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Proto-West Germanic *dal

Old High German tal

Middle High German tal

English tala

Borrowed from Samoan tālā, in turn from English dollar.

tala (plural talas)

  1. The currency of Samoa, divided into 100 sene.

Borrowed from Sanskrit ताल (tālá).

tala (plural talas)

  1. (music) A rhythmic pattern in Indian music.

Of Mongolic origin.[1] Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *tala, *tal-b- (“steppe, open place”),[2] whence also Modern Mongolian тала (tala).

tala (definite accusative talanı, plural talalar)

  1. open place in a forest, meadow, glade
  1. ^ Caferoğlu, A. (1954). Azerbaycan ve Anadolu Ağızlarındaki Moğolca Unsurlar. Türk Dili Araştırmaları Yıllığı-Belleten, 2, 1-10.
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*tala, *tal-b-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-tád.

tala

  1. to look

Deverbal from talar.

tala f (plural tales)

  1. felling, woodcutting
  2. destruction

tala

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

talâ (Basahan spelling ᜆᜎ)

  1. trace (of a line)
    Synonym: gira

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talō (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”).

tala f (genitive singular talu, plural talur)

  1. talk, conversation

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talōną.

tala (third person singular past indicative talaði, third person plural past indicative talað, supine talað)

  1. to speak

tala

  1. third-person singular past historic of taler

Perhaps from Latin tabula (compare falar < Latin fabulare).

tala f (plural talas)

  1. wooden object that squeezes or pressures, not allowing free movement; splint
  2. wooden tongs used for picking chestnuts burrs
    Synonym: colledoira

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talō (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”).

Cognate with Dutch taal (“language, speech”), English tale (“number”) (from Middle English, from Old English talu (“calculation; story”)), German Zahl (“number, figure”), Danish tale (“speech”), Latin dolus (“guile, deceit, fraud”), Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “wile, bait”), Old Armenian տող (toł, “row”). Related to tell, talk.

tala f (genitive singular tölu, nominative plural tölur)

  1. a short address, a speech
  2. button
    Það á ekki að hneppa neðstu tölunni.
    You are not supposed to fasten the lowest button.
  3. number
    Milljón er stór tala.
    A million is a big number.
  4. (grammar) number
    Í hvaða tölu er orðið ‚hestur‘? — Það er í eintölu.
    What number is the word ‘horse’? — It is singular.

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talōną.

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tala

  1. to talk

Borrowed from French tel, Italian tale, Spanish tal.

tala

  1. such, like: of that kind

Inherited from Malay tala, from Sanskrit ताल (tāla).

tala (plural **tala-tala)

  1. (music) tune
  2. (music) tuning fork
    Synonym: garpu tala

Borrowed from Javanese ꦠꦭ (tala), from Old Javanese tala (“surface, level; lower part, bottom”), from Sanskrit तल (tala, “sole”).

tala (plural **tala-tala)

  1. base
  2. layer

Borrowed from Javanese ꦠꦭ (tala, “honeycomb”).

tala (plural **tala-tala)

  1. honeycomb

Borrowed from Samoan tālā, from English dollar.

tala (plural **tala-tala)

  1. tala (the currency of Samoa)

tála

  1. An edible bird with white, black, and brown plumage, long tail, kills smaller birds, and mimics the singing of other birds.

talá

  1. act of bewitching

tala

  1. to look
  2. to visit

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-tád.

tala

  1. to look

Borrowed from Bangi tala.

-tala (infinitive kotala)

  1. to look
  2. to visit

tala n

  1. definite plural of tal

tala f

  1. definite singular of tale

From Old Norse tala.

tala (present tense talar or taler, past tense **tala or talte, past participle **tala or talt, passive infinitive talast, present participle talande, imperative tal)

  1. to speak, talk
  2. to make a speech

From Proto-West Germanic *talu, from Proto-Germanic *talō.

tala f

  1. number (hapax legomenon)

The meaning doesn't allign with the meaning in later language.

tala

  1. singular imperative of talian

From Proto-Germanic *talō.

tala f (genitive tǫlu)

  1. speech, discourse
  2. tale, number
  3. (grammar) number
  4. bead

From Proto-Germanic *talōną, also from *talō.

tala

  1. to talk, speak
  2. to speak, make speech
  3. to record, tell
  4. (with prepositions)
    1. to talk to, speak to [with_ til (+ genitive)]
      _Rútr talaði þá til Marðar (gen.)       ― Ruth then spoke to Mǫrðr
    2. to talk about (something) [_with_ um (+ accusative)]
    3. to talk with, speak to (someone) [_with_ við (+ accusative)]

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

-tala

  1. to become full

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Bantu *-bíada.

-tála

  1. to bear

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Latin tabula (“table”). Doublet of tábula.

tala f (plural talas)

  1. (medicine, first aid) splint (thin and rigid device used to immobilize a body part or a fractured bone)
  2. (figuratively) an object that squeezes or pressures, not allowing free movement
  3. (figuratively, usually in the plural) something that causes difficulties or limitations, a liability, an obstacle
  4. (Brazil) a type of leather whip
  5. (tailoring) device used to widen the opening of hats
  6. act of furrowing fields in order to unflood them

Borrowed from English tala, from Samoan tālā, in turn from English dollar. Doublet of dólar.

tala f (plural talas)

  1. tala (basic currency unit of Samoa)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tala

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

Borrowed from Bengali তালা (tala).

tala

  1. lock

tala

  1. story

tálā (Cyrillic spelling та́ла̄)

  1. genitive plural of tlo

tala

  1. green
  2. blue

tala

  1. unripe

Deverbal from talar.

tala f (uncountable)

  1. (forestry) felling, cutting down

tala

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

Borrowed from Quechua tara.

tala m (plural talas)

  1. tala (Celtis tala, a South American tree)

Uncertain, according to some from Latin tālea (“long and slender stick”), according to others from Arabic طَالِع (ṭāliʕ, “rising”).

tala f (plural talas)

  1. tipcat (game and stick)

From Proto-Bantu *-bíada.

-tála

  1. to bear

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talō (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”).

tala (present talar, preterite talade, supine talat, imperative **tala)

  1. to speak, to talk (make speech)
    Synonym: (less idiomatic) prata
    Han började tala
    He began to speak
    Jag visste inte att hundar kunde tala
    I didn't know dogs could talk
    en talande papegoja
    a talking parrot
    tala med skånsk dialekt
    speak with a Scanian dialect
  2. to speak (a language or the like)
    Synonyms: (less idiomatic) prata, (colloquial) snacka
    Talar du spanska?
    Do you speak Spanish?
    tala finlandssvenska
    speak Finland Swedish
  3. (somewhat formal) to speak, to talk (to someone)
    Synonyms: prata, (colloquial) snacka
    Jag vill tala med föreståndaren
    I want to speak to the manager
  4. to make a speech, to speak
    Synonym: hålla tal
    Kungen talade vid ceremonin
    The King spoke at the ceremony
    Hon talade inför en jättepublik
    She spoke in front of a huge audience

See the usage notes for prata.

Borrowed from Samoan tālā.

tala c

  1. tala (currency of Samoa)

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talaq?

Tagalog tala

Uncertain. Possibly from either:

Compare Balinese tala and Kapampangan tala.

talà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎ)

  1. (astronomy, strictly) morning star; any bright star (except the Sun)
    Synonyms: lusero, (Quezon) Talang Batugan
  2. (astronomy) star
    Synonyms: bituin, estrelya
  3. (astronomy, loosely) any astronomical body (such as a star, a planet, or a comet)
  4. (figurative) beautiful woman
    Synonym: paraluman
  5. (figurative) celebrity (artist, actor, etc.)
    Synonym: bituin

Possibly derived from Sanskrit ताल (tāla, “palmyra or fan palm tree”) whose leaves were used to write on, according to Potet (2016). Compare Cebuano mantala.

talâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎ)

  1. record; notes
    Synonyms: listahan, talaan, lista, nota
  2. listing; jotting down on a list
    Synonym: pagtatala

tala (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎ)

  1. Limnophila rugosa (a type of marshweed used for cooking as an aromatic)

From Proto-Polynesian *tala. Cognates include Hawaiian kala and Samoan tala.

tala

  1. story
  2. news
  3. statement, account
  4. rumour, gossip
  5. tale, legend
  6. novel
  7. play

tala

  1. (transitive) to tell, narrate

From Proto-Polynesian *tara. Cognates include Tahitian tara and Samoan tala.

tala

  1. end of a traditional house with a gable

From Proto-Polynesian *tala. Cognates include Hawaiian kala and Samoan tala.

tala

  1. (transitive) to demolish, destroy
  2. (transitive) to undo, open

tala

  1. (transitive) to change (money)
  2. (transitive) to withdraw (money)
  3. (transitive) to let a pharmacist make (a drug)

tala

  1. (transitive) to dilute

From Proto-Polynesian *tala. Cognates include Māori tara and Samoan tara.

tala

  1. thorn, spike

tala

  1. (transitive) to strip off using thorns

tala

  1. seagull

tala

  1. to draw (a line)

tala

  1. inflection of talu:
    1. second-person singular imperative
    2. third-person singular present/future literary
    3. first-person singular future colloquial

tala

  1. colloquial form of talaf (“tallest”)

Compare Ternate tola (“to cut”).

tala

  1. (transitive) to cut
  2. (transitive) to cross (a river)

tala

  1. far
    Antonym: tapit

tala

  1. eye