# hala
## English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

hala (plural halas or hala)
* Pandanus tectorius, a screw pine native to Malesia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands.

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

hala (comparative more hala, superlative most hala)
* (obsolete, dialect) Embarrassed 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.

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* ala

### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حالا (hala). Or from Arabic على (ala, “however; nevertheless; but; still; yet.”)

### Adverb

halá
* (colloquial) yet, still
    Synonyms: endé, akóma

### References

* ↑ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “hala”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 184

### Further reading

* “hala”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
* Jungg, G. (1895) “alaa”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 3

## Basque
### Etymology

From the Proto-Basque root *(h)ar- (“that (distal)”) with the suffix -la.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hala/ [ha.la]
* IPA: (Southern) /ala/ [a.la]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ala, -a
* Hyphenation: ha‧la

### Adverb

hala (not comparable)
* thus

#### Derived terms

* hala bada
* hala berean
* hala edo hala
* hala ere
* hala eta ere
* hala eta guztiz ere (“however”)
* hala izan bedi
* hala izan dadila
* hala moduz
* hala moduzko
* hala nola (“for example”)
* hala-hala
* hala-holako
* hala-nolako
* halabehar
* halabeharreko
* halabeharrez
* halabeharrezko
* halaber
* halabiz
* halakatu
* halako (“like that”)
* halako batean
* halako batez
* halakoan
* halakoetan
* halakorik
* halakotz (“thus, therefore”)
* halakoxe
* halan
* halandaze
* halarik ere
* halatan
* halatsu
* halatsuko
* halaxe
* halaz
* halaz ere
* halaz eta guztiz ere
* halaz guztiz (“however”)

### Further reading

* “hala”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “hala”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.lə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈa.la]
* Homophone: ala

### Verb

hala
* inflection of halar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Cebuano
### Interjection

hala
* an expression of surprise or warning

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦala]
* Rhymes: -ala

### Noun

hala f (relational adjective halový)
* hall

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “hala”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “hala”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “hala”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Faroese
### Noun

hala
* inflection of hali:
** accusative/dative/genitive singular
** genitive plural

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

hala
* third-person singular past historic of haler

## Galician
### Verb

hala
* inflection of halar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Hawaiian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈha.la/, [ˈhɐ.lə]

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

hala
* sin
    Ke kala mai i ka ʻino a me ka hala.Forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin.
* error

#### Verb

hala
* (intransitive) to sin
* (intransitive) to err

##### Derived terms

* hoʻohala

##### Descendants

* English: hala

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

hala
* screw pine, pandanus (Pandanus tectorius)

##### Derived terms

* lauhala
* pū hala

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian.

#### Verb

hala
* (of time, intransitive) to pass, elapse
* (intransitive) to die

##### Derived terms

* hoʻohala
* hoʻohala manawa

### References

* Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “hala”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

## Hungarian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈhɒlɒ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ha‧la

### Noun

hala
* third-person singular single-possession possessive of hal

#### Declension
## Icelandic
### Noun

hala
* indefinite genitive plural of halur

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay hala.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈhala/ [ˈha.la]
* Rhymes: -ala
* Syllabification: ha‧la

### Noun

hala (plural hala-hala)
* (archaic) direction
    Synonym: arah

### Further reading

* “hala” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

hala
* Romanization of ꦲꦭ

## Laboya
### Noun

hala
* incest

### References

* 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

## Latin
### Verb

hālā
* second-person singular present active imperative of hālō

### References

* "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)

## Lokono
### Noun

hala
* bench

### References

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

## Nigerian Pidgin
### Etymology

From English holler.

### Verb

hala
* to scream, shout
** 2024, “Crowd hala as dem carry ogbonge Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny body for burial”, in BBC News Pidgin‎:Wen im coffin bin arrive, crowd begin hala im name.When his coffin arrived, the crowd began to scream his name.

## Old Javanese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ha.la/
* Rhymes: -la
* Hyphenation: la

### Etymology 1

Unknown, probably related to Malay bala (“misfortune”) and Tagalog hala (“you're in trouble!”), probably Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq (“wrong, in error (of behavior); miss (a target); mistake, error, fault”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Adjective

hala
* bad, evil

##### Alternative forms

* ala

##### Derived terms

* ahala
* ala gane
* amahala
* aṅala-hala
* aṅalani
* aṅhala-hala
* hinala-hala
* humalākĕn
* inalan
* kahala
* kala-hala
* kinahala
* kinahalan

##### Descendants

* > Javanese: ꦲꦭ (ala) (inherited)
* → Balinese: ᬳᬮ (ala)
* >? Malay: bala (see there for further descendants)
* >? Tagalog: hala

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit हल (hala, “plough”).

#### Noun

hala
* plough

##### Descendants

* > Javanese: ꦲꦭ (hala) (inherited)

### References

* "hala" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Papiamentu
### Alternative forms

For meaning 1:
* ala (alternative spelling)

### Etymology 1

From Portuguese ala and Spanish ala.

#### Noun

hala
* wing

### Etymology 2

From Spanish halar and Spanish jalar and Dutch halen.

#### Verb

hala
* to pull
* to take

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxa.la/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Lasovia) IPA: /ˈxa.la/
** (Przemyśl) IPA: [ˈha.lʲa]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ala
* Syllabification: ha‧la

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

hala f (related adjective halowy)
* hall, concourse
    hala produkcyjna ― shopfloor

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Slovak hoľa.

#### Noun

hala f (related adjective halny)
* mountain meadow in the Alpine tundra, above the tree line
* pasture in the Tatra mountains

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

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

#### Interjection

hala
* (Przemyśl, Lasovia) Synonym of dalej!
    Hala, ty chamie! Chodź na magistrat! (Przemyśl) ― Come on, you lout! Come to the city council!

### Further reading

* hala in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* hala in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Aleksander Saloni (1908) “hala”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 334
* Oskar Kolberg (1865) “hala”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 262

## Rohingya
### Etymology

From Sanskrit.

### Adjective

hala
* black

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xala/

### Etymology 1

From German Halle.

#### Noun

hala f (Cyrillic spelling хала)
* hall

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

hala f (Cyrillic spelling хала)
* (regional, rare) WC, water closet
* (regional, rare) toilet
* (regional, rare) privy

##### Synonyms

* toalet, klozet, nužnik

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

hala f (Cyrillic spelling хала)
* (regional, rare, Islam) aunt (maternal or paternal)
    Synonym: tetka

### Etymology 4
#### Adjective

hála or hàla or hȁla (Cyrillic spelling ха́ла or ха̀ла or ха̏ла)
* Alternative form of ala (“spotted”)

#### Noun

hála or hàla or hȁla f (Cyrillic spelling ха́ла or ха̀ла or ха̏ла)
* Alternative form of ala (“dragon”)

## Siraya
### Noun

hala
* wine

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦala]

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* halový

### Further reading

* “hala”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈala/ [ˈa.la]
* Rhymes: -ala
* Syllabification: ha‧la
* Homophone: ala

### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* ala, alá

#### Interjection

¡hala!
* come on! let’s go!
* wow! (an indication of surprise)
    Synonym: guau
* my goodness! (an indication of surprise, shock, or amazement)
    Synonyms: Dios mío, madre mía, vaya, joder, hostia

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

hala
* inflection of halar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “hala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

hala
* inflection of hal:
** definite singular
** plural

### Etymology 2

From Middle Low German halen, from Old Saxon halon.

#### Verb

hala (present halar, preterite halade, supine halat, imperative hala)
* (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)
* to bring (something) somewhere by pulling on something, like above
    hala ner en flaggalower a flag

##### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

##### See also

* fira
* hissa
* vinscha

### References

* hala in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* hala in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* hala in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* hala in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
* hala in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Compare Spanish hala (“my goodness”).

#### Alternative forms

* ala — dialectal
* la — clipping
* luh — slang

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /haˈla/ [hɐˈla]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ha‧la

#### Interjection

halá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎ)
* used to express warning or threat for a wrongdoing: you're in trouble!
    Synonym: lagot
* oh no
    Synonym: naku
    Hala! Naiwan ko ba ang susi ko sa loob ng kotse?Oh, no! Did I leave my keys in the car?

##### Derived terms

* hala ka

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish hala (“come on; let's go; hurry up”) with the silent /h/ pronounced and with the stress possibly influenced by variant alá.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /haˈla/ [hɐˈla], /ˈhala/ [ˈhaː.lɐ]
* Rhymes: -a, -ala
* Syllabification: ha‧la

#### Interjection

halá or hala (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎ)
* go ahead; proceed
    Synonym: sige

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈhalaʔ/ [ˈhaː.lɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -alaʔ
* Syllabification: ha‧la

#### Noun

halà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜎ) (obsolete)
* referring to something based on what it looks like (while adding what it is)

##### Derived terms

* ihala
* mahala

### Further reading

* “hala”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “hala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 20

## Turkish
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɑˈɫɑ/

#### Noun

hala (definite accusative halayı, plural halalar)
* paternal aunt (father’s sister)

##### Synonyms

* bibi

##### See also

* hâlâ
* teyze

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɑːlɑː/

#### Adverb

hala
* Misspelling of hâlâ (“still, yet”).

### Further reading

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

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *halla.

### Noun

hala
* frost

#### Inflection
### References

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

## Welsh
### Etymology

Colloquial South Wales variant of hel (“send; pursue”) from Proto-Celtic *selgā, from Proto-Indo-European *selǵ- (“let loose, send”).

### Pronunciation

* (South Wales, colloquial) IPA: /ˈhala/

### Verb

hala (first-person singular present halaf, not mutable)(South Wales, transitive)
* to drive
* to send
* to spend

#### Conjugation

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

#### Synonyms

* (drive): gyrru
* (send): anfon
* (spend [money]): gwario
* (spend [time]): treulio

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hala”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies