pala

English

Etymology 1

From Latin pāla. Doublet of peel.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pala (plural palae)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

pala (plural palas)

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Pala (folk art)

Wikipedia

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

Anagrams

• alap, lapa, pa'al

Balinese

Romanization

pala

1. Romanization of ᬧᬮ
2. Romanization of ᬧᬵᬮ
3. Romanization of ᬨᬮ

Bikol Central

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˈpala/,

Noun

pála

1. shovel, spade

Derived terms

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

pala f (plural pales)

1. shovel, spade
2. blade (the widest, thinnest part of something)
3. paddle

   Synonym: rem

4. tongue (of a shoe)

   Synonym: llengüeta

5. dustpan

   Synonym: arreplegador

Derived terms

• palada
• palejar
• paleta

Further reading

• “pala” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pala”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “pala” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pala” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chavacano

Etymology

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

Noun

pala

1. shovel; spade

Crimean Tatar

Noun

pala (accusative , plural )

1. a kind of rug

   Synonym: kilim

Declension

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ala
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

Adjective

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

1. 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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pala

1. piece, bit, part, lump, chunk

   pala palalta ― piece by piece, piecemeal

2. (often in compounds) snack (something designed to be eaten quickly, in one go)
3. (idiomatic) of something that is difficult to accept or endure; especially with vaikea or kova

   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

Derived terms

Further reading

• “pala”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧la

Verb

pala

1. present active indicative connegative of palaa

   Minä en pala. ― I don't burn.

2. second-person singular present imperative of palaa

   Pala! ― Burn!

3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of palaa

   Älä pala! ― Don't burn!

References

Anagrams

• lapa

Galician

Etymology

Obscure. From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

pala f (plural palas)

1. rock shelter

   Synonym: paleira

2. 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

1. (transitive) to sell

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: pa‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

Noun

pala (plural palák)

1. slate

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• pala in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

pala

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.la/
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

Noun

pala

1. nutmeg (Myristica fragrans).

Related terms

Further reading

• “pala” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Ingrian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

Noun

pala

1. piece, bit

   Pala leipää. ― A piece of bread.

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

Verb

pala

1. 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)

1. shovel, trowel
2. blade (of a propellor, fan, etc.)
3. paddle
4. retable
5. altarpiece
6. pall
7. vane

Derived terms

• paletta

Descendants

• → Turkish: pala

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pala

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

Javanese

Romanization

pala

1. Romanization of ꦥꦭ

Kapampangan

Etymology 1

Compare Bikol Central palan, Tagalog pala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈla/,
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

Interjection

pala

1. expressing sudden realization; exclamation of surprise

   Makanini pala! ― So it's like this!

   Wapin pala, alineman pakanita e. ― By the way, it's not like that.

   tutu pala! ― So, it was true!

Verb

pala

1. to be

   I Bermuda pala. ― I am Bermuda.

   Ining notebook kekaya pala? ― Is this notebook yours?

   Mangan pala. ― Eat.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaləʔ/, (noun: reward)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaləʔ/, (noun: consequence)
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

Noun

pálâ

1. blessing; grace; bounty; favor

   Synonyms: biyaya, kalub, galal, premyu

2. reward; prize;

   Synonyms: kalub, galal, premyu

Derived terms

Noun

palâ

1. consequence

   Synonym: akakakuwa

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈla/,
• Hyphenation: pá‧la

Noun

pala

1. shovel; spade

Derived terms

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pala.

Noun

pala

1. shovel

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pala.

Noun

pala

1. bit

Kott

Etymology

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

Noun

pala

1. hotness

Related terms

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pākslā, from Proto-Indo-European *pak-slo-, from *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach, fasten”). See pangō, pāgus, pacīscor, pāx, pāgina.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.la/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.la/,

Noun

pāla f (genitive pālae); first declension

1. A shovel, spade.

   Synonyms: rutrum, vatillum

2. 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;

3. (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.

Derived terms

• bipālium

Descendants

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

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

• palauk (Imperative of palaukti)

Etymology

From palauk.

Verb

pala (slang, colloquial) Form of the second-person singular imperative of palaukti.

1. wait!

Livonian

Alternative forms

• palā (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pala.

Noun

pala

1. 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)

1. nutmeg (Myristica fragrans).

Derived terms

• buah pala
• bunga pala
• kembang pala

Related terms

Further reading

• “pala” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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)

1. shovel; spade

   Synonym: luħ

2. (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 Wiradjuri balang.

Noun

pala

1. head

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Pronoun

pala

1. (demonstrative) that, there

   Watingku pala tii tjikini. ― That man is drinking tea.

