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tala

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English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Samoan tālā, in turn from English dollar.

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tala (plural talas)

  1. The currency of Samoa, divided into 100 sene.

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Sanskrit ताल (tālá).

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tala (plural talas)

  1. (music) A rhythmic pattern in Indian music.

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Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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Of Mongolic origin.[1] Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *tala, *tal-b- (“steppe, open place”),[2] whence also Modern Mongolian тала (tala).

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  • IPA(key): [tɑˈɫɑ]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧la
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Noun

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tala (definite accusative talanı, plural talalar)

  1. open place in a forest, meadow, glade

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    Declension of tala
singular plural
nominative tala
 talalar
definite accusative talanı
 talaları
dative talaya
 talalara
locative talada
 talalarda
ablative taladan
 talalardan
definite genitive talanın
 talaların
    Possessive forms of tala
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) talam talalarım
sənin (“your”) talan talaların
onun (“his/her/its”) talası talaları
bizim (“our”) talamız talalarımız
sizin (“your”) talanız talalarınız
onların (“their”) talası or talaları talaları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) talamı talalarımı
sənin (“your”) talanı talalarını
onun (“his/her/its”) talasını talalarını
bizim (“our”) talamızı talalarımızı
sizin (“your”) talanızı talalarınızı
onların (“their”) talasını or talalarını talalarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) talama talalarıma
sənin (“your”) talana talalarına
onun (“his/her/its”) talasına talalarına
bizim (“our”) talamıza talalarımıza
sizin (“your”) talanıza talalarınıza
onların (“their”) talasına or talalarına talalarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) talamda talalarımda
sənin (“your”) talanda talalarında
onun (“his/her/its”) talasında talalarında
bizim (“our”) talamızda talalarımızda
sizin (“your”) talanızda talalarınızda
onların (“their”) talasında or talalarında talalarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) talamdan talalarımdan
sənin (“your”) talandan talalarından
onun (“his/her/its”) talasından talalarından
bizim (“our”) talamızdan talalarımızdan
sizin (“your”) talanızdan talalarınızdan
onların (“their”) talasından or talalarından talalarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) talamın talalarımın
sənin (“your”) talanın talalarının
onun (“his/her/its”) talasının talalarının
bizim (“our”) talamızın talalarımızın
sizin (“your”) talanızın talalarınızın
onların (“their”) talasının or talalarının talalarının

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  • → Armenian: թալա (tʻala)

References

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  1. ^ Caferoğlu, A. (1954). Azerbaycan ve Anadolu Ağızlarındaki Moğolca Unsurlar. Türk Dili Araştırmaları Yıllığı-Belleten, 2, 1-10.
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tala, *tal-b-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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talâ (Basahan spelling ᜆᜎ)

  1. trace (of a line)
    Synonym: gira

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Deverbal from talar.

Noun

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tala f (plural tales)

  1. felling, woodcutting
  2. destruction

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tala

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

Faroese

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Etymology 1

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

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tala f (genitive singular talu, plural talur)

  1. talk, conversation
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Declension of tala
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tala talan talur talurnar
accusative talu taluna talur talurnar
dative talu taluni talum talunum
genitive talu talunnar tala talanna

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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tala (third person singular past indicative talaði, third person plural past indicative talað, supine talað)

  1. to speak
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Conjugation of tala (group v-30)
infinitive tala
supine talað
participle (a6)1 talandi talaður
present past
first singular tali talaði
second singular talar talaði
third singular talar talaði
plural tala talaðu
imperative
singular tala!
plural talið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

French

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tala

  1. third-person singular past historic of taler

Galician

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Latin tabula (compare falar < Latin fabulare).

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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

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Icelandic

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Etymology 1

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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.

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tala f (genitive singular tölu, nominative plural tölur)

  1. a short address, a speech
  2. button
    Það á ekki að hneppa neðstu tölunni.
    You are not supposed to fasten the lowest button.
  3. number
    Milljón er stór tala.
    A million is a big number.
  4. (grammar) number
    Í hvaða tölu er orðið ‚hestur‘? — Það er í eintölu.
    What number is the word ‘horse’? — It is singular.
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    Declension of tala
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tala talan tölur tölurnar
accusative tölu töluna tölur tölurnar
dative tölu tölunni tölum tölunum
genitive tölu tölunnar talna talnanna
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Etymology 2

