pala

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pala"

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English

Etymology 1

From Latin pāla. Doublet of peel.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪlə/, /ˈpɑːlə/
• 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.

Etymology 2

Noun

pala (plural palas)

1. An Odisha art form consisting of Puranic texts expressed through music and dance.

Anagrams

• alap, lapa, pa'al

Awa-Cuaiquer

Noun

pala

1. plantain

References

• Curnow, T. J. (1997). A grammar of Awa Pit (Cuaiquer): An indigenous language of south-western Colombia. The Australian National University.

Balinese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Unknown

Noun

pala (Balinese script ᬧᬮ)

1. arm

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit पाल (pāla, “herdsman”).

Noun

pala (Balinese script ᬧᬵᬮ)

1. herdsman

Etymology 3

From Old Javanese phala (“fruit; consequence”), from Sanskrit फल (phala).

Noun

pala (Balinese script ᬨᬮ)

1. fruit
2. result

Further reading

• “pala” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Bikol Central

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˈpala/ [ˈpa.l̪a]

Noun

pála

1. shovel, spade

Derived terms

• magpala
• palahon

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpa.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpa.la]

Noun

pala f (plural pales)

1. shovel, spade
2. blade (the widest, thinnest part of something)
3. paddle

   Synonym: rem

4. tongue (of a shoe)

   Synonym: llengüeta

5. dustpan

   Synonym: arreplegador

Derived terms

• palada
• palejar
• paleta

Further reading

• “pala”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “pala”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “pala” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pala” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish pala (“shovel, spade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpala/, [ˈpa.la]
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

Noun

pala

1. shovel; spade

Crimean Tatar

Noun

pala (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. a kind of rug

   Synonym: kilim

Declension

Declension of pala

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

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpala]

Noun

pala f

1. (colloquial) head

Declension

Declension of pala (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	pala	paly
genitive	paly	pal
dative	pale	palám
accusative	palu	paly
vocative	palo	paly
locative	pale	palách
instrumental	palou	palami

Further reading

• “pala”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pala”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpala/
• Rhymes: -ala
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

Adjective

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

1. pale; sallow

Finnish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): pa‧la

Noun

pala

1. piece, bit, part, lump, chunk

   pala palalta ― piece by piece, piecemeal

2. (often in compounds) snack (something designed to be eaten quickly, in one go)
3. (idiomatic) of something that is difficult to accept or endure; especially with vaikea or kova

   Veronkorotus on äänestäjille vaikea pala.

   The tax increase is a hard pill to swallow for the voters.

   Hänen kuolemansa oli minulle kova pala.

   Her death was a hard blow for me.

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 palain rare
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
abessive		palatta	paloitta
instructive		—	paloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative palani palani accusative nom. palani palani gen. palani genitive palani palojeni palaini rare partitive palaani palojani inessive palassani paloissani elative palastani paloistani illative palaani paloihini adessive palallani paloillani ablative palaltani paloiltani allative palalleni paloilleni essive palanani paloinani translative palakseni paloikseni abessive palattani paloittani instructive — — comitative — paloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative palasi palasi accusative nom. palasi palasi gen. palasi genitive palasi palojesi palaisi rare partitive palaasi palojasi inessive palassasi paloissasi elative palastasi paloistasi illative palaasi paloihisi adessive palallasi paloillasi ablative palaltasi paloiltasi allative palallesi paloillesi essive palanasi paloinasi translative palaksesi paloiksesi abessive palattasi paloittasi instructive — — comitative — paloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative palamme palamme accusative nom. palamme palamme gen. palamme genitive palamme palojemme palaimme rare partitive palaamme palojamme inessive palassamme paloissamme elative palastamme paloistamme illative palaamme paloihimme adessive palallamme paloillamme ablative palaltamme paloiltamme allative palallemme paloillemme essive palanamme paloinamme translative palaksemme paloiksemme abessive palattamme paloittamme instructive — — comitative — paloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative palanne palanne accusative nom. palanne palanne gen. palanne genitive palanne palojenne palainne rare partitive palaanne palojanne inessive palassanne paloissanne elative palastanne paloistanne illative palaanne paloihinne adessive palallanne paloillanne ablative palaltanne paloiltanne allative palallenne paloillenne essive palananne paloinanne translative palaksenne paloiksenne abessive palattanne paloittanne instructive — — comitative — paloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative palansa palansa accusative nom. palansa palansa gen. palansa genitive palansa palojensa palainsa rare partitive palaansa palojaan palojansa inessive palassaan palassansa paloissaan paloissansa elative palastaan palastansa paloistaan paloistansa illative palaansa paloihinsa adessive palallaan palallansa paloillaan paloillansa ablative palaltaan palaltansa paloiltaan paloiltansa allative palalleen palallensa paloilleen paloillensa essive palanaan palanansa paloinaan paloinansa translative palakseen palaksensa paloikseen paloiksensa abessive palattaan palattansa paloittaan paloittansa instructive — — comitative — paloineen paloinensa

