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See also: håla, halá, häla, hála, hâla, hâlâ, hālá, hală, hələ, halà, hāla, halą, and hálaʼ
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English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hawaiian hala, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan. Doublet of pandan via Malay.

Noun

hala (plural halas or hala)

  1. Pandanus tectorius, a screw pine native to Malesia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands.

Etymology 2

Adjective

hala (comparative more hala, superlative most hala)

  1. (obsolete, dialect) Embarrassed or ashamed.
    • 1688, Thomas Shadwell, The Squire of Alsatia:
      Hack. Kiſs, kiſs her, Man; this Town affords ſuch every where; you'll hate the Country, when you ſee a little more; kiſs her, I ſay.
      Lolp. I am ſo hala; I am aſhamed.

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حالا (hala).[1]
Or from Arabic على (ala, “however; nevertheless; but; still; yet.”)

Adverb

halá

  1. (colloquial) yet, still
    Synonyms: endé, akóma

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “hala”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 184

Further reading

  • “hala”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “hala”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “alaa”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 3

Basque

Etymology

From the Proto-Basque root *(h)ar- (“that (distal)”) with the suffix -la.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hala/ [ha.la]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /ala/ [a.la]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Hyphenation: ha‧la

Adverb

hala (not comparable)

  1. thus

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “hala”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • “hala”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

hala

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

Cebuano

Interjection

hala

  1. an expression of surprise or warning

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

hala f (related adjective halový)

  1. hall

Declension

Declension of hala (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative hala haly
genitive haly hal
dative hale halám
accusative halu haly
vocative halo haly
locative hale halách
instrumental halou halami

Further reading

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

Faroese

Noun

hala

  1. inflection of hali:
    1. accusative/dative/genitive singular
    2. genitive plural

French

Pronunciation

Verb

hala

  1. third-person singular past historic of haler

Galician

Verb

hala

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

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈha.la/, [ˈhɐ.lə]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *sala, from Proto-Oceanic *salaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq.

Noun

hala

  1. sin
    Ke kala mai i ka ʻino a me ka hala.
    Forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin.
  2. error

Verb

hala

  1. (intransitive) to sin
  2. (intransitive) to err
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: hala

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *fara, from Proto-Oceanic *padran, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.

Noun

hala

  1. screw pine, pandanus (Pandanus tectorius)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.

Verb

hala

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

References

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “hala”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Hungarian

Etymology

hal (“fish”) +‎ -a (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒlɒ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ha‧la

Noun

hala

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

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 —
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		haláé —
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		haláéi —

Icelandic

Noun

hala

  1. indefinite genitive plural of halur

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay hala (“direction”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ha.la/
  • Rhymes: -la
  • Hyphenation: ha‧la

Noun

hala (plural hala-hala, first-person possessive halaku, second-person possessive halamu, third-person possessive halanya)

  1. (archaic) direction
    Synonym: arah

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

hala

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦭ

Laboya

Noun

hala

  1. incest

References

  • Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “hala”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 23
  • Geirnaert-Martin, Danielle C. (1992) “hala”, in The Woven Land of Lamboya. Socio-cosmic Ideas and Values in West Sumba, Eastern Indonesia (CNWS Publications; 11), Leiden: Centre of Non-Western Studies, Leiden University

Latin

Verb

hālā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of hālō

References

Lokono

Noun

hala

  1. bench

References

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English holler.

Verb

hala

  1. to scream, shout
    • 2024, “Crowd hala as dem carry ogbonge Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny body for burial”, in BBC News Pidgin‎[2]:
      Wen im coffin bin arrive, crowd begin hala im name.
      When his coffin arrived, the crowd began to scream his name.

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ha.la/
  • Rhymes: -la
  • Hyphenation: la

Etymology 1

Unknown, probably related to Malay bala (“misfortune”) and Tagalog hala (“you're in trouble!”), probably Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq (“wrong, in error (of behavior); miss (a target); mistake, error, fault”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

hala

  1. bad, evil
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • > Javanese: ꦲꦭ (ala) (inherited)
  • → Balinese: ᬳᬮ (ala)
  • >? Malay: bala (see there for further descendants)
  • >? Tagalog: hala

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit हल (hala, “plough”).

Noun

hala

  1. plough
Descendants

References

  • "hala" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

For meaning 1:

  • ala (alternative spelling)

Etymology 1

From Portuguese ala and Spanish ala.

Noun

hala

  1. wing

Etymology 2

From Spanish halar and Spanish jalar and Dutch halen.

Verb

hala

  1. to pull
  2. to take

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxa.la/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Syllabification: ha‧la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Halle or French halle, both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *hallu, from Proto-Germanic *hallō. Doublet of hol (“hallway, lobby”) and cela (“cell”).

