pala

See also: Pala, palá, pāla, pală, palą, pała, pałą, pala-, and påla

English

Etymology 1

From Latin pāla. Doublet of peel.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪlə/, /ˈpɑːlə/
Rhymes: -ɑːlə

Noun

pala (plural palae)

A part of an insect's leg that is spade-shaped and can be used as a scoop for feeding.

Noun

pala (plural palas)

An Odisha art form consisting of Puranic texts expressed through music and dance.

Anagrams

alap, lapa, pa'al

Balinese

Romanization

pala

Romanization of ᬧᬮ
Romanization of ᬧᬵᬮ
Romanization of ᬨᬮ

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pala (“shovel, spade”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: pa‧la
IPA^(key): /ˈpala/

Noun

pála

shovel, spade

Derived terms

magpala
palahon

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”).

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.lə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.la/

Noun

pala f (plural pales)

shovel, spade
blade (the widest, thinnest part of something)
paddle
Synonym: rem
tongue (of a shoe)
Synonym: llengüeta
dustpan
Synonym: arreplegador

Derived terms

palada
palejar
paleta

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish pala (“shovel, spade”).

Noun

pala

shovel; spade

Crimean Tatar

Noun

pala

a kind of rug
Synonym: kilim

Declension

Declension of pala

nominative	pala
genitive	palanıñ
dative	palağa
accusative	palanı
locative	palada
ablative	paladan

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

IPA^(key): [ˈpala]
Rhymes: -ala
Hyphenation: pa‧la

Adjective

pala (accusative singular palan, plural palaj, accusative plural palajn)

pale; sallow

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *pala, from Proto-Uralic *pala. Cognates include Veps pala, Estonian pala, Erzya пал (pal), and Hungarian fal.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑ/, [ˈpɑlɑ]
Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
Syllabification^(key): pa‧la

Noun

pala

piece, bit
pala palalta ― piece by piece, piecemeal
lump, chunk
block
tablet, bar
(idiomatic) of something that is difficult to accept or endure; especially with the adjective vaikea
Veronkorotus on äänestäjille vaikea pala.
The tax increase is a hard pill to swallow for the voters.
Hänen kuolemansa oli minulle kova pala.
Her death was a hard blow for me.

Declension

Inflection of pala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		pala	palat
genitive		palan	palojen
partitive		palaa	paloja
illative		palaan	paloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pala	palat
accusative	nom.	pala	palat
accusative	gen.	palan	palat
genitive		palan	palojen palain^rare
partitive		palaa	paloja
inessive		palassa	paloissa
elative		palasta	paloista
illative		palaan	paloihin
adessive		palalla	paloilla
ablative		palalta	paloilta
allative		palalle	paloille
essive		palana	paloina
translative		palaksi	paloiksi
instructive		—	paloin
abessive		palatta	paloitta
comitative		—	paloineen

Possessive forms of pala (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	palani	palamme
2nd person	palasi	palanne
3rd person	palansa

Derived terms

aamupala
iltapala
palanpainike
palapeli
välipala

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑˣ/, [ˈpɑlɑ(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
Syllabification^(key): pa‧la

Verb

pala

present active indicative connegative of palaa
Minä en pala. ― I don't burn.
second-person singular present imperative of palaa
Pala! ― Burn!
second-person singular present active imperative connegative of palaa
Älä pala! ― Don't burn!

References

Entry #695 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.

Anagrams

lapa

Galician

Etymology

Obscure. From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpalɐ]

Noun

pala f (plural palas)

rock shelter
Synonym: paleira
burrow, den
Synonyms: paleira, tobeira, tobo, toco, toqueira

Derived terms

paleira

References

“pala” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“pala” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“pala” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Garo

Etymology

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

Verb

pala

(transitive) to sell

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpɒlɒ]
Hyphenation: pa‧la
Rhymes: -lɒ

Noun

pala (plural palák)

slate

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	pala	palák
accusative	palát	palákat
dative	palának	paláknak
instrumental	palával	palákkal
causal-final	paláért	palákért
translative	palává	palákká
terminative	paláig	palákig
essive-formal	palaként	palákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	palában	palákban
superessive	palán	palákon
adessive	palánál	paláknál
illative	palába	palákba
sublative	palára	palákra
allative	palához	palákhoz
elative	palából	palákból
delative	paláról	palákról
ablative	palától	paláktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	paláé	paláké
non-attributive possessive - plural	paláéi	palákéi

Possessive forms of pala
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	palám	paláim
2nd person sing.	palád	paláid
3rd person sing.	palája	palái
1st person plural	palánk	paláink
2nd person plural	palátok	paláitok
3rd person plural	palájuk	paláik

Derived terms

Compound words

csillámpala
palakék
palaszürke

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pala, from Sanskrit फल (phala). Doublet of pahala.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pa.la/
Hyphenation: pa‧la

Noun

pala

nutmeg (Myristica fragrans).

Related terms

pahala

Ingrian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *pala, from Proto-Uralic *pala. Cognates include Finnish pala and Estonian pala.