Derived terms

• palanen
• palastella
• palikka
• paloa
• paloitella
• paloittain

compounds

• aamupala
• alkupala
• ananaspala
• annospala
• armopala
• briepala
• cocktailpala
• etupala
• eväspala
• haarukkapala
• haukkapala
• herkkupala
• hiukapala
• hiukopala
• huikopala
• hukkapala
• iltapala
• jarrupala
• jatkopala
• juustonpala
• juustopala
• jäännöspala
• jääpala
• kainalopala
• kakkupala
• kakunpala
• kalapala
• kanapala
• kangaspala
• kankaanpala
• kantapala
• keksinpala
• kinkkupala
• kinkunpala
• koepala
• korjauspala
• kylkipala
• lasinpala
• leipäpala
• leivänpala
• levikepala
• lihanpala
• lihapala
• maapala
• mainospala
• makkaranpala
• makkarapala
• makupala
• mittapala
• mokkapala
• märepala
• namupala
• näytepala
• oikosulkupala
• palaleipä
• palamatto
• palanpaine
• palanpainike
• palanpainin
• palapaisti
• palapeli
• palasaippua
• palasokeri
• palaturve
• paperinpala
• paperipala
• peltipala
• puunpala
• puupala
• reunapala
• rintapala
• ruispala
• saippuanpala
• saippuapala
• sokerinpala
• sokeripala
• suolapala
• suupala
• sytytyspala
• taikinanpala
• tallapala
• välipala
• yöpala

Further reading

• “pala”, 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 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑˣ/, [ˈpɑ̝lɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): pa‧la

Verb

pala

1. present active indicative connegative of palaa

   Minä en pala. ― I don't burn.

2. second-person singular present imperative of palaa

   Pala! ― Burn!

3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of palaa

   Älä pala! ― Don't burn!

Anagrams

• lapa

Galician

Etymology

Obscure. From Paleo-Hispanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpalɐ]

Noun

pala f (plural palas)

1. rock shelter

   Synonym: paleira

2. burrow, den

   Synonyms: paleira, tobeira, tobo, toco, toqueira

Derived terms

• paleira

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

Garo

Etymology

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

Verb

pala

1. (transitive) to sell

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pala (usually uncountable, 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
non-attributive possessive – singular	paláé	paláké
non-attributive possessive – plural	paláéi	palákéi

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

Derived terms

Compound words

• csillámpala
• palakék
• palaszürke
• palatábla
• palavessző

Further reading

• pala in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpala/ [ˈpa.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: pa‧la

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay pala, from Sanskrit फल (phala). Doublet of pahala.

Noun

pala (plural pala-pala)

1. nutmeg (Myristica fragrans)

Derived terms

• sepala-pala

• pala bubuk
• pala gumantung
• pala kependem
• pala kesimpar
• pala kirna
• pala moana
• pala papua
• pala vina

Related terms

• pahala

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian palla, from Latin palla, of uncertain origin.

Noun

pala (plural pala-pala)

1. (Catholicism) a cloth used to cover a chalice during services

Alternative forms

• palla

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Bimoba [Term?].

Verb

pala

1. to hit with a hammer

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.

Ingrian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pala

1. piece, bit

   Pala leipää. ― A piece of bread.