Noun

hala f

  1. hall, concourse
    hala produkcyjna ― shopfloor
Declension
Declension of hala
singular plural
nominative hala hale
genitive hali hali/hal
dative hali halom
accusative halę hale
instrumental halą halami
locative hali halach
vocative halo hale
Derived terms
adjective

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Slovak hoľa.

Noun

hala f

  1. mountain meadow in the Alpine tundra, above the tree line
  2. pasture in the Tatra mountains
Declension
Declension of hala
singular plural
nominative hala hale
genitive hali hali/hal
dative hali halom
accusative halę hale
instrumental halą halami
locative hali halach
vocative halo hale
Derived terms
adjective
nouns

Further reading

  • hala in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • hala in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rohingya

Etymology

From Sanskrit.

Adjective

hala

  1. black

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From German Halle.

Noun

hala f (Cyrillic spelling хала)

  1. hall

Etymology 2

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

Noun

hala f (Cyrillic spelling хала)

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

Etymology 3

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

Noun

hala f (Cyrillic spelling хала)

  1. (regional, rare, Islam) aunt (maternal or paternal)
    Synonym: tetka

Etymology 4

Adjective

hála or hàla or hȁla (Cyrillic spelling ха́ла or ха̀ла or ха̏ла)

  1. Alternative form of ala (“spotted”)

Noun

hála or hàla or hȁla f (Cyrillic spelling ха́ла or ха̀ла or ха̏ла)

  1. Alternative form of ala (“dragon”)

Siraya

Noun

hala

  1. wine

Slovak

Pronunciation

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

Further reading

  • “hala”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Interjection

¡hala!

  1. come on! let’s go!
  2. wow! (an indication of surprise)
    Synonym: guau
  3. my goodness! (an indication of surprise, shock, or amazement)
    Synonyms: Dios mío, madre mía, vaya, joder, hostia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hala

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

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

hala

  1. inflection of hal:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German halen, from Old Saxon halon.

Verb

hala (present halar, preterite halade, supine halat, imperative hala)

  1. (often with a particle like in (“in”), ner (“down”), upp (“up”), or fram (“forth”)) to reel, to haul (pull on something so as to bring more and more of it to oneself, often in order to bring in things attached)
  2. to bring (something) somewhere by pulling on something, like above
    hala ner en flagga
    lower a flag
Conjugation
Conjugation of hala (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive hala halas
Supine halat halats
Imperative hala —
Imper. plural1 halen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative halar halade halas halades
Ind. plural1 hala halade halas halades
Subjunctive2 hale halade hales halades
Participles
Present participle halande
Past participle halad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
See also

References

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Spanish hala.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Interjection

halá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎ)

  1. used to express warning or threat for a wrongdoing: you're in trouble!
    Synonym: lagot
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

halà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎ) (obsolete)

  1. referring to something based on what it looks like (while adding what it is)
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “hala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خاله (hala), from Arabic خَالَة (ḵāla, “maternal aunt”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hala (definite accusative halayı, plural halalar)

  1. paternal aunt (father’s sister)
Declension
Inflection
Nominative hala
Definite accusative halayı
Singular Plural
Nominative hala halalar
Definite accusative halayı halaları
Dative halaya halalara
Locative halada halalarda
Ablative haladan halalardan
Genitive halanın halaların
Synonyms
See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adverb

hala

  1. Misspelling of hâlâ (“still, yet”).

Further reading

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *halla.

Noun

hala

  1. frost

Inflection

Inflection of hala (inflection type 5/sana)
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 halaha
halha 		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 halahasai
halhasai 		haloihesai
terminative II halalesai haloilesai
terminative III halassai —
additive I halahapäi
halhapäi 		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]‎[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Etymology

Colloquial South Wales variant of hel (“send; pursue”) from Proto-Celtic *selgā, from Proto-Indo-European *selǵ- (“let loose, send”).

Pronunciation

Verb

hala (first-person singular present halaf, not mutable)(South Wales, transitive)

  1. to drive
  2. to send
  3. to spend

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future helaf heli hela helwn helwch helant helir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional 		helwn helit helai helem helech helent helid
preterite helais helaist helodd helasom helasoch helasant helwyd
pluperfect helaswn helasit helasai helasem helasech helasent helasid, helesid
present subjunctive helwyf helych helo helom heloch helont heler
imperative — hela heled helwn helwch helent heler
verbal noun hala
verbal adjectives heledig
heladwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms singular plural
first second third first second third
future hela i, helaf i heli di helith o/e/hi, heliff e/hi helwn ni helwch chi helan nhw
conditional helwn i, helswn i helet ti, helset ti helai fo/fe/hi, helsai fo/fe/hi helen ni, helsen ni helech chi, helsech chi helen nhw, helsen nhw
preterite helais i, heles i helaist ti, helest ti helodd o/e/hi helon ni heloch chi helon nhw
imperative — hela — — helwch —
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Synonyms

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hala”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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