pala

See also: palá, pāla, pală, palą, pała, and pala-

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɑːlə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːlə

Noun

pala (plural palae)

1. A part of an insect's leg that is spade-shaped and can be used as a scoop for feeding.

Anagrams

• alap, pa'al

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

pala

1. a kind of rug

Declension

Declension of pala

nominative	pala
genitive	palanıñ
dative	palağa
accusative	palanı
locative	palada
ablative	paladan

Synonyms

• kilim

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Esperanto

Adjective

pala (accusative singular palan, plural palaj, accusative plural palajn)

1. pale; sallow

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uralic *pala. Cognates include Veps pala, Estonian pala, and Hungarian fal.

Noun

pala

1. piece, bit

   pala palalta = piece by piece, piecemeal

2. lump, chunk
3. block
4. tablet, bar

Declension

Inflection of pala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		pala	palat
genitive		palan	palojen
partitive		palaa	paloja
illative		palaan	paloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pala	palat
accusative	nom.	pala	palat
	gen.	palan
genitive		palan	palojen palainrare
partitive		palaa	paloja
inessive		palassa	paloissa
elative		palasta	paloista
illative		palaan	paloihin
adessive		palalla	paloilla
ablative		palalta	paloilta
allative		palalle	paloille
essive		palana	paloina
translative		palaksi	paloiksi
instructive		—	paloin
abessive		palatta	paloitta
comitative		—	paloineen

Etymology 2

Verb

pala

1. Indicative present connegative form of palaa.

   (Minä) en/ (Sinä) et/ Hän ei/ (Me) emme/ (Te) ette/ He eivät pala.

   I/You/We/You/They don't / She/He doesn't burn.

2. Second-person singular imperative present form of palaa.

   Pala!

   Burn!

3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of palaa.

   Älä pala!

   Don't burn!

Anagrams

• lapa

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pala (plural palák)

1. slate

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	pala	palák
accusative	palát	palákat
dative	palának	paláknak
instrumental	palával	palákkal
causal-final	paláért	palákért
translative	palává	palákká
terminative	paláig	palákig
essive-formal	palaként	palákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	palában	palákban
superessive	palán	palákon
adessive	palánál	paláknál
illative	palába	palákba
sublative	palára	palákra
allative	palához	palákhoz
elative	palából	palákból
delative	paláról	palákról
ablative	palától	paláktól

Possessive forms of pala
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	palám	paláim
2nd person sing.	palád	paláid
3rd person sing.	palája	palái
1st person plural	palánk	paláink
2nd person plural	palátok	paláitok
3rd person plural	palájuk	paláik

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”).

Noun

pala f (plural pale)

1. shovel
2. blade (of a propellor, fan etc)
3. paddle
4. retable
5. altarpiece
6. pall

Verb

pala

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

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Kott

Etymology

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

Noun

pala

1. hotness

Related terms

• apīkŋ
• apīkŋ uganaŋ
• apīkŋán
• fal
• phal

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pak-slo-, from root *peh₂ǵ-. See Latin pangō, pāgus, paciscor, pāx, pāgina.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.la/, [ˈpaː.ɫa]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.la/, [ˈpaː.la]

Noun

pāla f (genitive pālae); first declension

1. A shovel, spade.
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;

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	pāla	pālae
genitive	pālae	pālārum
dative	pālae	pālīs
accusative	pālam	pālās
ablative	pālā	pālīs
vocative	pāla	pālae

Derived terms

• bipālium

Synonyms

• (shovel): rutrum

Descendants

• Catalan: pala
• English: pale
• French: pale, pelle

• Italian: pala
• Portuguese: pá, pala
• Spanish: pala

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
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “pala”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], 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

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Ngiyambaa

Etymology

Compare Wiradhuri balang.

Noun

pala

1. head

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Pitjantjatjara

Pronoun

pala

1. (there) he, she, it, they

Related terms

• ngankunya (ergative and accusative)

See also

• Subject pronouns in Pitjantjatjara: (singular) nganku, nyuntu, ngaa, pala, nyara, palunya, (dual) ngankululitju / yali, nyuntupula, kutjarapula, (plural) ngankululatju / yala, nyuntu, ngaa, pala, nyara, palunya

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Polish

Noun

pala

1. genitive singular of pal

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Portuguese

Noun

pala f (plural palas)

1. (heraldry) pale

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Spanish

Etymology

Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”).

Noun

pala f (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

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Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish pala.

Noun

pala

1. piece, bit
2. part
3. share, portion
4. chapter (of a book)
5. scene (of a play, film)
6. plate

Inflection

Inflection of pala
nominative sing.	pala
genitive sing.	palan
partitive sing.	palad
partitive plur.	paloid
	singular	plural
nominative	pala	palad
accusative	palan	palad
genitive	palan	paloiden
partitive	palad	paloid
essive-instructive	palan	paloin
translative	palaks	paloikš
inessive	palas	paloiš
elative	palaspäi	paloišpäi
illative	?	paloihe
adessive	palal	paloil
ablative	palalpäi	paloilpäi
allative	palale	paloile
abessive	palata	paloita
comitative	palanke	paloidenke
prolative	paladme	paloidme
approximative I	palanno	paloidenno
approximative II	palannoks	paloidennoks
egressive	palannopäi	paloidennopäi
terminative I	?	paloihesai
terminative II	palalesai	paloilesai
terminative III	palassai	—
additive I	?	paloihepäi
additive II	palalepäi	paloilepäi

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