aala

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German āle, from Old High German āla, from Proto-Germanic *ēlō. Cognate with German Ahle, Dutch aal, English awl.

Noun

aala f (plural aaln)

1. (Sette Comuni) bradawl

   Dar suustar nützet d'aala so póoran 's lédar.

   The cobbler uses the bradawl to puncture the leather.

Declension

Declension of aala – 6th declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	an	de	aala	de	aaln
accusative	an	de	aala	de	aaln
dative	anara	dar	aaln	in	aaln

References

• “aala” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Fula

Etymology

From Arabic آلَة (ʔāla).

Noun

aala o

1. (Pular) tool, instrument

References

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

Wolof

Noun

aala

1. forest, bush

Yoruba

Etymology

From Contraction of àlìlà, ultimately from à- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ lìlà (“partial reduplication of là "to divide, to split"”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /àà.là/

Noun

ààlà

1. physical boundary
2. limit, boundary, dichotomy

Derived terms

• pààlà (“to set a boundary”)
• ààlà ẹlẹ́yàmẹ̀yà (“color bar”)
• ààlà àdáyébá (“natural boundary”)
• ààlà àìní (“poverty line”)
• ààlà-dẹ́símà (“decimal point”)