dala

From an unassimilated equivalent of Hawaiian kālā, from English dollar.

dala (plural dala)

1. (historical) The currency of Hawaii between 1847 and 1898, equal to the United States dollar.
   • 2018, Todd A. Watkins, Introduction to Microfinance:

     My mother kept a dollar bill in Hawaiian currency—a dala—given to her as a souvenir of her brother's service in the army.

• dala dala (etymologically unrelated)

• Adal, Alda, Lada, daal

dala

1. inflection of dalë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

From dative of dal.

• IPA^(key): [dɑˈɫɑ]

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dala

1. back, backwards

• geri, geriyə
• arxaya

• irəli
• qabağa

• “dala” in Obastan.com.

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan.

dala

1. way

• René van den Berg and Brent Wiebe, Bola Grammar Sketch, p. 62

• IPA^(key): [ˈdala]

dala

1. inflection of dát:
   1. feminine singular past active participle
   2. neuter plural past active participle

• adala

Cognate of French dalle (“slab”), probably from Old French rather than from Suevic or Gothic,^[1] ultimately from Proto-Germanic *daljō (“dell”), from *dalą (“valley”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰel- (“an arch, vaulting, curve, curvature, cavity”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdala/ [ˈd̪a.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Hyphenation: da‧la

dala f (plural dalas)

1. installation or instrument constituted by a slab of stone or of wood, usually positioned in a slope and provided with drainage; used for doing laundry
2. deep passage, defile, gorge
3. dumping site

   Synonym: vertedoiro

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “adala”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dala”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “dala”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Borrowed from English dollar.

• IPA^(key): /dá.làː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [də́.làː]

dalā̀ f (plural dalōlī, possessed form dalàr̃)

1. Any of various currencies known as dollars or thalers.
2. (colloquial, Nigeria) 25 kobo.
3. (Niger) 5 francs.
4. (obsolete) 2 shillings.

• IPA^(key): /dàː.lá/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [dàː.lə́]

dā̀la f (possessed form dā̀lar̃)

1. cardinal (bird)

Borrowed from Sanskrit धार (dhāra, “holding”),^[1] from the root धृ (dhṛ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold”). Compare Central Bikol dara, Cebuano dala,^[2] Tagalog dala, Kapampangan dala.

• IPA^(key): /daˈla/ [daˈla]
• Hyphenation: da‧la

dalá

1. to bring, carry

From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.

dala

1. road

dal +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɒlɒ]
• Hyphenation: da‧la

dala

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of dal

dala (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dalaði, supine dalað)

1. to worsen, to deteriorate

dala

1. indefinite genitive plural of dalur

• “dala” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Borrowed from Sanskrit धार (dhāra, “holding”),^[1] from the root धृ (dhṛ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold”). Compare Central Bikol dara, Cebuano dala,^[2] Tagalog dala.

• IPA^(key): /dəˈla/ [dəˈla]
• Hyphenation: da‧la

dala

1. load; something carried; something brought

   Synonym: karga

2. carrying; bringing

dala

1. to bring; to carry

Compare Malay jera (“deterred; warned by experience”).

• IPA^(key): /dəˈlaʔ/ [dəˈlaʔ]
• Hyphenation: da‧la

dalâ

1. wary; scared off; cautious (from a previous undesirable experience)

dalâ

1. feeling of being scared off (from a previous undesirable experience)
2. act of making someone feel scared off (from a previous undesirable experience)

Borrowed from Malay jala, from Sanskrit जाल (jāla, “net”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdalə/ [ˈda.lə]
• Hyphenation: da‧la

dála

1. small dragnet; casting net
2. fishing with a small dragnet

• Bergaño, Diego (1732), Vocabulario de la lengua pampanga en romance‎^[7], Ramirez y Giraudier, published 1860, page 23

da +‎ la

dala

1. from the (feminine singular)

dala

1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of dalīt
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of dalīt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of dalīt

dala

1. blood

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.

