wala

wala

1. Alternative spelling of wallah.

• IPA^(key): /waˈla/
• Hyphenation: wa‧la

walá (Basahan spelling ᜏᜎ)

1. left (direction, side)

   Antonym: tuo

• wa — dialectal, "l"-elision
• walay, way — with indefinite subject; -less

From Proto-Bisayan *wadaq, from Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada. Possible historic Islamization influence from Arabic ولا wala.

• IPA^(key): (adjective, numeral) /waˈlaʔ/
• IPA^(key): (verb) /ˈwalaʔ/
• (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Leyte) IPA^(key): /ˈwaʔ/
• Hyphenation: wa‧la

walâ (Badlit spelling ᜏᜎ)

1. indicates the nonexistence or absence of something; there is none, no one, nothing

   Antonyms: (most common) anaa, aduna, ania, adia, atua, may

2. to have no possession of; to not have something

   Antonyms: anaa, aduna, may

3. (with verb in the inchoative) did not; without doing

   Coordinate terms: dili, ayaw

4. (by extension, of a relationship) broken up
5. (euphemistic) dead

   Synonym: patay

• If the subject is indefinite, the indefinite marker -y is suffixed; otherwise, the bare form is used.

  walay niadto ― no one came (indefinite subject)

  wala (siya) niadto ― (he) did not come (definite subject)

• In the sense "without doing," the form walay can be used if the verb is not marked for aspect; although this formation may behave more like an adjective.

  wala nanudlay ― did not comb

  walay panudlay ― did not comb, uncombed

walà (Badlit spelling ᜏᜎ)

1. to disappear or be gone and nonexistent

   mawala unta ang kalisdanan sa kinabuhi

   I wish all the hardships of life would disappear

2. to lose something; to misplace

   nawala iyang pitaka ― he lost his wallet

walâ

1. (uncommon, only in certain contexts) zero, null

   Synonym: sero

Compare Tausug lawa.

• IPA^(key): /waˈla/
• (uncommon; Metro Cebu, Bohol, Leyte) IPA^(key): /ˈwa/
• Hyphenation: wa‧la

walá (Badlit spelling ᜏᜎ)

1. left (direction)

   Coordinate term: tuo

From Spanish bala.

wala

1. bullet

wala

1. To come.

• IPA^(key): /wáː.láː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

wālā f (possessed form wālar̃)

1. turtledove

• IPA^(key): /wáː.làː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

wālā̀ (grade 1)

1. to relax

• IPA^(key): /ˈwa.la/,

wala

1. to tilt backwards

From Proto-Bisayan *wadaq, from Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

walâ

1. no one, nothing

walâ

1. to lack
2. to disappear or be gone and nonexistent

walà

1. deny
2. gainsay
3. forgive, forget the wrongdoings of another

walá

1. left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)

   Antonym: tuo

wala

1. romanization of ꦮꦭ

wala

1. crab

• LePage, Sarah Gloria (2020) "The phonology of Mbati"‎, University of North Dakota

wala

1. alternative form of wale (“planking, welt”)

wala

1. well

• Dr. Tack P, Proeve van Oudnederfrankische Grammatica, 77.

wala m

1. alternative form of wela
2. nominative/accusative plural of walu

From Proto-West Germanic *walu.

wala f

1. choice

• Walaruna, Uualaruna
• Walaberht, Uualaperht
• Walahari, Uualahari, Uualari

• German: Wahl

From Proto-Northern Luzon *wadaʔ, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

• Hyphenation: wa‧la
• IPA^(key): /waˈla/,

wala

1. existential quantifier: there is; to have; is in

   Walay baik.

   I have a grandmother

   (literally, “There exists my grandmother”)

   Wala ak ed Pangasinan.

   I'm in Pangasinan.

   Walay sira dia.

   There's fish here.

