ала
Abkhaz
Etymology 1
From Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza *lá (“dog”).
Noun
а-ла́ • (a-lá)
- dog
Etymology 2
From Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza *lá (“eye”).
Noun
а́-ла • (á-la)
- eye (organ of sight)
Bulgarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈaɫə]
Conjunction
ала • (ala)
- but (conjunction)
Usage notes
This conjunction is often used in literature and children's stories, and may contribute to an ominous or moralizing tone.
Chechen
Etymology
From Proto-Nakh.
Verb
ала • (ala)
- to say
Dolgan
Noun
ала • (ala)
- a strap in a reindeer yoke
- reindeer yoke
Evenki
Adjective
ала • (ala)
- sweet
Ingush
Etymology 1
Akin to Chechen алу (alu).
Noun
ала • (ala)
- flame
Etymology 2
From Proto-Nakh.
Verb
ала • (ala)
- to say
Macedonian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *xala, unless borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آلا (ala, “spotted, variegated”), euphemistic for ییلان (yılan, “snake”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈaɫa]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: а‧ла
Noun
а́ла • (ála) f (plural а́ли)
- (archaic) dragon (mythical creature)
- Synonyms: а́ждер (ážder), змеј (zmej), дра́кон (drákon)
- (figurative) monster
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | ала | али |
definite unspecified | алата | алите |
definite proximal | алава | аливе |
definite distal | алана | алине |
vocative | ало | али |
References
- Knüppel, Michael (2009), “Zu serbo-kroatisch hȁla ∼ ȁla ‘Drache’”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch (in German), volume 55, pages 179–183
- “ала” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
Moksha
Etymology
From Proto-Mordvinic *alə̑, from Proto-Uralic *ëla. Perhaps by error EES lists Moksha ал (al, “egg”) as a cognate of Estonian ala. Compare, however, Estonian alus (“foundation”), Livonian alā (“down; under”), alli (“foundation; underside”), among others. Veršinin, however, lists “the lower part of something” as an alternative sense for the word ал (al) in both Mordvinic languages. He speculates that the “egg” sense is secondary to the “underside” sense (as eggs are found under birds), a possible taboo replacement, as collecting eggs in the spring was very important in historic times.[1]
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɑlɑ/
Postposition
ала • (ala)
- under
- O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 135
- кудть ала
- kudtʹ ala
- under the house
- O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 135
Usage notes
This postposition is used with genitive.
References
- Veršinin, V. I. (2004) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Joškar Ola, page 12
Russian
Pronunciation
- ала́: IPA(key): [ɐˈɫa]
- а́ла: IPA(key): [ˈaɫə]
Adjective
ала́ or а́ла • (alá or ála)
- short feminine singular of а́лый (ályj)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǎla/
Adverb
а̀ла (Latin spelling àla)
- (used for emphasis, or as an intensifier) expression of awe, surprise, dismay, etc.
- Ала је било лепо! ― It sure was nice!
- Aла лажеш! ― Oh, you're lying!
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آلا (ala, “spotted, variegated”).
Alternative forms
- хала
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǎːla/
Adjective
а́ла or а̀ла or а̏ла (Latin spelling ála or àla or ȁla)
- piebald, spotted
Etymology 3
From Proto-Slavic *xala, unless borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آلا (ala, “spotted, variegated”), euphemistic for a snake.
Alternative forms
- хала
Noun
а́ла or а̀ла or а̏ла f (Latin spelling ála or àla or ȁla)
- dragon, type of mythical creature similar to dragon
See also
- аждаха
- змај
Yakut
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *āla (“variegated”). Akin to Turkish ala.
Adjective
ала • (ala)
- piebald
- Synonym: эриэн (erien, “variegated”)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Cognate with the Dolgan term above.
Noun
ала • (ala)
- (dialectal) strap (for a reindeer sled)