dala

1. road

-dála

1. old

-dála

1. to create

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

dala

1. genitive plural of dæl

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq; cognate with Ilocano dara.

dalá

1. blood

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-dalá

1. green

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Kielce) IPA^(key): [ˈda.la]

dala

1. (Kielce) alternative form of dalej

• Zygmunt Wasilewski (1895), “dala”, in “Słowniczek wyrazów ludowych we wsi Jaksicach”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 91

Borrowed from English dale

• Rhymes: -alɐ
• Hyphenation: da‧la

dala f (plural dalas)

1. a narrow depression or passageway between hills or mountains; a ravine

• “dala”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “dala”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

From Old Irish indala, from ind (“the”) + aile (“second, other”), from Proto-Celtic *alyos (compare Welsh ail), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (compare Latin alius, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis)).

• (Uist) IPA^(key): /ə ˈn̪ˠd̪al̪ˠə/^[1]
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ə ˈn̪ˠd̪̊al̪ˠʌ]^[2]

an dala

1. second

   Synonyms: dàrna, dara

-dála

1. old

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

-dala

1. to create

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdala/ [ˈd̪a.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: da‧la

dala

1. inflection of dar:
   1. second-person singular imperative combined with la
   2. second-person singular voseo imperative combined with la

From English dollar or Dutch daler.

dala

1. dollar
2. (numismatics) a coin or banknote worth 250 cents; a rix-dollar

Borrowed from English dollar.^[1][2]

dala class IX (plural dala class X)

1. (Tanzania, slang, dated) five shilling

• daladala (“matatu”)

-dála

1. to create

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

dala (present dalar, preterite dalade, supine dalat, imperative dala)

1. to move down, sink
2. to go down (e.g. of stock)

• “dala”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “dala”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “dala”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

• adla, lada

Borrowed from Sanskrit धार (dhāra, “holding”),^[1] from the root धृ (dhṛ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold”). Compare Kapampangan dala, Remontado Agta dara, Central Bikol dara, Cebuano dala,^[2] Tausug dā.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /daˈla/ [d̪ɐˈla]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: da‧la

dalá (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎ)

1. load; something carried; something brought

   Synonyms: karga, lulan, kargada

2. carrying; bringing (of something)

dalá (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎ)

1. carried along; brought; taken away

   Synonyms: dinala, inilulan, kinarga, taglay

2. (figurative) brought about; caused (by something aforementioned)

Borrowed from Malay jala, from Sanskrit जाल (jāla, “net”).^[3]

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdala/ [ˈd̪aː.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: da‧la

dala (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎ)

1. small dragnet; casting net
2. fishing with a small dragnet

Borrowed from Malay jera (“deterred; warned by experience”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zəʀa.^[4]

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /daˈlaʔ/ [d̪ɐˈlaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: da‧la

dalâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎ)

1. wary; scared off; cautious (from a previous undesirable experience)

dalâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎ)

1. feeling of being scared off (from a previous undesirable experience)
2. act of making someone feel scared off (from a previous undesirable experience)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dala

1. dative singular of dal

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dala

1. third-person singular optative of dalmak

Borrowed from English dollar.

• IPA^(key): /dala/

dala (construct state dalaka)

1. córdoba (currency of Nicaragua)

• Green, Thomas Michael (1999) A lexicographic study of Ulwa (Thesis)‎^[8], Massachusetts Institute of Technology, page 181

• Hyphenation: da‧la

dala (plural dalalar)

1. field

• “dala“ in izoh.uz

dala f sg

1. feminine singular of dalo

• IPA^(key): /ˈdala/
• Rhymes: -ala

dala (first-person singular present dalaf)

1. South Wales form of dal (“to catch”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdala/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdaːla/, /ˈdala/

dala

1. soft mutation of tala

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.

• IPA^(key): /ɗala/

dala

1. road

• Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987), Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-dála

1. old

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-dala

1. to create, form

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-dála

1. old

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-dala

1. to cause
2. to create, make

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-dala”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-dala”
• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “dala”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “dala (8-3-8.9)”