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Tala

Tala

See also: tala, talá, tāla, tåla, tala', and tālā

Icelandic

Proper noun

Tala f

  1. A female given name

Declension

Plautdietsch

Noun

Tala m ‎(plural Talasch)

  1. platter, large plate
  2. enumerator, counter, gauge, meter

tala

tala

See also: Tala, talá, tāla, tåla, tala', and tālā

English

Noun

tala ‎(plural talas)

  1. The currency of Samoa, divided into 100 sene.

Etymology 2

Sanskrit ताल ‎(tālà)

Noun

tala

  1. (music) A rhythmic pattern in Indian music.

See also

Anagrams

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰɛaːla/
  • Rhymes: -ɛaːla
  • Homophone: talað

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talō ‎(“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- ‎(“to reckon, count”).

Noun

tala f (genitive singular talu, plural talur)

  1. talk, conversation
Declension
Declension of tala
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tala talan talur talurnar
accusative talu taluna talur talurnar
dative talu taluni talum talunum
genitive talu talunnar tala talanna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talōną.

Verb

tala ‎(third person singular past indicative talaði, third person plural past indicative talað, supine talað)

  1. to speak
Conjugation

French

Verb

tala

  1. third-person singular past historic of taler

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰaːla/
  • Rhymes: -aːla
    Homophones: Tala

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talō ‎(“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- ‎(“to reckon, count”). Cognate with Dutch taal ‎(“language, speech”), English tale ‎(“number”) (from Middle English, from Old English talu ‎(“tale, series, calculation, list, statement, deposition, relation, communication, narrative, fable, story, accusation, action at law”)), German Zahl ‎(“number, figure”), Danish tale ‎(“speech”), Latin dolus ‎(“guile, deceit, fraud”), Ancient Greek [Term?] ‎(“wile, bait”), Old Armenian տող ‎(toł, “row”). Related to tell, talk.

Noun

tala f ‎(genitive singular tölu, nominative plural tölur)

  1. a short address, a speech
  2. button
    Það á ekki að hneppa neðstu tölunni.
    You are not supposed to fasten the lowest button.
  3. number
    Milljón er stór tala.
    A million is a big number.
  4. (grammar) number
    Í hvaða tölu er orðið ‚hestur‘? — Það er í eintölu.
    What number is the word ‘horse’? — It is singular.
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talōną.

Verb

tala ‎(third-person singular past indicative talaði)

  1. to talk
Conjugation
talast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að talast
supine
(sagnbót) 		talast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		talandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég talast við tölumst present
(nútíð) 		ég talist við tölumst
þú talast þið talist þú talist þið talist
hann, hún, það talast þeir, þær, þau talast hann, hún, það talist þeir, þær, þau talist
past
(þátíð) 		ég talaðist við töluðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég talaðist við töluðumst
þú talaðist þið töluðust þú talaðist þið töluðust
hann, hún, það talaðist þeir, þær, þau töluðust hann, hún, það talaðist þeir, þær, þau töluðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		talast (þú) talist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
talastu talisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
Derived terms

Ido

Adjective

tala

  1. such, such a

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tala n

  1. definite plural of tal

Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali তালা ‎(tālā).

Noun

tala

  1. lock

Samoan

Noun

tala

  1. story

Derived terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈta̠.la̠]

Etymology 1

See talar (verb).

Noun

tala f ‎(uncountable)

  1. (forestry) felling, cutting down

Verb

tala

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of talar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of talar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of talar.

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Quechua tara.

Noun

tala m ‎(plural talas)

  1. (trees) tala (Celtis tala, a South American tree).

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talō ‎(“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- ‎(“to reckon, count”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑːla/

Verb

tala ‎(present talar, preterite talade, supine talat, imperative tala)

  1. to speak; to utter words; to tell
  2. to talk (to someone)
  3. to make a speech

Conjugation

Synonyms

See also

Related terms

Usage notes

Språka is quite rare and is used about close or intimate talk. Prata is the most common, and is mainly used of informal talking. Tala is a more formal word in its own right, and mainly used about formal speeches, lecturing etc., but also in some expressions. In imperative it is also an encouragement to speak up.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Sanskrit तारा ‎(tārā).

Noun

tala

  1. star

See also

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • (third-person singular present/future; second-person singular imperative): tâl
  • (first-person singular present/future): talaf

Pronunciation

Verb

tala

  1. second-person singular imperative of talu
  2. (literary) third-person singular present / future of talu
  3. (colloquial) first-person singular future of talu

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tala dala nhala thala
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰaːla/
    Rhymes: -aːla
    Homophones: tala

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