English

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

• pa'al

Crimean Tatar

Noun

pala

1. a kind of rug

Declension

Synonyms

• kilim

Esperanto

Adjective

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

1. pale; sallow

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uralic *pala. Cognates include Veps pala, Estonian pala, and Hungarian fal.^[1]

Noun

pala

1. piece, bit

   pala palalta = piece by piece, piecemeal

2. lump, chunk
3. block
4. tablet, bar

Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

pala

1. Indicative present connegative form 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. Second-person singular imperative present form of palaa.

   Pala!

   Burn!

3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of palaa.

   Älä pala!

   Don't burn!

Anagrams

• lapa

References

1. ↑ Entry #695 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pala ‎(plural palák)

1. slate

Declension

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pāla ‎(“shovel, spade”).

Noun

pala f ‎(plural pale)

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

Verb

pala

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

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-Indo-European *pak-slo-, from root *peh₂ǵ-. See Latin pangō, pāgus, paciscor, pāx, pāgina.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.la/, [ˈpaː.ɫa]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.la/, [ˈpaː.la]

Noun

pāla f ‎(genitive pālae); first declension

1. A shovel, spade.
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;

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• bipālium

Synonyms

• (shovel): rutrum

Descendants

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, 1883–1887)
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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

Ngiyambaa

Etymology

Compare Wiradhuri balang.

Noun

pala

1. head

Pitjantjatjara

Pronoun

pala

1. (there) he, she, it, they

Related terms

• ngankunya (ergative and accusative)

See also

• Subject pronouns in Pitjantjatjara: (singular) nganku, nyuntu, ngaa, pala, nyara, palunya, (dual) ngankululitju / yali, nyuntupula, kutjarapula, (plural) ngankululatju / yala, nyuntu, ngaa, pala, nyara, palunya

Polish

Noun

pala

1. genitive singular of pal

Portuguese

Noun

pala f (plural palas)

1. (heraldry) pale

Spanish

Etymology

Latin pāla ‎(“shovel, spade”).

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

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish 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

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], Petrozavodsk: Periodika