talla

talla

See also: tallá, tallà, tällä, and t-alla

English

Noun

talla (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of tella (“African beer”)

Anagrams

• Allat, at all, atall

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ʎə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ʎa/

Etymology 1

Back-formation from tallar. Compare French taille.

Noun

talla f (plural talles)

1. (clothing) size

Verb

talla

1. third-person singular present indicative form of tallar
2. second-person singular imperative form of tallar

Further reading

• “talla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “talla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “talla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Estonian

Noun

talla

1. genitive singular of tald

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑlːɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑlːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑlːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): tal‧la

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *talla, probably from the same root as tallata, with a possible secondary Germanic origin (akin to that of etymology 2).

Noun

talla

1. sole (bottom or lower part of anything on which it rests)
2. runner (smooth strip on which a sledge runs)
3. (slang) gas pedal, acceleration pedal, accelerator, throttle (pedal)

   Talla pohjaan!

   Floor it!

Declension

Inflection of talla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		talla	tallat
genitive		tallan	tallojen
partitive		tallaa	talloja
illative		tallaan	talloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		talla	tallat
accusative	nom.	talla	tallat
	gen.	tallan
genitive		tallan	tallojen tallainrare
partitive		tallaa	talloja
inessive		tallassa	talloissa
elative		tallasta	talloista
illative		tallaan	talloihin
adessive		tallalla	talloilla
ablative		tallalta	talloilta
allative		tallalle	talloille
essive		tallana	talloina
translative		tallaksi	talloiksi
instructive		—	talloin
abessive		tallatta	talloitta
comitative		—	talloineen

Possessive forms of talla (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	tallani	tallamme
2nd person	tallasi	tallanne
3rd person	tallansa

Synonyms

• (gas pedal): kaasupoljin

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Swedish stall.

Noun

talla

1. (music) bridge (piece on a stringed instrument that supports the strings)

Declension

Inflection of talla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		talla	tallat
genitive		tallan	tallojen
partitive		tallaa	talloja
illative		tallaan	talloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		talla	tallat
accusative	nom.	talla	tallat
	gen.	tallan
genitive		tallan	tallojen tallainrare
partitive		tallaa	talloja
inessive		tallassa	talloissa
elative		tallasta	talloista
illative		tallaan	talloihin
adessive		tallalla	talloilla
ablative		tallalta	talloilta
allative		tallalle	talloille
essive		tallana	talloina
translative		tallaksi	talloiksi
instructive		—	talloin
abessive		tallatta	talloitta
comitative		—	talloineen

Possessive forms of talla (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	tallani	tallamme
2nd person	tallasi	tallanne
3rd person	tallansa

Synonyms

• kielisilta

See also

• talli

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese talla (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Back-formation from tallar. Compare Portuguese talha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaʎa̝/

Noun

talla f (plural tallas)

1. carving, make, cut
2. carving, sculpture

   Synonym: escultura

3. notch
4. height, stature

   Synonyms: altura, estatura

5. size
6. first cut practiced to a tree when cutting down it
7. (SE Galicia) notched wood strip which codifies the number of sheep or goats of each neighbour and the communal sheepherding shifts
8. ditch

   Synonym: birta

9. (archaic) tax

   Synonym: taxa

Verb

talla

1. third-person singular present indicative of tallar
2. second-person singular imperative of tallar

Related terms

• tallar
• tallo

References

• “talla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “talla” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “talla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “talla” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “talla” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tàl.là/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tàl.lə̀]

Noun

tàllà m (plural tàllàce-tàllàce, possessed form tàllàn)

1. Hawking goods for sale.
2. advertising

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂l- (“to grow; young animal”), like Latin talea (“scion”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtal.la/, [ˈt̪älːʲä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtal.la/, [ˈt̪älːä]

Noun

talla f (genitive tallae); first declension

1. a peel or coat of an onion

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	talla	tallae
Genitive	tallae	tallārum
Dative	tallae	tallīs
Accusative	tallam	tallās
Ablative	tallā	tallīs
Vocative	talla	tallae

References

• “talla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• talla 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)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

talla n

1. definite plural of tall

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰal̪ˠə/

Noun

talla m (genitive singular tallachan, plural tallaichean)

1. hall
2. rock

Derived terms

• talla-cluiche
• talla mòr (“great hall”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
talla	thalla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French taille, with some senses taken from Catalan talla or Italian taglia.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaʝa/ [ˈt̪a.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈtaʝa/ [ˈt̪a.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈtaʎa/ [ˈt̪a.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈtaʃa/ [ˈt̪a.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈtaʒa/ [ˈt̪a.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -aʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -aʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -aʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -aʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -aʒa

• Syllabification: ta‧lla

Noun

talla f (plural tallas)

1. size

   Synonym: tamaño

2. clothing size
3. height
4. carving
5. (Chile, colloquial) joke

   Synonyms: broma, chiste

Derived terms

• dar la talla
• tallaje

Related terms

• tallar

Verb

talla

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

Further reading

• “talla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Verb

talla (present tallar, preterite tallade, supine tallat, imperative talla)

1. (colloquial) to (lightly) touch (something that ought not to be touched)

   Sluta talla på fönsterrutan! Det blir fingeravtryck.

   Stop touching the window pane! It'll leave fingerprints.

2. (colloquial) to grope (touch sexually), usually against someone's will

   Synonyms: kladda, tafsa, (molest) antasta

Conjugation

Conjugation of talla (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	talla		tallas
Supine	tallat		tallats
Imperative	talla		—
Imper. plural1	tallen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tallar	tallade	tallas	tallades
Ind. plural1	talla	tallade	tallas	tallades
Subjunctive2	talle	tallade	talles	tallades
	Participles
Present participle	tallande
Past participle	tallad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• talla in Svensk ordbok (SO)