Declension

Declension of pala (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	pala	palat
genitive	palan	palloin
partitive	pallaa	paloja
illative	pallaa	palloi
inessive	palas	palois
elative	palast	paloist
allative	palalle	paloille
adessive	palal	paloil
ablative	palalt	paloilt
translative	palaks	paloiks
essive	palanna, pallaan	paloinna, palloin
exessive1)	palant	paloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• akanpala
• maapala
• palain
• suupala

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

pala

1. inflection of pallaa:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular imperative connegative

References

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”).

Noun

pala f (plural pale)

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

Derived terms

• paletta

Descendants

• → Turkish: pala

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pala

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

Javanese

Romanization

pala

1. romanization of ꦥꦭ

Kapampangan

Etymology 1

Compare Bikol Central palan, Tagalog pala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈla/ [pəˈläː]
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

Interjection

pala

1. expressing sudden realization; exclamation of surprise

   Makanini pala! ― So it's like this!

   Wapin pala, alineman pakanita e. ― By the way, it's not like that.

   tutu pala! ― So, it was true!

Verb

pala

1. to be

   I Bermuda pala. ― I am Bermuda.

   Ining notebook kekaya pala? ― Is this notebook yours?

   Mangan pala. ― Eat.

Derived terms

• Wapala
• Wapin pala

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaləʔ/ [ˈpäː.ləʔ] (noun: reward)
• IPA^(key): /ˈpaləʔ/ [ˈpäː.ləʔ] (noun: consequence)
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

Noun

pálâ

1. blessing; grace; bounty; favor

   Synonyms: biyaya, kalub, galal, premyu

2. reward; prize;

   Synonyms: kalub, galal, premyu

Derived terms

• apapala
• gampala
• kapapala
• mapapala
• mikapala
• mikipala
• mipagpala
• mipala
• pagapala

Noun

palâ

1. consequence

   Synonym: akakakuwa

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈla/ [pəˈlä]
• Hyphenation: pá‧la

Noun

pala

1. shovel; spade

Derived terms

• apala
• ipala
• magpala
• makapala
• mamala
• mangapala
• pakipala
• palan
• palanan
• pipala

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pala.

Noun

pala

1. shovel

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pala.

Noun

pala

1. bit

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

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.la]

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.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pāla	pālae
genitive	pālae	pālārum
dative	pālae	pālīs
accusative	pālam	pālās
ablative	pālā	pālīs
vocative	pāla	pālae

Derived terms

• bipālium

Descendants

• Catalan: pala
• English: pale
• Old French: pele
  • French: pelle
• French: pale
• Friulian: pale
• Italian: pala
• Mirandese: pala
• Old Galician-Portuguese: paa
  • Galician: pa, pá, paa
  • Portuguese: pá
• Piedmontese: pala
• → Portuguese: pala
• Romanian: pală
• Sicilian: pala
• Spanish: pala
• Tashelhit: tafala
• Welsh: pâl

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^[2], 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

Lithuanian

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!

Livonian

Alternative forms

• palā (Courland)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pala.

Noun

pala

1. bit

Malay

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)

1. nutmeg (Myristica fragrans).

Derived terms

• buah pala
• bunga pala
• kembang pala

Related terms

• pahala

Further reading

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

Maltese

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

Ngiyambaa

Etymology

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

Noun

pala

1. head

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɐlɐ]

Pronoun

pala

1. (demonstrative) that, there

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

Derived terms

• palakutu (“over there”)
• palangka (“just there, right there”)
• palanpa (“these, these ones”)
• palatja (“that there, that one there”)

See also

• nyara

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pala

1. genitive singular of pal

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -alɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

Etymology 1

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

Noun

pala f (plural palas)

1. forepiece, brim (projecting rim of a hat)

   Synonyms: aba, viseira

2. tongue (of a shoe)

   Synonyms: língua, lingueta

3. part of a leg warmer that covers the foot
4. flap covering of a bag, envelope etc.

