alaala

alaala

See also: ala ala and ala-ala

Hanunoo

Etymology

Compare Tagalog alaala.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔalaˈʔala/ [ʔa.laˈʔa.la]
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Syllabification: a‧la‧a‧la

Noun

alaala (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜠᜮ)

  1. memory; thought

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 24

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ʔalaˈʔala/ [ʔɐ.lɐˈʔaː.lɐ] (memory; remembrance, noun)
      • Rhymes: -ala
    • IPA(key): /ʔalaʔaˈla/ [ʔɐ.lɐ.ʔɐˈla] (worry; anxiety, noun, adjective)
      • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: a‧la‧a‧la

Noun

alaala (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜀᜎ)

  1. memory; recollection
    Synonyms: memorya, gunamgunam, gunita, salimisim, bulay-bulay
  2. remembrance; memento; token

Derived terms

Noun

alaalá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜀᜎ) (slightly archaic)

  1. alternative form of alala: worry; anxiety

Adjective

alaalá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜀᜎ) (slightly archaic)

  1. alternative form of alala: worried; anxious

Derived terms

  • mag-alaala

Further reading

Tokelauan

Noun

alaala

  1. white trevally

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 11