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See also: Appendix:Variations of "wala"

English

Noun

wala

  1. Alternative spelling of wallah.

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waˈla/ [waˈl̪a]
  • Hyphenation: wa‧la

Adverb

walá (Basahan spelling ᜏᜎ)

  1. left (direction, side)
    Antonym: tuo

Derived terms

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bisayan *wadaq, from Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada. Possible historic Islamization influence from Arabic ولا wala.

Pronunciation

Adjective

walâ (Badlit spelling ᜏᜎ)

  1. indicates the nonexistence or absence of something; there is none, no one, nothing
    Antonyms: (most common) anaa, aduna, ania, adia, atua, may
  2. to have no possession of; to not have something
    Antonyms: anaa, aduna, may
  3. (with verb in the inchoative) did not; without doing
    Coordinate terms: dili, ayaw
  4. (by extension, of a relationship) broken up
  5. (euphemistic) dead
    Synonym: patay
Usage notes
  • If the subject is indefinite, the indefinite marker -y is suffixed; otherwise, the bare form is used.
    walay niadto ― no one came (indefinite subject)
    wala (siya) niadto ― (he) did not come (definite subject)
  • In the sense "without doing," the form walay can be used if the verb is not marked for aspect; although this formation may behave more like an adjective.
    wala nanudlay ― did not comb
    walay panudlay ― did not comb, uncombed
Derived terms
  • kawalaan
  • kawalad-an
  • wa tay amigo
  • wala madugay
  • wala pay
  • wala sukad

Verb

walà (Badlit spelling ᜏᜎ)

  1. to disappear or be gone and nonexistent
    mawala unta ang kalisdanan sa kinabuhi
    I wish all the hardships of life would disappear
  2. to lose something; to misplace
    nawala iyang pitaka ― he lost his wallet
Derived terms
  • pahingawala
  • pakawala
  • tagwala
  • tigwala
  • walawala

Numeral

Cebuano numbers (edit)
0 1  → [a], [b] 10  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: walâ
    Spanish cardinal: nulo, sero
    Ordinal: ikasero
    Adverbial: makasero

walâ

  1. (uncommon, only in certain contexts) zero, null
    Synonym: sero

Etymology 2

Compare Tausug lawa.

Pronunciation

Adjective

walá (Badlit spelling ᜏᜎ)

  1. left (direction)
    Coordinate term: tuo
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Chamicuro

Etymology

From Spanish bala.

Noun

wala

  1. bullet

Chichewa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-báda (“to shine - zone N”)

Pronunciation

Verb

-wala (infinitive kuwála)

  1. to shine, to be shining
    1. to shine brightly
    2. to be shiny
  2. to become light
  3. to be lustre
  4. to beam
  5. to flash
  6. to be bright
  7. to glow
  8. (figurative) to be brilliant

Derived terms

References

  • Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎, Oxford University Press
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Coatepec Nahuatl

Verb

wala

  1. To come.

Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wáː.láː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [wáː.láː]

Noun

wālā f (possessed form wālar̃)

  1. turtledove

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wáː.làː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [wáː.làː]

Verb

wālā̀ (grade 1)

  1. to relax

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwa.la/, [ˈʋɐ.lə]

Verb

wala

  1. to tilt backwards

Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bisayan *wadaq, from Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Noun

walâ

  1. no one, nothing

Verb

walâ

  1. to lack
  2. to disappear or be gone and nonexistent

Verb

walà

  1. deny
  2. gainsay
  3. forgive, forget the wrongdoings of another

Etymology 2

Adjective

walá

  1. left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)
    Antonym: tuo

Javanese

Romanization

wala

  1. romanization of ꦮꦭ

Mbati

Noun

wala

  1. crab

References

  • LePage, Sarah Gloria (2020), "The phonology of Mbati"‎, University of North Dakota

Middle English

Noun

wala

  1. alternative form of wale (“planking, welt”)

Old Dutch

Adverb

wala

  1. well

References

  • Dr. Tack P, Proeve van Oudnederfrankische Grammatica, 77.

Old English

Noun

wala m

  1. alternative form of wela
  2. nominative/accusative plural of walu

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *walu.

Noun

wala f

  1. choice

Derived terms

Descendants

  • German: Wahl

Pangasinan

Etymology

From Proto-Northern Luzon *wadaʔ, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: wa‧la
  • IPA(key): /waˈla/, [waˈla]

Particle

wala

  1. existential quantifier: there is; to have; is in
    Walay baik.
    I have a grandmother
    (literally, “There exists my grandmother”)
    Wala ak ed Pangasinan.
    I'm in Pangasinan.
    Walay sira dia.
    There's fish here.

Usage notes

  • The entity existing is a word marked nominative with a marker -y or so. It can be a lone nominative pronoun (e.g. saya) which already is nominative.
  • The entity possessing is a word marked genitive with na or a genitive pronoun. This results in something like walay Y na X “X has Y”, or literally, “There's Y of X”.

Derived terms

  • anggapoy wala
  • kawalaan

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈva.la/
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Syllabification: wa‧la

Noun

wala m animal

  1. genitive/accusative singular of wal

Verb

wala

  1. third-person singular present of walać

Pukapukan

Etymology

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

Noun

wala

  1. screwpine, pandanus tree (Pandanus tectorius)
    Te wala e lākau loa makeke i te māni wale.
    The pandanus is a tree with hard wood for building houses.
  2. pandanus key, single section of fruit.
    Aumai ake e wala māku.
    Please bring me a piece of pandanus fruit.

Derived terms

  • wala painapa (“pineapple”)
  • pikiwala

Further reading

Sahu

Etymology

Compare Ternate fala, Tidore fola, Tabaru woa.

Pronunciation

Noun

wala

  1. house

References

  • Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987), Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology 1

From Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

Adjective

waḽâ

  1. lost; disappeared
    Nawaḽa sana siya.
    S/he's just disappeared.
  2. absent
    Antonym: yaon
    Waḽa naman siya sa klase.
    S/he's absent again in class.

Pronoun

waḽâ

  1. (indefinite) nothing; none; no one; nobody
    Synonym: dai
    Antonyms: igwa, may
    Waḽa nin tawo sa haḽong.
    There's no one in the house.

Etymology 2

Adjective

walá

  1. left (direction)
    Antonym: tuo

Swahili

Tagalog

Waray-Waray

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