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑ/, [ˈpɑɫɑ]

(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑ/, [ˈpɑɫɑ]

Rhymes: -ɑlɑ

Hyphenation: pa‧la

Noun

pala

piece, bit
Pala leipää. ― A piece of bread.

Declension

Declension of pala (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	pala	palat
genitive	palan	palloin
partitive	pallaa	paloja
illative	pallaa	palloi
inessive	palas	palois
elative	palast	paloist
allative	palalle	paloille
adessive	palal	paloil
ablative	palalt	paloilt
translative	palaks	paloiks
essive	palanna, pallaan	paloinna, palloin
exessive¹⁾	palant	paloint
¹⁾ obsolete ^) the accusative* corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) ^) the comitative** is formed by adding the suffix -ka^? or -kä^? to the genitive.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑ/, [ˈpɑɫɑ]

(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑ/, [ˈpɑɫɑ]

Rhymes: -ɑlɑ

Hyphenation: pa‧la

Verb

pala

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

References

Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 378

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpa.la/
Rhymes: -ala
Hyphenation: pà‧la

Etymology 1

From Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”).

Noun

pala f (plural pale)

shovel, trowel
blade (of a propellor, fan, etc.)
paddle
retable
altarpiece
pall
vane

Derived terms

paletta

Descendants

→ Turkish: pala

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pala

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

Javanese

Romanization

pala

Romanization of ꦥꦭ

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pala.

Noun

pala

shovel

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pala.

Noun

pala

bit

Kott

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔapV (“hotness, sweat”). Compare Assan palá, pfóltu, paltu (“hot”).

Noun

pala

hotness

Related terms

apīkŋ
apīkŋ uganaŋ
apīkŋán
fal
phal

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pākslā, from Proto-Indo-European *pak-slo-, from root *peh₂ǵ-. See pangō, pāgus, pacīscor, pāx, pāgina.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.la/, [ˈpäːɫ̪ä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.la/, [ˈpäːlä]

Noun

pāla f (genitive pālae); first declension

A shovel, spade.
Synonym: rutrum
The bezel of a ring.
- c. 44 BC, Cicero, De Officiis, 3.38
  ibi cum palam eius anuli ad palmam converterat a nullo videbatur ipse autem omnia videbat
  As often as he turned the bezel of the ring inwards toward the palm of his hand, he became invisible to everyone, while he himself saw everything;
(Classical Latin, rare) the banana plant
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia XII.24:
  Maior alia pomo et suavitate praecellentior, quo sapientes Indorum vivunt. Folium alas avium imitatur, longitudine trium cubitorum, latitudine duum. Fructum cortice emittit admirabilem suci dulcedine, ut uno quaternos satiet. Arbori nomen palae, pomo arienae. Plurima est in Sydracis, expeditionum Alexandri termino.
  There is a greater one, surpassing other fruit trees even in softness, which Indian sages live on. Its leaf copies the wings of birds, being three cubits in length and two in width. It produces its fruit from its bark, and the fruit is astonishing in its sweetness, one being enough for four people. The name of the tree is the pala, and ariena that of the fruit. It is found in great number among the Sydraci, at the limit of Alexander the Great's campaigns.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pāla	pālae
Genitive	pālae	pālārum
Dative	pālae	pālīs
Accusative	pālam	pālās
Ablative	pālā	pālīs
Vocative	pāla	pālae

Derived terms

bipālium

Descendants

Catalan: pala
English: pale
Old French: pele
- French: pelle
French: pale
Friulian: pale
Italian: pala
Mirandese: pala
Old Portuguese: paa
- Galician: pa, pá, paa
- Portuguese: pá
Piedmontese: pala
→ Portuguese: pala
Sicilian: pala
Spanish: pala
Tashelhit: tafala

References

“pala”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“pala”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
pala 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)
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to become known, become a topic of common conversation (used of things): foras efferri, palam fieri, percrebrescere, divulgari, in medium proferri, exire, emanare
“pala”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
“pala”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Livonian

Alternative forms

palā (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pala.

Noun

pala

bit

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit फल (phala). Doublet of pahala.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pa.la/
Hyphenation: pa‧la
Rhymes: -a

Noun

pala (Jawi spelling ڤالا‎, plural pala-pala, informal 1st possessive palaku, 2nd possessive palamu, 3rd possessive palanya)

nutmeg (Myristica fragrans).

Derived terms

buah pala
bunga pala
kembang pala

Related terms

pahala

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pala or a Sicilian equivalent, eventually from Latin pala. For the sense “palm of the hand”, the phonetic similarity with Italian palma may be considered, though a direct derivation from “shovel” is also plausible.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpaːla/

Noun

pala f (plural pali)

shovel; spade
Synonym: luħ
(usually in the construction pala tal-id) palm of the hand; or the inner part of the hand (including the fingers)
Synonyms: keff, keffa

Ngiyambaa

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *balaŋ, cognate with Wiradhuri balang.

Noun

pala

head

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpɐlɐ]

Pronoun

pala

(demonstrative) that, there
Watingku pala tii tjikini. ― That man is drinking tea.