   Synonym: aba

5. blinker (eye shield attached to a horse hood in order to impede its rear vision)

   Synonym: antolho

6. scabbard

   Synonym: bainha

7. (clothing) yoke (of a shirt, dress or pants)
8. (heraldry) pale
9. (automotive) sun visor

   Synonym: quebra-sol

10. (automotive) mudguard

    Synonym: para-lama

11. (jewelry) bezel

    Synonym: engaste

12. (Christianity) pall (piece used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist)
13. (informal) lie, scam
14. (Fundão) binge drinking
15. (Portugal, informal) endeavor
16. (Brazil, informal) hint

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin palla.

Noun

pala f (plural palas)

1. (historical) palla

Etymology 3

Unknown, possibly from palla.

Noun

pala m (plural palas)

1. (Rio Grande do Sul) poncho

Etymology 4

Unknown. Compare Galician pala.

Noun

pala f (plural palas)

1. (Trás-os-Montes) rock shelter

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), São Paulo: 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

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

pala (Cyrillic spelling пала)

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

Spanish

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^[3], 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^[4], 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^[5], 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)

Derived terms

• a punta de pala, a punta pala
• pala cargadora
• pala de dientes
• pala mixta
• palazo
• palear
• paleta
• palita
• paliza
• traspalar

Descendants

• > Chavacano: pala (inherited)

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

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Bikol Central palan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈla/ [pɐˈla]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pa‧la

Particle

palá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ)

1. expressing sudden realization; indication of surprise.

   Ikaw pala! ― So it's you!

Derived terms

• oo nga pala
• siyanga pala

See also

• pala-

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpalaʔ/ [ˈpaː.lɐʔ] (“blessing; favor; reward”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -alaʔ
  • IPA^(key): /paˈlaʔ/ [pɐˈlaʔ] (“recompose; consequence”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧la

Noun

palà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ)

1. blessing; grace; bounty; favor

   Synonyms: biyaya, kaloob, gantimpala, premyo

2. reward; bounty; prize; renumeration

   Synonyms: kaloob, gantimpala, premyo, pabuya

Derived terms

• bigay-pala
• gantimpala
• ipagpala
• magpala
• makapala
• makipagpala
• makipala
• mapagpala
• pagkakapala
• pagpalain
• pagpapala
• pakikipagpala
• pakikipagpalaan
• palaan
• pangpala
• pinagpala
• pinala
• pumala
• tagapagpala
• tagapala

Noun

palâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ)

1. recompense; consequence

   Synonym: hita

Derived terms

• ipagpala
• ipala
• kapalaan
• magkapala
• makapala
• makipala
• mapala
• pagkakapala
• pagpapala
• pakikipagpalaan
• palaan
• pampala

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpala/ [ˈpaː.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: pa‧la

Noun

pala (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ)

1. shovel; spade
2. (colloquial) person paid to applaud or perform paid activities

Derived terms

• ipala
• magkapala
• magpala
• makapala
• makipagpalahan
• makipala
• nagkapala
• napala
• napapala
• pagkakapala
• pagpapala
• pakikipagpalahan
• palahin
• pangpala
• pinala
• pumala
• tagapagpala
• tagapala

See also

• araro

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^[6], Ithaca: Cornell University Press, page 359

Anagrams

• alpa, alap, lapa

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pala.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pala (definite accusative palayı, plural palalar)

1. machete

Derived terms

• pala çekmek

Further reading

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

Veps

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

Inflection

Inflection of pala (inflection type 5/sana)
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	palaha palha	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	palahasai palhasai	paloihesai
terminative II	palalesai	paloilesai
terminative III	palassai	—
additive I	palahapäi palhapäi	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]‎^[7], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pala.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pala

1. piece, bit

   Synonym: tükki

Inflection

Declension of pala (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	pala	palad
genitive	pala	palojõ, paloi
partitive	palla	paloitõ, paloi
illative	pallasõ, palla	paloisõ
inessive	palaz	paloiz
elative	palassõ	paloissõ
allative	palalõ	paloilõ
adessive	palallõ	paloillõ
ablative	palaltõ	paloiltõ
translative	palassi	paloissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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

West Makian

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^[8], Pacific linguistics

Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

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^[9], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 22