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

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tala

  1. to talk
Conjugation
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tala — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að tala
supine
(sagnbót) 		talað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		talandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég tala við tölum present
(nútíð) 		ég tali við tölum
þú talar þið talið þú talir þið talið
hann, hún, það talar þeir, þær, þau tala hann, hún, það tali þeir, þær, þau tali
past
(þátíð) 		ég talaði við töluðum past
(þátíð) 		ég talaði við töluðum
þú talaðir þið töluðuð þú talaðir þið töluðuð
hann, hún, það talaði þeir, þær, þau töluðu hann, hún, það talaði þeir, þær, þau töluðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		tala (þú) talið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
talaðu taliði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
talast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að talast
supine
(sagnbót) 		talast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		talandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég talast við tölumst present
(nútíð) 		ég talist við tölumst
þú talast þið talist þú talist þið talist
hann, hún, það talast þeir, þær, þau talast hann, hún, það talist þeir, þær, þau talist
past
(þátíð) 		ég talaðist við töluðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég talaðist við töluðumst
þú talaðist þið töluðust þú talaðist þið töluðust
hann, hún, það talaðist þeir, þær, þau töluðust hann, hún, það talaðist þeir, þær, þau töluðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		talast (þú) talist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
talastu talisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
talaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		talaður töluð talað talaðir talaðar töluð
accusative
(þolfall) 		talaðan talaða talað talaða talaðar töluð
dative
(þágufall) 		töluðum talaðri töluðu töluðum töluðum töluðum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		talaðs talaðrar talaðs talaðra talaðra talaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		talaði talaða talaða töluðu töluðu töluðu
accusative
(þolfall) 		talaða töluðu talaða töluðu töluðu töluðu
dative
(þágufall) 		talaða töluðu talaða töluðu töluðu töluðu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		talaða töluðu talaða töluðu töluðu töluðu
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Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French tel, Italian tale, Spanish tal.

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Adjective

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tala

  1. such, like: of that kind

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit ताल (tāla).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt̪ala]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧la

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tala (first-person possessive talaku, second-person possessive talamu, third-person possessive talanya)

  1. (music) tune.
  2. (music) tuning fork.
    Synonym: garpu tala

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Kituba

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tala

  1. to look
  2. to visit

Lingala

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tala

  1. to look
  2. to visit

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Etymology 1

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tala n

  1. definite plural of tal

Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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tala f

  1. definite singular of tale

Etymology 3

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From Old Norse tala.

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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
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Old English

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tala

  1. singular imperative of talian

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *talō.

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tala f (genitive tǫlu)

  1. speech, discourse
  2. tale, number
  3. (grammar) number
  4. bead
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  Declension of tala (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tala talan tǫlur tǫlurnar
accusative tǫlu tǫluna tǫlur tǫlurnar
dative tǫlu tǫlunni tǫlum tǫlunum
genitive tǫlu tǫlunnar talna talnanna
Derived terms
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  • tal n (“number”)
  • tala (“to speak”)
  • telja (“to count”)
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  • Icelandic: tala
  • Faroese: tala
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tale m or f (“speech”); tòle f (“vertebra”) < obl. form tǫlu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tale m or f
  • Danish: tale c
References
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  • “tala1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tala in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *talōną, also from *talō.

Verb

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tala

  1. to talk, speak
  2. to speak, make speech
  3. to record, tell
  4. (with prepositions)
    1. (til + genitive) to talk to, speak to
      Rútr talaði þá til Marðar (gen.) ― Ruth then spoke to Mǫrðr
    2. (um + accusative) to talk about (something)
    3. (við + accusative) to talk with, speak to (someone)
Conjugation
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Conjugation of tala — active (weak class 2)
infinitive tala
present participle talandi
past participle talaðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular tala talaða
2nd-person singular talar talaðir
3rd-person singular talar talaði
1st-person plural tǫlum tǫluðum
2nd-person plural talið tǫluðuð
3rd-person plural tala tǫluðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular tala talaða
2nd-person singular talir talaðir
3rd-person singular tali talaði
1st-person plural talim talaðim
2nd-person plural talið talaðið
3rd-person plural tali talaði
imperative present
2nd-person singular tala
1st-person plural tǫlum
2nd-person plural talið
Conjugation of tala — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive talask
present participle talandisk
past participle talazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular tǫlumk tǫluðumk
2nd-person singular talask talaðisk
3rd-person singular talask talaðisk
1st-person plural tǫlumsk tǫluðumsk
2nd-person plural talizk tǫluðuzk
3rd-person plural talask tǫluðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular tǫlumk tǫluðumk
2nd-person singular talisk talaðisk
3rd-person singular talisk talaðisk
1st-person plural talimsk talaðimsk
2nd-person plural talizk talaðizk
3rd-person plural talisk talaðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular talask
1st-person plural tǫlumsk
2nd-person plural talizk
Derived terms
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  • tal n (“number”)
  • tala (“speech”)
  • telja (“to count”)
Descendants
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References
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  • “tala2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tala in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Phuthi

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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-tala

  1. to become full
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Bantu *-bíada.

