# wala
## English
### Noun

wala
* Alternative spelling of wallah

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /waˈla/ [waˈl̪a]
* Hyphenation: wa‧la

### Adverb

walá (Basahan spelling ᜏᜎ)
* left (direction, side)
    Antonym: tuo

#### Derived terms

* pawala
* walahon

## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* wa — dialectal, "l"-elision
* walay, way — with indefinite subject; -less

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Bisayan *wadaq, from Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (adjective, numeral) /waˈlaʔ/ [wɐˈl̪aʔ]
* IPA: (verb) /ˈwalaʔ/ [ˈwa.l̪ɐʔ]
* (Metro Cebu, Bohol, Leyte) IPA: /ˈwaʔ/ [ˈwaʔ]
* Hyphenation: wa‧la

#### Adjective

walâ (Badlit spelling ᜏᜎ)
* indicates the nonexistence or absence of something; there is none, no one, nothing
    Antonyms: (most common) anaa, aduna, ania, adia, atua, may
* to have no possession of; to not have something
    Antonyms: anaa, aduna, may
* (with verb in the inchoative) did not; without doing
    Coordinate terms: dili, ayaw
* (by extension, of a relationship) broken up
* (euphemistic) dead
    Synonym: patay

##### Usage notes

* If the subject is indefinite, the indefinite marker -y is suffixed; otherwise, the bare form is used.
    walay niadto ― no one came (indefinite subject)
    wala (siya) niadto ― (he) did not come (definite subject)
* In the sense "without doing," the form walay can be used if the verb is not marked for aspect; although this formation may behave more like an adjective.
    wala nanudlay ― did not comb
    walay panudlay ― did not comb, uncombed

##### Derived terms

* kawalaan
* kawalad-an
* wa tay amigo
* wala madugay
* wala pay
* wala sukad

#### Verb

walà (Badlit spelling ᜏᜎ)
* to disappear or be gone and nonexistent
    mawala unta ang kalisdanan sa kinabuhiI wish all the hardships of life would disappear
* to lose something; to misplace
    nawala iyang pitaka ― he lost his wallet

##### Derived terms

* pahingawala
* pakawala
* tagwala
* tigwala
* walawala

#### Numeral

walâ
* (uncommon, only in certain contexts) zero, null
    Synonym: sero

### Etymology 2

Compare Tagalog kaliwa.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /waˈla/ [wɐˈl̪a]
* (uncommon; Metro Cebu, Bohol, Leyte) IPA: /ˈwa/ [ˈwa]
* Hyphenation: wa‧la

#### Adjective

walá (Badlit spelling ᜏᜎ)
* left (direction)
    Coordinate term: tuo

## Chamicuro
### Etymology

From Spanish bala.

### Noun

wala
* bullet

## Coatepec Nahuatl
### Verb

wala
* To come.

## Hausa
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wáː.láː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [wáː.láː]

#### Noun

wālā f (possessed form wālar̃)
* turtledove

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wáː.làː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [wáː.làː]

#### Verb

wālā̀ (grade 1)
* to relax

## Hawaiian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwa.la/, [ˈʋɐ.lə]

### Verb

wala
* to tilt backwards

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Bisayan *wadaq, from Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

#### Noun

walâ
* no one, nothing

#### Verb

walâ
* to lack
* to disappear or be gone and nonexistent

#### Verb

walà
* deny
* gainsay
* forgive, forget the wrongdoings of another

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

walá
* left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)
    Antonym: tuo

## Javanese
### Romanization

wala
* Romanization of ꦮꦭ

## Mbati
### Noun

wala
* crab

### References

* LePage, Sarah Gloria (2020) "The phonology of Mbati"‎, University of North Dakota

## Middle English
### Noun

wala
* Alternative form of wale (“planking, welt”)

## Old Dutch
### Adverb

wala
* well

#### References

* Dr. Tack P, Proeve van Oudnederfrankische Grammatica, 77.

## Old English
### Noun

wala m
* Alternative form of wela
* nominative/accusative plural of walu

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *walu.

### Noun

wala f
* choice

#### Descendants

* German: Wahl

## Pangasinan
### Etymology

From Proto-Northern Luzon *wadaʔ, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: wa‧la
* IPA: /waˈla/, [waˈla]

### Particle

wala
* existential quantifier: there is; to have; is in
    Walay baik.I have a grandmother(literally, “There exists my grandmother”)
    Wala ak ed Pangasinan.I'm in Pangasinan.
    Walay sira dia.There's fish here.

#### Usage notes

* The entity existing is a word marked nominative with a marker -y or so. It can be a lone nominative pronoun (e.g. saya) which already is nominative.
* The entity possessing is a word marked genitive with na or a genitive pronoun. This results in something like walay Y na X “X has Y”, or literally, “There's Y of X”.

#### Derived terms

* anggapoy wala
* kawalaan

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈva.la/
* Rhymes: -ala
* Syllabification: wa‧la

### Noun

wala m animal
* genitive/accusative singular of wal

### Verb

wala
* third-person singular present of walać

## Pukapukan
### Etymology

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

### Noun

wala
* screwpine, pandanus tree (Pandanus tectorius)
    Te wala e lākau loa makeke i te māni wale.The pandanus is a tree with hard wood for building houses.
* pandanus key, single section of fruit.
    Aumai ake e wala māku.Please bring me a piece of pandanus fruit.

#### Derived terms

* wala painapa (“pineapple”)
* pikiwala

### Further reading

* Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

## Sahu
### Etymology

Compare Ternate fala, Tidore fola, Tabaru woa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwa.la/

### Noun

wala
* house

#### References

* Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987) Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill

## Southern Catanduanes Bicolano
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

#### Adjective

waḽâ
* lost; disappeared
    Nawaḽa sana siya.S/he's just disappeared.
* absent
    Antonym: yaon
    Waḽa naman siya sa klase.S/he's absent again in class.

#### Pronoun

waḽâ
* (indefinite) nothing; none; no one; nobody
    Synonym: dai
    Antonyms: igwa, may
    Waḽa nin tawo sa haḽong.There's no one in the house.

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

walá
* left (direction)
    Antonym: tuo

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic وَلَا (walā, “and not”).

#### Conjunction

wala
* (in a negative sentence) and
* (in a negative sentence) or

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

wala
* plural of mla

#### Verb

wala
* inflection of -la:
** second-person singular gnomic
** third-person plural (wa class$_{(II)}$) gnomic
** m class$_{(III)}$ and u class$_{(XI)}$ gnomic

### References

* ↑ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 300 Nr. 2872

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

#### Alternative forms

* 'la, la, ala — aphaeretic, colloquial
* uala, huala — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
* ula — dialectal, colloquial
* wla — text messaging

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /waˈlaʔ/ [wɐˈlaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: wa‧la

#### Adjective

walâ (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎ)
* nothing; to not exist; there is no
    Walang tao diyan.There's no people there.
    Synonyms: (slang, gay slang) waley, (gay slang) was, (back slang) alaws
    Antonyms: may, mayroon
** not in; missing
    Wala pa sila dito...They aren't here yet...
    Wala 'yung kaibigan mo ah.Your friend isn't with you, hm.
** not having; no
    Wala sa akin ang ballpen mo, wala akong kailangang ibalik sa iyo!I don't have your pen, I don't have to return anything to you!
    Wala akong pagkain, sa iba ka na lang.I don't have food here, go to another person.
** no; I/you/they don't have any; there isn't any
    Ay, wala, hindi ako nakakuha.Oh, I don't have any, I didn't get to grab any.
** nothing; no-one
    Wala 'yun sa akin.She's nothing to me.
    Ay, wala 'yun, 'wag mo na lang pansinin.Oh, they're no-one, don't mind them.
    Wala... hindi 'yan gagana.That's nothing... that won't work.
* free (from); lacking; without
    Synonym: ligtas
* (by extension) broken up (in a relationship)
    Wala na sila.They are not together anymore.
* (euphemistic) dead
    Synonym: patay

##### Derived terms

* balewala
* batas ng wala
* hiwala
* iwala
* kawalan
* kawalang-hiyaan
* kawalang-kasiguraduhan
* kawalang-tiwala
* magpakawala
* magsawala
* magwala
* makawala
* mawala
* mawalan
* mawalang-galang
* pagkawala
* pakawalan
* parang wala nang bukas
* pasiwalang-bahala
* pasiwalang-loob
* wa epek
* wala akong pakialam
* wala akong pera
* wala kang pakialam
* wala nang pero-pero
* wala sa huwisyo
* wala sa kalingkingan
* wala sa lugar
* wala siyang malay
* walain
* walang ano-ano
* walang anuman
* walang atubili
* walang buto
* walang ginagawa
* walang grasya
* walang gulugod
* walang hinaharap
* walang iba
* walang ilong
* walang isip
* walang kahulilip
* walang kaluluwa
* walang katapusan
* walang kawala
* walang laban
* walang labis, walang kulang
* walang mata sa kulay
* walang oras
* walang pisngi
* walang problema
* walang puno, walang dulo
* walang tigil
* walang-abala
* walang-abog
* walang-abog-abog
* walang-agwanta
* walang-agwat
* walang-akyat
* walang-alaga
* walang-alam
* walang-alang-alang
* walang-alat
* walang-alintana
* walang-aling
* walang-alis
* walang-alog
* walang-alumana
* walang-amiga
* walang-amigo
* walang-amor
* walang-ampat
* walang-antisipo
* walang-angat
* walang-apisyon
* walang-araw
* walang-arimuhanan
* walang-awa
* walang-bahala
* walang-bait
* walang-bala
* walang-bale
* walang-balik
* walang-balino
* walang-bayad
* walang-bayag
* walang-bibig
* walang-bilang
* walang-bisa
* walang-budhi
* walang-buhay
* walang-damdamin
* walang-damit
* walang-dila
* walang-dugo
* walang-galang
* walang-habas
* walang-halaga
* walang-hanggan
* walang-hapo
* walang-hilig
* walang-hinayang
* walang-hirap
* walang-hiya
* walang-hiyain
* walang-humpay
* walang-imik
* walang-ingat
* walang-ingay
* walang-kabuluhan
* walang-kain
* walang-kamatayan
* walang-kapalaran
* walang-kapansanan
* walang-kapangyarihan
* walang-kapareho
* walang-kapares
* walang-kapuwa-tao
* walang-karamdaman
* walang-karapatan
* walang-kasalanan
* walang-kasaysayan
* walang-kasiyahan
* walang-katarungan
* walang-katulad
* walang-katuturan
* walang-kaya
* walang-kibo
* walang-kinalaman
* walang-kita
* walang-konsiderasyon
* walang-kupas
* walang-kusa
* walang-kusang-palo
* walang-kuwenta
* walang-laman
* walang-lingon-likod
* walang-liwag
* walang-loob
* walang-lusot
* walang-malay
* walang-malay-tao
* walang-malisya
* walang-maliw
* walang-mata
* walang-modo
* walang-muang
* walang-mukha
* walang-ngalan
* walang-oras
* walang-pagod
* walang-paki
* walang-pakialam
* walang-pakundangan
* walang-panahon
* walang-pangalawa
* walang-pangarap
* walang-pasintabi
* walang-patumangga
* walang-pinag-aralan
* walang-pitagan
* walang-puso
* walang-sakit
* walang-sala
* walang-saysay
* walang-sentido-kumon
* walang-sikmura
* walang-suwerte
* walang-tahan
* walang-talo
* walang-taros
* walang-tulog
* walang-turing
* walang-ulo
* walang-utak
* walang-utang-na-loob
* walang-wala
* walang-wawa
* waley
* waling-bahala
* warla
* was

##### Related terms

* Guwam

### Etymology 2

Compare Kapampangan uala (“voyage to the sea or deep bay”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈwalaʔ/ [ˈwaː.lɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -alaʔ
* Syllabification: wa‧la

#### Noun

walà (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎ)
* (dialectal, Quezon) horizon or seeming edge of midsea or midocean
    Ang bapor ay halos nasa wala.The steamboat is almost at the horizon (at the sea).
* (obsolete) gulf; high seas
    Synonym: laot
* (obsolete) sailing into a gulf or high seas
* (obsolete) coast
* (figurative, obsolete) condition of being away and apart from others

##### Derived terms

* ipawala
* magpawala
* mapawala
* pawala

##### Related terms

* tiwala

##### See also

* lawa

### Further reading

* “wala”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “wala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wada”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
* Manuel, E. Arsenio (1971) A Lexicographic Study of Tayabas Tagalog of Quezon Province, Quezon City: Diliman Review, page 412

### Anagrams

* lawa

## Waray-Waray
### Adjective

walá
* left
    Antonym: tuo