hala

See also: hála, halá, hâla, hâlâ, and håla

Basque

Adverb

hala

1. thus

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Catalan

Verb

hala

1. third-person singular present indicative form of halar
2. second-person singular imperative form of halar

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦala/
• Rhymes: -ala

Noun

hala f

1. hall

Declension

Declension of hala

	singular	plural
nominative	hala	haly
genitive	haly	hal
dative	hale	halám
accusative	halu	haly
vocative	halo	haly
locative	hale	halách
instrumental	halou	halami

Derived terms

• halový

Further reading

• hala in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• hala in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Faroese

Noun

hala

1. accusative singular of hali
2. dative singular of hali
3. genitive singular of hali
4. genitive plural of hali

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French

Verb

hala

1. third-person singular past historic of haler

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Galician

Verb

hala

1. third-person singular present indicative of halar
2. second-person singular imperative of halar

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Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *sala, from Proto-Austronesian (compare Indonesian salah, Fijian cala).

Noun

hala

1. sin
2. error

Verb

hala

1. (intransitive) to sin
2. (intransitive) to err

Derived terms

• hoʻohala

Descendants

• English: hala

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *fala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Indonesian pandan).

Noun

hala

1. screw pine, pandanus, Pandanus tectorius.

Derived terms

• lauhala
• pū hala

Etymology 3

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.

Verb

hala

1. (of time, intransitive) to pass, elapse
2. (intransitive) to die

Derived terms

• hoʻohala
• hoʻohala manawa

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Hungarian

Etymology

hal +‎ -a (“possessive suffix”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒlɒ]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ha‧la

Noun

hala

1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of hal

   az ő hala - his/her fish

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	hala	—
accusative	halát	—
dative	halának	—
instrumental	halával	—
causal-final	haláért	—
translative	halává	—
terminative	haláig	—
essive-formal	halaként	—
essive-modal	halául	—
inessive	halában	—
superessive	halán	—
adessive	halánál	—
illative	halába	—
sublative	halára	—
allative	halához	—
elative	halából	—
delative	haláról	—
ablative	halától	—

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Icelandic

Noun

hala

1. indefinite genitive plural of halur

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Interlingue

Noun

hala

1. breath

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Latin

Verb

hālā

1. first-person singular present active imperative of hālō

References

• du Cange, Charles (1883), “hala”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxala/

• Audio

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Noun

hala f

1. hall, concourse

   hala produkcyjna – shopfloor

2. mountain meadow in the Alpine tundra, above the tree line
3. pasture in the Tatra mountains

Declension

declension of hala

	singular	plural
nominative	hala	hale
genitive	hali	hal
dative	hali	halom
accusative	halę	hale
instrumental	halą	halami
locative	hali	halach
vocative	halo	hale

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Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali.

Adjective

hala

1. black

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From German Halle.

Noun

hala f (Cyrillic spelling хала)

1. hall

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish خلا‏ (halâ), from Arabic خَلَاء‏ (ḵalāʾ).

Noun

hala f (Cyrillic spelling хала)

1. (regional, rare) WC, water closet
2. (regional, rare) toilet
3. (regional, rare) privy

Synonyms

• toalet, klozet, nužnik

Etymology 3

From Ottoman Turkish خاله‏ (hâla, hâle), from Arabic خَالَة‏ (ḵāla).

Noun

hala f (Cyrillic spelling хала)

1. (regional, rare, Muslim) aunt (maternal or paternal)

Synonyms

• tetka

Etymology 4

Noun

hala f (Cyrillic spelling хала)

1. (regional, nonstandard) dragon

Synonyms

• ala

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦaɫa/

Noun

hala f (genitive singular haly, nominative plural haly, genitive plural hál, declension pattern of žena)

1. hall

Declension

Declension of hala

	singular	plural
nominative	hala	haly
genitive	haly	hál
dative	hale	halám
accusative	halu	haly
locative	hale	halách
instrumental	halou	halami

Derived terms

• halový

Further reading

• hala in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈala/
• Homophone: ala

Interjection

¡hala!

1. come on! let’s go!
2. wow! (an indication of surprise)
3. hey!

Synonyms

• (an indication of surprise): guau

Verb

hala

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of halar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of halar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of halar.

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Swedish

Adjective

hala

1. definite singular as well as plural of hal

Verb

hala

1. to haul

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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic خَالَة‏ (ḵāla, “maternal aunt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haˈɫa/
• Hyphenation: ha‧la

Noun

hala (definite accusative halayı, plural halalar)

1. paternal aunt (father’s sister)

Declension

declension of hala

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	hala	halalar
definite accusative (belirtme)	halayı	halaları
dative (yönelme)	halaya	halalara
locative (bulunma)	halada	halalarda
ablative (ayrılma)	haladan	halalardan
genitive (tamlayan)	halanın	halaların

Synonyms

• bibi

See also

• hâlâ
• teyze

Further reading

• hala in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

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Veps

Noun

hala

1. frost

Inflection

Inflection of hala
nominative sing.	hala
genitive sing.	halan
partitive sing.	halad
partitive plur.	haloid
	singular	plural
nominative	hala	halad
accusative	halan	halad
genitive	halan	haloiden
partitive	halad	haloid
essive-instructive	halan	haloin
translative	halaks	haloikš
inessive	halas	haloiš
elative	halaspäi	haloišpäi
illative	?	haloihe
adessive	halal	haloil
ablative	halalpäi	haloilpäi
allative	halale	haloile
abessive	halata	haloita
comitative	halanke	haloidenke
prolative	haladme	haloidme
approximative I	halanno	haloidenno
approximative II	halannoks	haloidennoks
egressive	halannopäi	haloidennopäi
terminative I	?	haloihesai
terminative II	halalesai	haloilesai
terminative III	halassai	—
additive I	?	haloihepäi
additive II	halalepäi	haloilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “заморозок, иней”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika