# abala
## Basque
### Noun

abala
* absolutive singular of abal

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: abalas, abalât

### Verb

abala
* third-person singular past historic of abaler

## Galician
### Verb

abala
* inflection of abalar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Hanunoo
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *abala.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaˈbala/ [ʔaˈba.la]
* Rhymes: -ala
* Syllabification: a‧ba‧la

#### Noun

abala (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜮ)
* bother; molestation (annoying intentionally)

##### Derived terms

* maabala

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔabaˈla/ [ʔa.baˈla]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: a‧ba‧la

#### Interjection

abalá (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜮ)
* come!
    Abala sitay!Come here!
    Abala dapo!Come (here) first!

##### Alternative forms

* bala — apheresis

##### See also

* atabog

### 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 17

## Javanese

Javanese writing system :
| Carakan | ꦲꦧꦭ |
| Pegon | |
| Roman | abala |

### Etymology

From a- +‎ bala.

### Verb

abala
* to have an army

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *abala. Compare Tagalog abala.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /əˈbalə/ [əˈbäː.lə]
* Hyphenation: a‧ba‧la

### Noun

abála
* a family affair, something to be kept internal
* a delay

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈba.lɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈba.lɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈba.la/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈba.lɐ/ [ɐˈβa.lɐ]
* Hyphenation: a‧ba‧la
* Rhymes: -alɐ

### Verb

abala
* inflection of abalar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Sakizaya
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.ba.ˈla/, [a.ba.ˈla]

### Noun

abala
* (anatomy) shoulder

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *abala. Compare Kapampangan abala, Pangasinan abala, and Casiguran Dumagat Agta abala. Zorc (1979) posits the senses “busy; preoccupied” were borrowed from Pangasinan abala, from Proto-Austronesian *qabaʀa (“shoulder”) with semantic shift.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ʔaˈbala/ [ʔɐˈbaː.lɐ] (noun)
*** Rhymes: -ala
** IPA: /ʔabaˈla/ [ʔɐ.bɐˈla] (adjective)
*** Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: a‧ba‧la

### Noun

abala (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜎ)
* trouble; bother; inconvenience
    Synonym: gulo
    Ang matagal na problema ng trapik sa mga kalsada ay isang matinding abala sa mamamayan.The long-time problem of road traffic is a heavy burden to people.
* interruption; delay; disturbance
* (colloquial) act of borrowing from someone

#### Derived terms

* abalahin
* maabala
* magpakaabala
* makaabala
* mang-abala
* punong-abala

### Adjective

abalá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜎ)
* busy; preoccupied; distracted
    Wala akong oras dahil abala ako sa pangangalaga sa lolo ko.I've no time because I'm busy taking care of my grandfather.
* absorbed; obsessed; engrossed; preoccupied
* inconvenient; bothersome
    Abala naman ang pinagagawa mo sa akin.What you're asking me to do is troublesome.

#### Derived terms

* abalang-abala
* mag-abala
* mapag-abala

### Further reading

* “abala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 1