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-tála

  1. to bear
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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -alɐ
  • Hyphenation: ta‧la

Etymology 1

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From Latin tabula (“table”). Doublet of tábula.

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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

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Borrowed from English tala, from Samoan tālā, in turn from English dollar.

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tala f (plural talas)

  1. tala (basic currency unit of Samoa)

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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tala

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

Rohingya

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Bengali তালা (tala).

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tala

  1. lock

Samoan

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tala

  1. story

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Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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tálā (Cyrillic spelling та́ла̄)

  1. genitive plural of tlo

Sotho

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tala

  1. green
  2. blue

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tala

  1. unripe

Spanish

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtala/ [ˈt̪a.la]
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Syllabification: ta‧la

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from talar.

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tala f (uncountable)

  1. (forestry) felling, cutting down

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tala

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

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Quechua tara.

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tala m (plural talas)

  1. tala (Celtis tala, a South American tree)

Etymology 3

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Uncertain, according to some from Latin tālea (“long and slender stick”), according to others from Arabic طَالِع (ṭāliʕ, “rising”).

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tala f (plural talas)

  1. tipcat (game and stick)

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Swazi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-bíada.

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-tála

  1. to bear

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Swedish

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Etymology

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

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

  1. (somewhat formal) to speak; to utter words; to tell
  2. (somewhat formal) to talk (to someone)
  3. (somewhat formal) to make a speech

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Språka is quite rare and is used about close or intimate talk. Prata is the most common, and is mainly used of informal talking. Tala is a more formal word in its own right, and mainly used about formal speeches, lecturing etc., but also in some expressions. In imperative it is also an encouragement to speak up.

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Conjugation of tala (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive tala talas
Supine talat talats
Imperative tala —
Imper. plural1 talen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative talar talade talas talades
Ind. plural1 tala talade talas talades
Subjunctive2 tale talade tales talades
Participles
Present participle talande
Past participle talad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Uncertain. Possibly from either:

Compare Balinese ᬢᬭᬵ (tala) and Kapampangan tala.

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talà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎ)

  1. (astronomy, strictly) morning star; any bright star (except the Sun)
    Synonym: lusero
  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
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Etymology 2

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

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talâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎ)

  1. record; notes
    Synonyms: listahan, talaan, lista, nota
  2. listing; jotting down on a list
    Synonym: pagtatala
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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tala (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎ)

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

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

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈta.la]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧la

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *tala. Cognates include Hawaiian kala and Samoan tala.

Noun

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tala

  1. story
  2. news
  3. statement, account
  4. rumour, gossip
  5. tale, legend
  6. novel
  7. play

Verb

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tala

  1. (transitive) to tell, narrate
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Polynesian *tara. Cognates include Tahitian tara and Samoan tala.

Noun

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tala

  1. end of a traditional house with a gable

Etymology 3

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From Proto-Polynesian *tala. Cognates include Hawaiian kala and Samoan tala.

Verb

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tala

  1. (transitive) to demolish, destroy
  2. (transitive) to undo, open

Etymology 4

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Verb

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tala

  1. (transitive) to change (money)
  2. (transitive) to withdraw (money)
  3. (transitive) to let a pharmacist make (a drug)

Etymology 5

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Verb

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tala

  1. (transitive) to dilute

Etymology 6

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From Proto-Polynesian *tala. Cognates include Maori tara and Samoan tara.

Noun

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tala

  1. thorn, spike

Verb

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tala

  1. (transitive) to strip off using thorns

References

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  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 362

Tongan

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Noun

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tala

  1. seagull

Venda

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Verb

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tala

  1. to draw (a line)

Welsh

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Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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  • (third-person singular present/future; second-person singular imperative): tâl
  • (first-person singular present/future): talaf

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tala

  1. Colloquial form of talaf (“tallest”)

Mutation

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Mutated forms of tala
radical soft nasal aspirate
tala dala nhala thala

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

West Makian

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Etymology

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Compare Ternate tola (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tala

  1. (transitive) to cut
  2. (transitive) to cross (a river)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of tala (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tatala matala atala
2nd person natala fatala
3rd person inanimate itala datala
animate
imperative natala, tala fatala, tala

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[2], Pacific linguistics

Yakan

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Adjective

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tala

  1. far
    Antonym: tapit

Yámana

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Noun

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tala

  1. eye
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