-ala

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ala"

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English -al, French -al, German -al, Italian -ale, Spanish -al, all ultimately from Latin -ālis.

Suffix

-ala

1. Suffix used with a noun to make an adjective out of said noun; pertaining to, relating to, appropriate to.

   ‎amiko (“friend”) + ‎-ala → ‎amikala (“friendly, amicable”)

   ‎naciono (“nation”) + ‎-ala → ‎nacionala (“national”)

Derived terms

Ido terms suffixed with -ala

abadala

abadeyala

aerala

akademiala

akustikala

algebrala

alimentala

amebala

amikala

amorala

ancestrala

animalala

anmala

aortitala

artificala

atomala

axiomala

bazala

biblala

bovala

brutala

bubonala

cenala

ceramikala

cielala

ciencala

ciliala

cirklala

dogmatala

doktrinala

elektrala

embrionala

energiala

esencala

Esperantala

etikala

experimentala

fatala

fatalismo

febrala

fervoyala

fontala

formala

fracionala

fragmentala

fratala

fromajala

funerala

futurala

galaxiala

generala

genezala

geografiala

geometriala

glaciala

glacierala

gramatikala

guturala

hazardala

hefala

heroala

hipnotala

homala

homarala

honorumala

hundala

Idala

ideala

imprimala

industriala

infinitivala

joyala

kaudala

kauzala

kombatala

komercala

kordiala

kosmala

kustumala

laboristala

lanala

landala

legala

linealo

linguala

linguistikala

literaturala

logikala

lunala

maestrala

magmala

magnetala

matematikala

materiala

medikala

mentala

mezepokala

mitosala

moblala

molekulala

mondolinguala

mondumala

nacionala

naturala

nervala

nivala

normala

nukleala

numerala

oficala

orbitala

orkestrala

ostala

pacala

papala

pektorala

peninsulala

personala

plastikala

plurala

pluralo

polala

politikala

praktikala

prepucala

profetala

puerala

qualesala

quantesala

religiala

rurala

sintezala

sistemala

spacala

specala

specaligar

spiritala

sunala

surfacala

teatrala

teknikala

temporalo

teologiala

testamentala

tradukala

universala

vicerala

vintrala

virala

volkanala

vortala

yarala

Kwak'wala

Suffix

-ala

1. Suffix forming iterative, continuative or agentive verbs (after a voiced consonant, otherwise -əla).

Synonyms

• -əla

Derived terms

Kwak'wala terms suffixed with -ala

Ꟛugʷaləs

ꟛugʷala

References

• Franz Boas, Helene Boas Yampolsky & Zellig S. Harris (1947), “Kwakiutl Grammar with a Glossary of the Suffixes”, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society‎, volume 37, number 3, page 306
• Daniel Frim (2024), Understanding Composite Text Structure: A Problem in the Comparative Study of Oral-Traditional Literature‎, Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, page 355