pala

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *pala, from Proto-Uralic *pala. Cognates include Veps pala, Estonian pala, Erzya пал (pal), and Hungarian fal.^[1]

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

References

Anagrams

• lapa

Etymology

Obscure. From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpalɐ]

Noun

pala f (plural palas)

1. rock shelter

   Synonym: paleira

2. burrow, den

   Synonyms: paleira, tobeira, tobo, toco, toqueira

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pala”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pala”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pala”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology

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

Verb

pala

1. (transitive) to sell

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pala (usually uncountable, plural palák)

1. slate

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

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).

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 of Indonesia, 2016.

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 378

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.la/
• Rhymes: -ala
• Hyphenation: pà‧la

Etymology 1

From Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Romanization

pala

1. Romanization of ꦥꦭ

Etymology 1

Compare Bikol Central palan, Tagalog pala.

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pala.

Noun

pala

1. shovel

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pala.

Noun

pala

1. bit

Etymology

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

Noun

pala

1. hotness

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pākslā, from Proto-Indo-European *pak-slo-, from *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach, fasten”). See pangō, pāgus, pacīscor, pāx, pāgina.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.la/, [ˈpäːɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.la/, [ˈpäːlä]

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.

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

Alternative forms

• palauk (Imperative of palaukti)

Etymology

Clipping of palauk.

Verb

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

1. wait!

Alternative forms

• palā (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pala.

Noun

pala

1. bit

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).

Further reading

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

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

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *balaŋ, cognate with Wiradjuri balang.

Noun

pala

1. head

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɐlɐ]

Pronoun

pala

1. (demonstrative) that, there

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pala

1. genitive singular of pal

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -alɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin palla.

Etymology 3

Unknown, possibly from palla.

Etymology 4

Unknown. Compare Galician pala.

Further reading

• “pala”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “pala”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “pala”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “pala”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “pala”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Participle

pala (Cyrillic spelling пала)

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpala/ [ˈpa.la]

• 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)

Further reading

• “pala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Etymology 1

Compare Bikol Central palan.

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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

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

Anagrams

• alpa, alap, lapa

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pala.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pala (definite accusative palayı, plural palalar)

1. machete

Further reading

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

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

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

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pala.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pala

1. piece, bit

   Synonym: tükki

References

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

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

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