• The entity existing is a word marked nominative with a marker -y or so. It can be a lone nominative pronoun (e.g. saya) which already is nominative.
• The entity possessing is a word marked genitive with na or a genitive pronoun. This results in something like walay Y na X “X has Y”, or literally, “There's Y of X”.

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.la/
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: wa‧la

wala m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of wal

wala

1. third-person singular present of walać

From Proto-Polynesian *fara, from Proto-Oceanic *padran, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.

wala

1. screwpine, pandanus tree (Pandanus tectorius)

   Te wala e lākau loa makeke i te māni wale.

   The pandanus is a tree with hard wood for building houses.

2. pandanus key, single section of fruit.

   Aumai ake e wala māku.

   Please bring me a piece of pandanus fruit.

• wala painapa (“pineapple”)
• pikiwala

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Compare Ternate fala, Tidore fola, Tabaru woa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwa.la/

wala

1. house

• Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987) Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill

From Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

waḽâ

1. lost; disappeared

   Nawaḽa sana siya.

   S/he's just disappeared.

2. absent

   Antonym: yaon

   Waḽa naman siya sa klase.

   S/he's absent again in class.

waḽâ

1. (indefinite) nothing; none; no one; nobody

   Synonym: dai

   Antonyms: igwa, may

   Waḽa nin tawo sa haḽong.

   There's no one in the house.

walá

1. left (direction)

   Antonym: tuo

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Borrowed from Arabic وَلَا (walā, “and not”).

wala

1. (in a negative sentence) and
2. (in a negative sentence) or

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

wala

1. plural of mla

wala

1. inflection of -la:
   1. second-person singular gnomic
   2. third-person plural (wa class_(II)) gnomic
   3. m class_(III) and u class_(XI) gnomic

From Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada. Unrelated to Arabic وَلَا (walā).

• 'la, la, ala — aphaeretic, colloquial
• uala, huala — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• ula — dialectal, colloquial
• wla — text messaging

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /waˈlaʔ/
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: wa‧la

walâ (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎ)

1. nothing; to not exist; there is no

   Walang tao diyan.

   There's no people there.

   Synonyms: (slang, gay slang) waley, (gay slang) was, (back slang) alaws

   Antonyms: may, mayroon

   1. not in; missing

      Wala pa sila dito...

      They aren't here yet...

      Wala 'yung kaibigan mo ah.

      Your friend isn't with you, hm.

   2. not having; no

      Wala sa akin ang ballpen mo, wala akong kailangang ibalik sa iyo!

      I don't have your pen, I don't have to return anything to you!

      Wala akong pagkain, sa iba ka na lang.

      I don't have food here, go to another person.

   3. no; I/you/they don't have any; there isn't any

      Ay, wala, hindi ako nakakuha.

      Oh, I don't have any, I didn't get to grab any.

   4. nothing; no-one

      Wala 'yun sa akin.

      She's nothing to me.

      Ay, wala 'yun, 'wag mo na lang pansinin.

      Oh, they're no-one, don't mind them.

      Wala... hindi 'yan gagana.

      That's nothing... that won't work.

2. free (from); lacking; without

   Synonym: ligtas

3. (by extension) broken up; separated (in a relationship)

   Wala na sila.

   They are not together anymore.

4. (euphemistic) dead

   Synonym: patay

Compare Kapampangan uala (“voyage to the sea or deep bay”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈwalaʔ/
• Rhymes: -alaʔ
• Syllabification: wa‧la

walà (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎ)

1. (dialectal, Quezon) horizon or seeming edge of midsea or midocean

   Ang bapor ay halos nasa wala.

   The steamboat is almost at the horizon (at the sea).

2. (obsolete) gulf; high seas

   Synonym: laot

3. (obsolete) sailing into a gulf or high seas
4. (obsolete) coast
5. (figurative, obsolete) condition of being away and apart from others

• lawa

• “wala”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “wala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wada”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1971) A Lexicographic Study of Tayabas Tagalog of Quezon Province, Quezon City: Diliman Review, page 412

• lawa

walá

1. left

   Antonym: tuo