Derived terms

See also

• nyara

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pala

1. genitive singular of pal

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -alɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin pāla (“shovel, bezel”). Doublet of pá.

Noun

pala f (plural palas)

1. forepiece, brim (projecting rim of a hat)

   Synonyms: aba, viseira

2. tongue (of a shoe)

   Synonyms: língua, lingueta

3. part of a leg warmer that covers the foot
4. flap covering of a bag, envelope etc.

   Synonym: aba

5. blinker (eye shield attached to a horse hood in order to impede its rear vision)

   Synonym: anteolho

6. scabbard

   Synonym: bainha

7. (clothing) yoke (of a shirt, dress or pants)
8. (heraldry) pale
9. (automotive) sun visor

   Synonym: quebra-sol

10. (automotive) mudguard

    Synonym: para-lama

11. (jewelry) bezel

    Synonym: engaste

12. (Christianity) pall (piece used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist)
13. (informal) lie, scam
14. (Fundão) binge drinking
15. (Portugal, informal) endeavor
16. (Brazil, informal) hint

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin palla.

Noun

pala f (plural palas)

1. (historical) palla

Etymology 3

Unknown, possibly from palla.

Noun

pala m (plural palas)

1. (Rio Grande do Sul) poncho

Etymology 4

Unknown. Compare Galician pala.

Noun

pala f (plural palas)

1. (Trás-os-Montes) rock shelter

Further reading

• “pala” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “pala” in Dicionário Online de Português.
• “pala” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “pala” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “pala” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

pala (Cyrillic spelling пала)

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

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpala/

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: pa‧la

Noun

pala f (countable and uncountable, plural palas)

1. shovel, spade
2. blade of an oar, a shovel, etc.
3. (shoemaking) upper, vamp
4. setting (piece of metal in which a precious gem is fixed)
5. paddle
6. (baking) peel
7. (slang, at least in Argentina) cocaine
   • 2021 September 8, toyhartas, Twitter‎, retrieved 31 December 2023:

     yo amo a lana con toda mi alma escucharía hasta sus ronquidos pq seguramente suenan como angeles cantando pero me tienen harta todas con esta era solar power me duermo en vivo ya que vuelvan a tomar pala y enamorarse de un demente

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2022 May 28, nicolasfmaci, Twitter‎, retrieved 31 December 2023:

     Si se falopean aguantensela después no anden todos depresivos intentando ir dando lastima por la vida, lastima me da un pibito ciego no un tonto que esta mal por tomar pala

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2022 December 31, TriniRanger, Twitter‎, retrieved 31 December 2023:

     Le ofrecemos fasito a una compañerita de laburo y nos responde: "No gracias, eso me da malos viajes. A mi la verdad lo que me gusta es tomar pala."

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Descendants

• > Chavacano: pala (inherited)

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Bikol Central palan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈla/,
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pa‧la

Interjection

palá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ)

1. expressing sudden realization; exclamation of surprise.

   Ikaw pala! ― So it's you!

Derived terms

See also

• pala-

Etymology 2

From Malay pahala (“reward; grant”), from Sanskrit फल (phála, “fruit; benefit”). Compare Kapampangan pala, Maguindanao pahala, and Tausug pahala'.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpalaʔ/, (noun: reward)
  • IPA^(key): /paˈlaʔ/, (noun: consequence)
• Rhymes: (noun: reward) -alaʔ, (noun: consequence) -aʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧la

Noun

palà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ)

1. blessing; grace; bounty; favor

   Synonyms: biyaya, kaloob, gantimpala, premyo

2. reward; bounty; prize; renumeration

   Synonyms: kaloob, gantimpala, premyo, pabuya

Derived terms

Noun

palâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ)

1. recompense; consequence

   Synonym: hita

Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Spanish pala (“shovel; spade”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpala/,
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: pa‧la

Noun

pala (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ)

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

Derived terms

See also

• araro

Further reading

• “pala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Wolff, John U. (1976) “Malay borrowings in Tagalog”, in C.D. Cowan & O.W. Wolters, editors, Southeast Asian History and Historiography: Essays Presented to D. G. E. Hall‎, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, page 359

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɫa/
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

Noun

pala (definite accusative palayı, plural palalar)

1. machete

Derived terms

• pala çekmek

Further reading

• “pala”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “pala”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pala.

Noun

pala

1. piece, bit
2. part
3. share, portion
4. chapter (of a book)
5. scene (of a play, film)
6. plate

Inflection

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

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pala.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

Noun

pala

1. piece, bit

   Synonym: tükki

Inflection

References

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

West Makian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.l̪a/

Noun

pala

1. house

   pala ne ilamo ― this house is large

2. 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

1. 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