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Bavarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German allein.

Pronunciation

Adjective

alla (predicative)

  1. (Austria, Vienna) alone

Choctaw

Alternative forms

  • vlla (traditional)
  • ạlla (Byington/Swanton, obsolete linguistic)
  • alla' (Modified traditional, glottal)

Pronunciation

Noun

alla

  1. child

Related terms

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑˈlaː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: al‧la
  • Rhymes: -aː

Interjection

alla

  1. so be it, go ahead
  2. granted, I'll admit

Estonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *alla (compare Finnish alla), from older *alna < *ala-na, an archaic locative formed with Proto-Uralic *-na (whence the essive suffix -na) from ala-.

Adverb

alla (not comparable)

  1. down, to below
    Ma kukkusin alla.
    I fell down.

Postposition

alla

  1. down, to below, to under (+ genitive)
    Mine laua alla!
    Go under the table!

Preposition

alla

  1. below (+ genitive)
    See on kasvult alla keskmise.
    It is below average growth.

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *alla (compare Estonian all), from older *alna < *ala-na, an archaic locative formed with Proto-Uralic *-na (whence the essive suffix -na) from ala-.

Pronunciation

Adverb

alla

  1. beneath, underneath, below

Postposition

alla (+ genitive and/or possessive suffix)

  1. (static) under, underneath, below, beneath
    Synonym: alapuolella
    Antonyms: päällä, yllä, yläpuolella
    Pallo on pöydän alla.
    The ball is under the table.
  2. (temporal) just before, only a short time before
    Vaalien alla on esiintynyt uusia syytöksiä.
    Just before the elections new accusations have arisen.

Declension

Declension of ala-
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative ala- –superessive alhaalla –
genitive – –delative alhaalta –
partitive – –sublative alhaalle –
accusative – –lative alas –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive alla –distributive – –
ablative alta –temp. dist. – –
allative alle –prolative ali
alitse		 –
essive – –situative allekkain
(alakkain)		 –
translative – –oppositive alatusten –
abessive – –
instructive – –
comitative – –
Personal/possessive forms of alla
no possessor alla
possessor singular plural
1st person allani allamme
2nd person allasi allanne
3rd person allaan
allansa

Derived terms

compounds

Related terms

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

Verb

alla

  1. third-person singular past historic of aller

Gothic

Romanization

alla

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

Noun

alla (plural allat)

  1. other, another
    • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
      Filmiliarlu taanna nunani allani TV-eqarfinnut soqutinnittunut tun iniarneqartussaavoq.
      The finished film will be offered to interested broadcasting companies in other countries.
    • 1998 September 1, “Aatsaat qaamasunik amilinnik takusut”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
      Soorunami siornatigut aviisitigut allatigullu qaamasunik amillit qanoq isikkoqarnersut ilisimareeraluarlugit sunaaffa aatsaat iluamik inuttarsisut.
      While they had, of course, already seen people with light skin in news papers and other things, it turned out that they had not met any in the flesh.

Declension

Declension of alla
singular plural
absolutive alla allat
ergative allap allat
allative allamut allanut
ablative allamit allanit
prosecutive allakkut allatigut
locative allami allani
instrumental allamik allanik
equative allatut allatut

References

Icelandic

Pronoun

alla

  1. feminine accusative singular of allur
  2. masculine accusative plural of allur

Inupiaq

Particle

alla (dual allak, plural allat)

  1. another one, different one
    Alla taamna.
    That one is another one.

Alternative forms

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Possibly from Old Irish allguth m (“great noise, shout”), from guth m (“voice, sound”).

Noun

alla m (genitive singular alla)

  1. shout
Declension
Declension of alla

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative alla
Vocative a alla
Genitive alla
Dative alla

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an t-alla
Genitive an alla
Dative leis an alla

don alla

Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Adjective

alla

  1. Alternative form of allta (“wild”)
Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
alla n-alla halla t-alla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈal.la/
  • Rhymes: -alla
  • Hyphenation: àl‧la

Contraction

alla

  1. Contraction of a la.; to the, at the

Preposition

alla

  1. -style
    cotoletta alla milanese ― Milan-style veal cutlet
    cotoletta alla bolognese ― Bologna-style veal cutlet
    cotoletta alla valdostana ― Aosta Valley-style veal cutlet

Laz

Noun

alla

  1. God

Lule Sami

Adjective

alla

  1. attributive of allak

Maltese

Etymology

From the proper noun Alla (“God”), from Arabic الله (allāh). The Arabic is not used as a common noun, for which related إلٰه (ʔilāh).

Pronunciation

Noun

alla f (plural allat)

  1. a god

Interjection

alla

  1. (vulgar) shit!, fuck!, dammit! (expressing frustration or anger)
    Synonyms: ħaqq, ostja, madonna, f’għoxx
    Tini il-mobajl, alla!
    Give me the phone, for heaven's sake!

Related terms

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈalla/

Adjective

alla

  1. attributive form of allat

Nyunga

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Preposition

alla

  1. Alternative spelling of alle

Old Dutch

Adjective

alla

  1. nominative plural of al

Old Norse

Adjective

alla

  1. inflection of allr:
    1. strong feminine accusative singular
    2. strong masculine accusative plural
    3. weak masculine oblique singular
    4. weak feminine nominative singular
    5. weak neuter singular

Swedish

Pronunciation

Pronoun

alla

  1. everyone
    Alla fick en kopp kaffe.
    Everyone got a cup of coffee

Determiner

alla

  1. plural of all
    Har du plockat upp alla leksakerna från golvet?
    Have you picked up all the toys from the floor?

Further reading

Turkish

Etymology

al +‎ la (from al and ile)

Adverb

alla

  1. with the red

Votic

Etymology

From the illative singular of Proto-Finnic *ala. Cognate with Ingrian allaa.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈɑlɑː/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑlɑː
  • Hyphenation: al‧la

Adverb

alla

  1. down, downwards

Postposition

alla (genitive + ~)

  1. (lative) (to) under

Preposition

alla (~ + genitive)

  1. (lative) (to) under

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “alaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

alla

  1. Soft mutation of galla.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
galla alla ngalla unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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