Derived terms

palakutu (“over there”)
palangka (“just there, right there”)
palanpa (“these, these ones”)
palatja (“that there, that one there”)

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpa.la/
Rhymes: -ala
Syllabification: pa‧la

Noun

pala

genitive singular of pal

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pala. Doublet of pá.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpa.lɐ/

Rhymes: -alɐ
Hyphenation: pa‧la

Noun

pala f (plural palas)

(heraldry) pale

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

pala (Cyrillic spelling пала)

inflection of pȁsti:
1. feminine singular active past participle
2. neuter plural active past participle

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpala/ [ˈpa.la]
Audio (Colombia) (file)
Rhymes: -ala
Syllabification: pa‧la

Noun

pala f (plural palas)

shovel, spade
blade of an oar, a shovel, etc.
(shoemaking) upper, vamp
setting (piece of metal in which a precious gem is fixed)
paddle
(baking) peel

Derived terms

a punta de pala, a punta pala
pala cargadora
pala de dientes
pala mixta
palazo
palear
paleta
palita
paliza
traspalar

Descendants

Chavacano: pala

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Bikol Central palan.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: pa‧la

IPA^(key): /paˈla/, [pɐˈla]

Interjection

palá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ)

expressing sudden realization; exclamation of surprise.
Ikaw palá! ― So it's you!

Derived terms

oo nga pala
siyanga pala

Etymology 2

From Malay pahala (“reward; grant”), from Sanskrit फल (phála, “fruit; benefit”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: pa‧la

IPA^(key): /ˈpalaʔ/, [ˈpa.lɐʔ] (noun: reward)

IPA^(key): /paˈlaʔ/, [pɐˈlaʔ] (noun: consequence)

Noun

palà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ)

blessing; grace; bounty; favor
Synonyms: biyaya, kaloob, gantimpala, premyo
reward; bounty; prize; renumeration
Synonyms: kaloob, gantimpala, premyo, pabuya

Derived terms

gantimpala
ipagpala
magpapala
makapala
makipagpala
makipala
mapagpala
nagpala
nagpapala
pagkakapala
pagpalain
pagpapala
pakikipagpala
pakikipagpalaan
palaan
pangpala
pinagpala
pinala
pumala
tagapagpala
tagapala

Noun

palâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ)

recompense; consequence
Synonym: hita

Derived terms

ipagpala
ipala
kapalan
magkapala
makapala
makipala
mapala
mapapala
nagkapala
napala
napapala
pagkakapala
pagpapala
pakikipagpalaan
palaan
pangpala

Etymology 3

From Spanish pala (“shovel; spade”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: pa‧la

IPA^(key): /ˈpala/, [ˈpa.lɐ]

Noun

pala (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ)

shovel; spade
(colloquial) person paid to applaud or perform paid activities

Derived terms

ipala
magkapala
magpala
makapala
makipagpalahan
makipala
nagkapala
napala
napapala
pagkakapala
pagpapala
pakikipagpalahan
palahin
pangpala
pinala
pumala
tagapagpala
tagapala

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pala.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /paˈɫa/
Hyphenation: pa‧la

Noun

pala (definite accusative palayı, plural palalar)

machete

Derived terms

pala çekmek

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pala.

Noun

pala

piece, bit
part
share, portion
chapter (of a book)
scene (of a play, film)
plate

Inflection

Inflection of pala (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	pala
genitive sing.	palan
partitive sing.	palad
partitive plur.	paloid
	singular	plural
nominative	pala	palad
accusative	palan	palad
genitive	palan	paloiden
partitive	palad	paloid
essive-instructive	palan	paloin
translative	palaks	paloikš

inessive	palas	paloiš
elative	palaspäi	paloišpäi
illative	palaha palha	paloihe

adessive	palal	paloil
ablative	palalpäi	paloilpäi
allative	palale	paloile

abessive	palata	paloita
comitative	palanke	paloidenke
prolative	paladme	paloidme

approximative I	palanno	paloidenno
approximative II	palannoks	paloidennoks
egressive	palannopäi	paloidennopäi

terminative I	palahasai palhasai	paloihesai
terminative II	palalesai	paloilesai
terminative III	palassai	—

additive I	palahapäi palhapäi	paloihepäi
additive II	palalepäi	paloilepäi

References

Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “глава, доля, кусок, пластинка, сцена, часть, член”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

West Makian

Etymology

Compare Ternate fala, Tidore fola, Tabaru woa, etc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpa.l̪a/

Noun

pala

house
pala ne ilamo ― this house is large
nest

References

Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pala, from Latin pāla.

Noun

pala

shovel

References

Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán‎, segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 22

[1] Entry #695 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.

pala

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Noun

Anagrams

Balinese

Romanization

Bikol Central

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Catalan

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Further reading

Chavacano

Etymology

Noun

Crimean Tatar

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Esperanto

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Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

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Derived terms

Etymology 2

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References

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Galician

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References

Garo

Etymology

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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Further reading

Indonesian

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Related terms

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

References

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

Javanese

Romanization