wala

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

walá

  1. left (direction, side)
    Antonym: tuo

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

walâ

  1. none; no one; nothing

Verb

walâ

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

walá

  1. left (direction)
    Coordinate term: tuo

Chamicuro

Etymology

From Spanish bala.

Noun

wala

  1. bullet

Coatepec Nahuatl

Verb

wala

  1. To come.

Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

wālā f (possessed form wālar̃)

  1. turtledove

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

wālā̀ (grade 1)

  1. to relax

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

Verb

wala

  1. to tilt backwards

Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

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

Noun

walâ

  1. no one, nothing

Verb

walâ

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

Verb

walà

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

Etymology 2

Adjective

walá

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

Mbati

Noun

wala

  1. crab

References

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

Middle English

Noun

wala

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

Old Dutch

Adverb

wala

  1. well

References

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

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *walu.

Noun

wala f

  1. choice

Descendants

  • German: Wahl

Pangasinan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Particle

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.

Usage notes

  • 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”.

Derived terms

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

wala m animal

  1. genitive/accusative singular of wal

Verb

wala

  1. third-person singular present of walać

Pukapukan

Etymology

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

Noun

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.

Derived terms

Further reading

Sahu

Etymology

Compare Ternate fala, Tidore fola, Tabaru woa.

Pronunciation

Noun

wala

  1. house

References

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

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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.

Pronoun

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.

Etymology 2

Adjective

walá

  1. left (direction)
    Antonym: tuo

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Etymology 1

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

Conjunction

wala

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

wala

  1. plural of mla

Verb

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

Tagalog

Tagalog numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: wala
    Spanish cardinal: sero

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjective

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
    Antonyms: may, mayroon
    1. to not be in; to be missing
      Wala pa sila dito...
      They aren't here yet...
      Wala 'yung kaibigan mo ah.
      Your friend isn't with you, hm.
    2. to not have; 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 (in a relationship)
    Wala na sila.
    They aren't together anymore.
  4. (euphemistic) dead
    Synonym: patay
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

walà (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎ) (obsolete)

  1. gulf; high seas
    Synonym: laot
  2. sailing into a gulf or high seas
  3. coast
  4. (figurative) condition of being away and apart from others
Derived terms
Related terms
See also

Further reading

Waray-Waray

Adjective

walá

  1. left
    Antonym: tuo
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