alla

See also: Appendix:Variations of "alla"

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English

Contraction

alla

1. (colloquial) Contraction of all +‎ of.

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• allanig, alloa

Etymology

From Middle High German allein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈlɑː/

Adjective

alla (predicative)

1. (Austria, Vienna) alone

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish allá (“over there”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈʎa/ [a.ˈʎa]
• Rhymes: -ʎa
• Hyphenation: a‧lla

Adverb

allá

1. (oblique) over there; yonder

   Coordinate terms: aqui, alli

See also

• talla
• talli
• taqui

Choctaw

Alternative forms

• vlla (traditional)
• ạlla (Byington/Swanton, obsolete linguistic)
• alla' (Modified traditional, glottal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əl.lá/

Noun

alla

1. child

Related terms

• oshi

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈlaː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: al‧la
• Rhymes: -aː

Interjection

alla

1. so be it, go ahead
2. granted, I'll admit

Estonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *alla (compare Finnish alla), from older *alna < *ala-na, an archaic locative formed with Proto-Uralic *-na (whence the essive suffix -na) from ala-.

Adverb

alla (not comparable)

1. down, to below

   Ma kukkusin alla.

   I fell down.

Postposition

alla

1. down, to below, to under (+ genitive)

   Mine laua alla!

   Go under the table!

Preposition

alla

1. below (+ genitive)

   See on kasvult alla keskmise.

   It is below average growth.

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *alla (compare Estonian all), from older *alna < *ala-na, an archaic locative formed with Proto-Uralic *-na (whence the essive suffix -na) from ala- (“below, lower”). Now analyzed as the consonant-stem adessive singular of the stem ala-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlːɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑlːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): al‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): al‧la

Adverb

alla

1. beneath, underneath, below

Postposition

alla [with genitive and/or possessive form]

1. (locative) under, underneath, below, beneath

   Synonym: alapuolella

   Antonyms: päällä, yllä, yläpuolella

   Pallo on pöydän alla.

   The ball is under the table.

2. (of state, figuratively, often informal) under (subject to)

   työn alla ― being worked on, work in progress

   uhan alla ― threatened, under threat

3. (temporal) just before, only a short time before

   Vaalien alla on esiintynyt uusia syytöksiä.

   Just before the elections new accusations have arisen.

Usage notes

• (under, subject to): This is in many cases considered informal due to representing foreign influence, although some uses are accepted.

Declension

Declension of ala- noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative ala- – superessive alhaalla – genitive – – delative alhaalta – partitive – – sublative alhaalle – accusative – – lative alas – inessive – – temporal – – elative – – causative – – illative – – multiplicative – – adessive alla – distributive – – ablative alta – temp. dist. – – allative alle – prolative ali alitse – essive – – situative allekkain (alakkain) – translative – – oppositive alatusten – abessive – – instructive – – comitative – –

Personal/possessive forms of alla
no possessor	alla
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	allani	allamme
2nd person	allasi	allanne
3rd person	allaan allansa

Derived terms

compounds

• allapäin

Related terms

• See the inflection table.
• ala-
• ali-
• alempana
• alemmas
• alhainen
• alittaa

Further reading

• “alla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.la/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Verb

alla

1. third-person singular past historic of aller

Gothic

Romanization

alla

1. romanization of 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /alla/, [aɬ.ɬa]

Noun

alla (plural allat)

1. other, another
   • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

     Filmiliarlu taanna nunani allani TV-eqarfinnut soqutinnittunut^{[sic – meaning soqutiginnittunut]} tun iniarneqartussaavoq^{[sic – meaning tuniniarneqartussaavoq]}.

     The finished film will be offered to interested broadcasting companies in other countries.

   • 1998 September 1, “Aatsaat qaamasunik amilinnik takusut”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

     Soorunami siornatigut aviisitigut allatigullu qaamasunik amillit qanoq isikkoqarnersut ilisimareeraluarlugit sunaaffa aatsaat iluamik inuttarsisut.

     Although they had certainly seen light-skinned people in newspapers and other media before, it turned out it was only until now that they met any in person.

