hala

Borrowed from Hawaiian hala, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan. Doublet of pandan via Malay.

hala (plural halas or hala)

1. Pandanus tectorius, a screw pine native to Malesia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands.

hala (comparative more hala, superlative most hala)

1. (obsolete, dialect) Embarassed or ashamed.
   • 1688, Thomas Shadwell, The Squire of Alsatia:

     Hack. Kiſs, kiſs her, Man; this Town affords ſuch every where; you'll hate the Country, when you ſee a little more; kiſs her, I ſay.
     Lolp. I am ſo hala; I am aſhamed.

hala

1. bench

• Willem J. A. Pet, A Grammar Sketch and Lexicon of Arawak (Lokono Dian) (2011)

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /ala/, [a.la]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /hala/, [ɦa.la]

hala (not comparable)

1. thus

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.la/
• Homophone: ala

hala

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

hala

1. An expression of surprise or warning.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦala]
• Rhymes: -ala

hala f

1. hall

• halový

• hala in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• hala in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• hala in Internetová jazyková příručka

hala

1. inflection of hali:
   1. accusative/dative/genitive singular
   2. genitive plural

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hala

1. third-person singular past historic of haler

hala

1. inflection of halar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Proto-Polynesian *sala, from Proto-Oceanic *salaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq.

hala

1. sin

   Ke kala mai i ka ʻino a me ka hala.

   Forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin.

2. error

hala

1. (intransitive) to sin
2. (intransitive) to err

• hoʻohala

• English: hala

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

hala

1. screw pine, pandanus (Pandanus tectorius).

• lauhala
• pū hala

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.

hala

1. (of time, intransitive) to pass, elapse
2. (intransitive) to die

• hoʻohala
• hoʻohala manawa

• “hala” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

hal (“fish”) +‎ -a (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒlɒ]

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• Hyphenation: ha‧la

hala

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

hala

1. indefinite genitive plural of halur

hala

1. incest

• Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “hala”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 23
• Geirnaert-Martin, Danielle C. (1992), “hala”, in The Woven Land of Lamboya. Socio-cosmic Ideas and Values in West Sumba, Eastern Indonesia (CNWS Publications; 11), Leiden: Centre of Non-Western Studies, Leiden University

hālā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of hālō

• hala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

hala

1. bad, evil

For meaning 1:

• ala (alternative spelling)

From Portuguese ala and Spanish ala.

hala

1. wing

From Spanish halar and Spanish jalar and Dutch halen.

hala

1. to pull
2. to take

• IPA^(key): /ˈxa.la/

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• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: ha‧la

Borrowed from German Halle or French halle, both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *hallu, from Proto-Germanic *hallō. Doublet of hol (“hallway, lobby”).

hala f

1. hall, concourse

   hala produkcyjna ― shopfloor

Borrowed from Slovak hoľa.

hala f

1. mountain meadow in the Alpine tundra, above the tree line
2. pasture in the Tatra mountains

• hala in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• hala in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Sanskrit.

hala

1. black

• IPA^(key): /xala/

From German Halle.

hala f (Cyrillic spelling хала)

1. hall

From Ottoman Turkish خلا‎ (halâ), from Arabic خَلَاء‎ (ḵalāʾ).

hala f (Cyrillic spelling хала)

1. (regional, rare) WC, water closet
2. (regional, rare) toilet
3. (regional, rare) privy

• toalet, klozet, nužnik

From Ottoman Turkish خاله‎ (hâla, hâle), from Arabic خَالَة‎ (ḵāla).

hala f (Cyrillic spelling хала)

1. (regional, rare, Islam) aunt (maternal or paternal)

• tetka

hála or hàla or hȁla (Cyrillic spelling ха́ла or ха̀ла or ха̏ла)

1. Alternative form of ala (“spotted”)

hála or hàla or hȁla f (Cyrillic spelling ха́ла or ха̀ла or ха̏ла)

1. Alternative form of ala (“dragon”)

hala

1. wine

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦala]

hala f (genitive singular haly, nominative plural haly, genitive plural hál, declension pattern of žena)

1. hall

• halový

• hala in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

• IPA^(key): /ˈala/ [ˈa.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: ha‧la
• Homophone: ala

• ala, alá

¡hala!

1. come on! let’s go!
2. wow! (an indication of surprise)

   Synonym: guau

3. my goodness! (an indication of surprise, shock, or amazement)

   Synonyms: Dios mío, madre mía, vaya, joder, hostia

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

hala

1. inflection of halar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “hala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

hala

1. inflection of hal:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

From Middle Low German halen, from Old Saxon halon.

hala (present halar, preterite halade, supine halat, imperative hala)

1. (often with a particle like in (“in”), ner (“down”), upp (“up”), or fram (“forth”)) to reel, to haul (pull on something so as to bring more and more of it to oneself, often in order to bring in things attached)
2. to bring (something) somewhere by pulling on something, like above

   hala ner en flagga

   lower a flag

• hala in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hala in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hala in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Possibly related to bahala. Compare Spanish hala.

• ala – dialectal
• luh – slang

• Hyphenation: ha‧la
• IPA^(key): /haˈla/, [hɐˈla]
• Rhymes: -a

halá

1. used to express warning or threat for a wrongdoing: you're in trouble!

   Synonym: lagot

• Hyphenation: ha‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˈhalaʔ/, [ˈha.lɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -alaʔ

halà

1. (obsolete) referring to things to what they seems like (while adding what it is)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish خاله‎ (hala), from Arabic خَالَة‎ (ḵāla, “maternal aunt”).

• IPA^(key): /hɑˈɫɑ/

hala (definite accusative halayı, plural halalar)

1. paternal aunt (father’s sister)

• bibi

• hâlâ
• teyze

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːlɑː/

hala

1. Misspelling of hâlâ (“still, yet”).

• hala in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “hâlâ”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

From Proto-Finnic *halla.

hala

1. frost

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “заморозок, иней”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika