Etymology 3

Apheresis of wala.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈlaʔ/ [ʔɐˈlaʔ]
Rhymes: -aʔ
Syllabification: a‧la

Pronoun

alâ (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ)

Alternative form of wala

Adjective

alâ (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ)

Alternative form of wala

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Spanish a la.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈla/ [ʔɐˈla]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: a‧la
Homophone: Ala

Adverb

alá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ)

o'clock (only for one o' clock)
Synonym: (besides one o' clock) alas

Related terms

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈa.la]
Hyphenation: a‧la

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *hala. Cognates include Hawaiian ala and Samoan ala.

Noun

ala

path, road
reason, cause
method, way
transport
working section of a mat
(euphemistic) rectum

Verb

ala

(transitive) to result from

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qara. Cognates include Hawaiian ala and Samoan ala.

Verb

ala (plural feala)

(stative) to be awake
(stative) to be accurate
(stative) to be sharp
(stative, of watercraft) to be close to the wind

References

R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[15], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 11

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آلا (ala), from Proto-Turkic *āla (“variegated”). Doublet of ela.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑˈɫɑ/
Hyphenation: a‧la

Adjective

ala

multicolored, pied, variegated
excellent, superb, splendid
Clipping of alabalık (“trout”).

Declension

Derived terms

alabalık (“trout”)
alaca (“pied”)
alaca karanlık (“dusk, twilight”)

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آلا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[16], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 179

Uneapa

Etymology

From earlier *lala via dissimilation (compare Muduapa lala), from Proto-Oceanic *kilala via truncation, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilala, from Proto-Austronesian *kilala.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ala/

Verb

ala

to know

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish älä.

Verb

ala

second-person singular imperative of ei
do not

Xhosa

Verb

-âla

to refuse

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Yámana

Verb

ala

drink

Yoruba

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /à.là/

Noun

àlà

purity, white cloth, a symbol of the god Ọbàtálá
Synonym: ẹfun

Etymology 2

From à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ lá (“to dream”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /à.lá/

Noun

àlá

dream, vision

Derived terms

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 [with na-]
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”

ala

ala

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Translations

Etymology 2

Preposition

References

Anagrams

Afar

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Hypernyms

See also

References

Asturian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Derived terms

Noun

Declension

Etymology 2

Interjection

See also

References

Balinese

Romanization

Baoule

Noun

References

Basque

Etymology

Pronunciation

Conjunction

Usage notes

References

Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

Chickasaw

Pronunciation

Verb

Inflection

Derived terms

Estonian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Faroese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading