From Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza *lá (“dog”).
а-ла́ • (a-lá)
From Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza *lá (“eye”).
а́-ла • (á-la)
ала • (ala)
This conjunction is often used in literature and children's stories, and may contribute to an ominous or moralizing tone.
From Proto-Nakh.
ала • (ala)
ала • (ala)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
ала • (ala)
ала • (ala)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
ала • (ala)
Declension of ала | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
nominative | ала (ala) | ала-влак (ala-vlak) | ||
accusative | алам (alam) | ала-влакым (ala-vlakym) | ||
genitive | алан (alan) | ала-влакын (ala-vlakyn) | ||
dative | алалан (alalan) | ала-влаклан (ala-vlaklan) | ||
comitative | алаге (alage) | ала-влакге (ala-vlakge) | ||
comparative | алала (alala) | ала-влакла (ala-vlakla) | ||
inessive | алаште (alašte) | ала-влакыште (ala-vlakyšte) | ||
illative (short) | алаш (alaš) | ала-влакыш (ala-vlakyš) | ||
illative (long) | алашке (alaške) | ала-влакышке (ala-vlakyške) | ||
lative | алаш (alaš) | ала-влакеш (ala-vlakeš) |
Possessed forms of ала | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
1st person | алам (alam) | алана (alana) | ||
2nd person | алат (alat) | алада (alada) | ||
3rd person | алаже (alaže) | алашт (alašt) |
ала • (ala)
ала • (ala)
From Proto-Nakh.
ала • (ala)
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xala, unless borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آلا (ala, “spotted, variegated”), euphemistic for ییلان (yılan, “snake”).
From Proto-Mordvinic *alə, from Proto-Uralic *ëla. Perhaps by error “ala”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012 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.
ала • (ala)
This postposition is used with the genitive case.
ала́ or а́ла • (alá or ála)
а̀ла (Latin spelling àla)
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آلا (ala, “spotted, variegated”).
а́ла or а̀ла or а̏ла (Latin spelling ála or àla or ȁla)
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xala, unless borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آلا (ala, “spotted, variegated”), euphemistic for a snake.
а́ла or а̀ла or а̏ла f (Latin spelling ála or àla or ȁla)
ала
From Proto-Turkic *āla (“variegated”). Akin to Turkish ala.
ала • (ala)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Cognate with the Dolgan term above.
ала • (ala)