# alla
## Bavarian
### Alternative forms

* allanig, alloa

### Etymology

From Middle High German allein.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑˈlɑː/

### Adjective

alla (predicative)
* (Austria, Vienna) alone

## Choctaw
### Alternative forms

* vlla (traditional)
* ạlla (Byington/Swanton, obsolete linguistic)
* alla' (Modified traditional, glottal)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /əl.lá/

### Noun

alla
* child

#### Related terms

* oshi

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑˈlaː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: al‧la
* Rhymes: -aː

### Interjection

alla
* so be it, go ahead
* granted, I'll admit

## Estonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *alla (compare Finnish alla), from older *alna < *ala-na, an archaic locative formed with Proto-Uralic *-na (whence the essive suffix -na) from ala-.

### Adverb

alla (not comparable)
* down, to below
    Ma kukkusin alla.I fell down.

### Postposition

alla
* down, to below, to under (+ genitive)
    Mine laua alla!Go under the table!

### Preposition

alla
* below (+ genitive)
    See on kasvult alla keskmise.It is below average growth.

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *alla (compare Estonian all), from older *alna < *ala-na, an archaic locative formed with Proto-Uralic *-na (whence the essive suffix -na) from ala-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑlːɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑlːɑ
* Hyphenation: al‧la

### Adverb

alla
* beneath, underneath, below

### Postposition

alla [with genitive and/or possessive form]
* (locative) under, underneath, below, beneath
    Synonym: alapuolella
    Antonyms: päällä, yllä, yläpuolella
    Pallo on pöydän alla.The ball is under the table.
* (temporal) just before, only a short time before
    Vaalien alla on esiintynyt uusia syytöksiä.Just before the elections new accusations have arisen.

#### Declension

Declension of ala-
noun case
singular
pluraladverbial form
singular
plural
nominative
ala-
–superessive
alhaalla
genitive
–delative
alhaalta
partitive
–sublative
alhaalle
accusative
–lative
alas
inessive
–temporal
elative
–causative
illative
–multiplicative
adessive
alla
–distributive
ablative
alta
–temp. dist.
allative
alle
–prolative
ali alitse
essive
–situative
allekkain (alakkain)
translative
–oppositive
alatusten
abessive
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* allapäin

#### Related terms

* See the inflection table.
* ala-
* ali-
* alempana
* alemmas
* alhainen
* alittaa

### Further reading

* “alla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.la/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

alla
* third-person singular past historic of aller

## Gothic
### Romanization

alla
* Romanization of 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰

## Greenlandic
### Pronunciation

* (Nuuk) IPA: /alla/, [aɬ.ɬa]

### Noun

alla (plural allat)
* other, another
** 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:Filmiliarlu taanna nunani allani TV-eqarfinnut soqutinnittunut tun iniarneqartussaavoq.The finished film will be offered to interested broadcasting companies in other countries.
** 1998 September 1, “Aatsaat qaamasunik amilinnik takusut”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:Soorunami siornatigut aviisitigut allatigullu qaamasunik amillit qanoq isikkoqarnersut ilisimareeraluarlugit sunaaffa aatsaat iluamik inuttarsisut.While they had, of course, already seen people with light skin in news papers and other things, it turned out that they had not met any in the flesh.

#### References

* alla in Katersat

## Icelandic
### Pronoun

alla
* feminine accusative singular of allur
* masculine accusative plural of allur

## Inupiaq
### Particle

alla (dual allak, plural allat)
* another one, different one
    Alla taamna.That one is another one.

#### Alternative forms

* atla, ałła

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈal̪ˠə/

### Etymology 1

Possibly from Old Irish allguth m (“great noise, shout”), from guth m (“voice, sound”).

#### Noun

alla m (genitive singular alla)
* shout

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
alla
vocative
a alla
genitive
alla
dative
alla
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an t-alla
genitive
an alla
dative
leis an alla don alla :

##### Alternative forms

* allar

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

alla
* Alternative form of allta (“wild”)

##### Derived terms

* damhán alla
* ruán alla

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “allguth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* “alla”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈal.la/
* Rhymes: -alla
* Hyphenation: àl‧la

### Contraction

alla
* Contraction of a la.; to the, at the

### Preposition

alla
* -style, à la
    cotoletta alla milanese ― Milan-style veal cutlet
    cotoletta alla bolognese ― Bologna-style veal cutlet
    cotoletta alla valdostana ― Aosta Valley-style veal cutlet

## Laz
### Noun

alla
* God

## Lule Sami
### Adjective

alla
* attributive of allak

## Maltese
### Etymology

From the proper noun Alla (“God”), from Arabic الله (allāh). The Arabic is not used as a common noun, for which related إلٰه (ʔilāh).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈal.la/
* Audio (Gozo):(file)
* Homophone: Alla

### Noun

alla f (plural allat)
* a god

### Interjection

alla
* Oh God! (expressing shock, frustration, or anger)
    Synonyms: ħaqq, ostja, madonna, f’għoxx
    Tini il-mobajl, alla! ― Give me the phone, for heaven's sake!

#### Related terms

* Alla (proper noun)

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈalla/

### Adjective

alla
* attributive form of allat

## Nyunga
### Preposition

alla
* Alternative spelling of alle

## Old Dutch
### Adjective

alla
* nominative plural of al

## Old Norse
### Adjective

alla
* inflection of allr:
** strong feminine accusative singular
** strong masculine accusative plural
** weak masculine oblique singular
** weak feminine nominative singular
** weak neuter singular

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈalˌa/
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

alla
* everyone
    Alla fick en kopp kaffe.Everyone got a cup of coffee

### Determiner

alla
* plural of all
    Har du plockat upp alla leksakerna från golvet?Have you picked up all the toys from the floor?

### Further reading

* alla in Svensk ordbok.

## Turkish
### Etymology

al +‎ la (from al and ile)

### Adverb

alla
* with the red

## Votic
### Etymology

From the illative singular of Proto-Finnic *ala. Cognate with Ingrian allaa.

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈɑlɑː/, [ˈɑɫːɑ]
* Rhymes: -ɑlɑː
* Hyphenation: al‧la

### Adverb

alla
* down, downwards

### Postposition

alla (genitive + ~)
* (lative) (to) under

### Preposition

alla (~ + genitive)
* (lative) (to) under

### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “alaa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaɬa/

### Verb

alla
* Soft mutation of galla.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.