Declension

Declension of alla

case	singular	plural
absolutive	alla	allat
ergative	allap
allative	allamut	allanut
ablative	allamit	allanit
prolative	allakkut	allatigut
locative	allami	allani
instrumental	allamik	allanik
equative	allatut

References

• alla in Katersat

Icelandic

Pronoun

alla

1. feminine accusative singular of allur
2. masculine accusative plural of allur

Inupiaq

Particle

alla (dual allak, plural allat)

1. another one, different one

   Alla taamna.

   That one is another one.

Alternative forms

• atla, ałła

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠə/

Etymology 1

Possibly from Old Irish allguth m (“great noise, shout”), from guth m (“voice, sound”).

Noun

alla m (genitive singular alla, uncountable)

1. shout

Declension

Declension of alla (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative alla vocative a alla genitive alla dative alla forms with the definite article singular nominative an t-alla genitive an alla dative leis an alla don alla

Alternative forms

• allar

Etymology 2

Adjective

alla

1. alternative form of allta (“wild”)

Derived terms

• damhán alla
• ruán alla

Mutation

Mutated forms of alla

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alla	n-alla	halla	t-alla

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “alla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “allguth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “alla”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.la/
• Rhymes: -alla
• Hyphenation: àl‧la

Contraction

alla

1. contraction of a +‎ la; to the, at the

Preposition

alla

1. -style, à la

   cotoletta alla milanese ― Milan-style veal cutlet

   cotoletta alla bolognese ― Bologna-style veal cutlet

   cotoletta alla valdostana ― Aosta Valley-style veal cutlet

Laz

Noun

alla

1. God

Lule Sami

Adjective

alla

1. attributive of allak

Maltese

Etymology

From the proper noun Alla (“God”), from Arabic الله (allāh). The Arabic is not used as a common noun, for which related إلٰه (ʔilāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.la/

• Audio (Gozo):

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• Rhymes: -alla
• Homophone: Alla

Noun

alla m or f (plural allat)

1. a god

Interjection

alla

1. Oh God! (expressing shock, frustration, or anger)

   Synonyms: ħaqq, ostja, madonna, f’għoxx

   Tini il-mobajl, alla! ― Give me the phone, for heaven's sake!

Related terms

• Alla (proper noun)

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈalla/

Adjective

alla

1. attributive form of allat

Nyunga

Preposition

alla

1. alternative spelling of alle

Old Dutch

Adjective

alla

1. nominative plural of al

Old Norse

Adjective

alla

1. inflection of allr:
   1. strong feminine accusative singular
   2. strong masculine accusative plural
   3. weak masculine oblique singular
   4. weak feminine nominative singular
   5. weak neuter singular

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalˌa/

• Audio:

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Pronoun

alla

1. everyone

   Alla fick en kopp kaffe.

   Everyone got a cup of coffee

Determiner

alla

1. plural of all

   Har du plockat upp alla leksakerna från golvet?

   Have you picked up all the toys from the floor?

Further reading

• “alla”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

Tashelhit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ăβləʔ (“to weep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alːa/

Verb

alla (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵍⵍⴰ, Arabic spelling آلّا)

1. to cry, to weep

Derived terms

• ssalla (“to make cry”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 A–E (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN

Turkish

Etymology

al +‎ la (from al and ile)

Adverb

alla

1. with the red

Votic

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from alaa according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:Votic entry guidelines or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

From the illative singular of Proto-Finnic *ala. Cognate with Ingrian allaa.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlɑː/, [ˈɑɫːɑ]
• (Jõgõperä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlɑː/, [ˈɑɫːɑ]
• (Central Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlɑː/, [ˈɑɫɑː] ~ [ˈɑɫˑɑː]
• (Eastern Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlɑː/, [ˈɑɫˑɑː]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑː
• Hyphenation: al‧la

Adverb

alla

1. down, downwards

Postposition

alla (genitive + ~)

1. (lative) (to) under

Preposition

alla (~ + genitive)

1. (lative) (to) under

References

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɬa/

Verb

alla

1. soft mutation of galla

Mutation

Mutated forms of galla

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
galla	alla	ngalla	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.