pala

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

English

Etymology

From Latin pala.

Pronunciation

• 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, lapa, pa'al

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Balinese

Romanization

pala

1. Romanization of ᬧᬮ
2. Romanization of ᬧᬵᬮ
3. Romanization of ᬨᬮ

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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

Further reading

• “pala” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pala”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish pala (“shovel, spade”).

Noun

pala

1. shovel; spade

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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

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. pale; sallow

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Finnish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

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 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

• aamupala
• iltapala
• palanpainike
• palapeli
• välipala

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

pala

1. (deprecated template usage) present active indicative connegative 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. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present imperative of palaa

   Pala! ― Burn!

3. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present active imperative connegative 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
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

• csillámpala
• palakék
• palaszürke

 

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit फल (phala).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pala

1. nutmeg (Myristica fragrans).

Related terms

• pahala

 

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.

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Ingrian

Etymology

From .

Noun

pala

1. bit

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Italian

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pala

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

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Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pala.

Noun

pala

1. shovel

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Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic .

Noun

pala

1. bit

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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 Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.la/, [ˈpäːɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.la/, [ˈpäːlä]

Noun

pāla f (genitive pālae); first declension

1. A shovel, spade.

   Synonym: rutrum

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;

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	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
• French: pale, pelle
• Galician: pá
• 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
• 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^[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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Livonian

Alternative forms

• palā (Courland)

Etymology

From .

Noun

pala

1. bit

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Ngiyambaa

Etymology

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

Noun

pala

1. head

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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

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.la/

Noun

pala

1. genitive singular of pal

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin pala.

Noun

pala f (plural palas)

1. (heraldry) pale

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpala/ [ˈpa.la]

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

Derived terms

• a punta de pala, a punta pala
• pala de dientes
• palear
• paliza
• traspalar

 

Further reading

• “pala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

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

Interjection

pala

1. expressing sudden realization; exclamation of surprise.

   Ikaw palá! ― So it's you!

Etymology 2

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

Noun

pala

1. Be blessed; blessing; grace; bounty; favor

   Salamat sa gantimpala. ― Thank you for the blessing/prize.

See also

• gantimpala

Verb

pala

1. to bless

   Pagpalain ka ng Diyos. ― May God bless you.

   Pinagpala ako ng Diyos. ― I have been blessed by God.

Etymology 3

From Spanish pala (“shovel, spade”).

Noun

pala

1. shovel; spade

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Veps

Etymology

From .

Noun

pala

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

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]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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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^[3], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 22