# dala
## English
### Etymology

From an unassimilated equivalent of Hawaiian kālā, from English dollar.

### Noun

dala (plural dala)
* (historical) The currency of Hawaii between 1847 and 1898, equal to the United States dollar.
** 2018, Todd A. Watkins, Introduction to Microfinance:My mother kept a dollar bill in Hawaiian currency—a dala—given to her as a souvenir of her brother's service in the army.

### See also

* dala dala (etymologically unrelated)

### Anagrams

* Adal, Alda, Lada, daal

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From dative of dal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dɑˈɫɑ]
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

dala
* back, backwards

#### Synonyms

* geri, geriyə
* arxaya

#### Antonyms

* irəli
* qabağa

### Further reading

* “dala” in Obastan.com.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdala]

### Participle

dala
* inflection of dát:
** feminine singular past active participle
** neuter plural past active participle

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* adala

### Etymology

Cognate of French dalle (“slab”), probably from Old French rather than from Suevic or Gothic, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *daljō (“dell”), from *dalą (“valley”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰel- (“an arch, vaulting, curve, curvature, cavity”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdala/ [ˈd̪a.lɐ]
* Rhymes: -ala
* Hyphenation: da‧la

### Noun

dala f (plural dalas)
* installation or instrument constituted by a slab of stone or of wood, usually positioned in a slope and provided with drainage; used for doing laundry
* deep passage, defile, gorge
* dumping site
    Synonym: vertedoiro

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “adala”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dala”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “dala”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* ↑ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. dala.

## Hausa
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English dollar.

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

dalā̀ f (plural dalōlī, possessed form dalàr̃)
* Any of various currencies known as dollars or thalers.
* (colloquial, Nigeria) 25 kobo.
* (Niger) 5 francs.
* (obsolete) 2 shillings.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dàː.lá/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [dàː.lə́]

#### Noun

dā̀la f (possessed form dā̀lar̃)
* cardinal (bird)

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit धार (dhāra, “holding”), from the root धृ (dhṛ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold”). Compare Bikol Central dara, Cebuano dala, Tagalog dala, Kapampangan dala.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /daˈla/ [daˈla]
* Hyphenation: da‧la

### Verb

dalá
* to bring, carry

### References

* ↑ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 278
* ↑ Jose G. Kuizon (1964) The Sanskrit Loan-Words in the Cebuano-Bisayan Language‎, Cebu City: University of San Carlos, page 120

## Hiri Motu
### Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.

### Noun

dala
* road

## Hungarian
### Etymology

dal +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɒlɒ]
* Hyphenation: da‧la

### Noun

dala
* third-person singular single-possession possessive of dal

#### Declension
## Icelandic
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

dala (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dalaði, supine dalað)
* to worsen, to deteriorate

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

dala
* indefinite genitive plural of dalur

### Further reading

* “dala” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

## Kapampangan
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit धार (dhāra, “holding”), from the root धृ (dhṛ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold”). Compare Bikol Central dara, Cebuano dala, Tagalog dala.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dəˈla/ [dəˈlä]
* Hyphenation: da‧la

#### Noun

dala
* load; something carried; something brought
    Synonym: karga
* carrying; bringing

#### Verb

dala
* to bring; to carry

##### Derived terms

* dalan
* emarala
* madala
* magdala
* pepagdalan
* peralan

### Etymology 2

Compare Malay jera (“deterred; warned by experience”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dəˈlaʔ/ [dəˈläʔ]
* Hyphenation: da‧la

#### Adjective

dalâ
* wary; scared off; cautious (from a previous undesirable experience)

##### Derived terms

* ikarala
* iparala
* madala
* makarala
* mangarala
* pangarala
* peparala

#### Noun

dalâ
* feeling of being scared off (from a previous undesirable experience)
* act of making someone feel scared off (from a previous undesirable experience)

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Malay jala, from Sanskrit जाल (jāla, “net”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdalə/ [ˈdäː.lə]
* Hyphenation: da‧la

#### Noun

dála
* small dragnet; casting net
* fishing with a small dragnet

##### Derived terms

* dumala
* makarala
* mandala
* marala
* pandalan
* pendalan

### References

* ↑ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 278
* ↑ Jose G. Kuizon (1964) The Sanskrit Loan-Words in the Cebuano-Bisayan Language‎, Cebu City: University of San Carlos, page 120

### Further reading

* Bergaño, Diego (1732) Vocabulario de la lengua pampanga en romance‎, Ramirez y Giraudier, published 1860

## Ladin
### Etymology

da +‎ la

### Contraction

dala
* from the (feminine singular)

## Latvian
### Verb

dala
* third-person singular/plural present indicative of dalīt
* (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of dalīt
* (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of dalīt

## Limos Kalinga
### Noun

dala
* blood

## Lindu
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.

### Noun

dala
* road

## Northern Ndebele
### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

-dála
* old

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

-dála
* to create

##### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Old English
### Noun

dala
* genitive plural of dæl

## Pangasinan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq; cognate with Ilocano dara.

### Noun

dalá
* blood

## Phuthi
### Etymology

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

### Relative

-dalá
* green

#### Inflection
## Polish
### Pronunciation

* (Lesser Poland):
** (Kielce) IPA: /ˈda.la/

### Adverb

dala
* (Kielce) Alternative form of dalej

### Further reading

* Zygmunt Wasilewski (1895) “dala”, in “Słowniczek wyrazów ludowych we wsi Jaksicach”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 91

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish indala, from ind (“the”) + aile (“second, other”), from Proto-Celtic *alyos (compare Welsh ail), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (compare Latin alius, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis)).

### Pronunciation

* (Uist) IPA: /ə ˈn̪ˠd̪al̪ˠə/
* (Barra) IPA: [ə ˈn̪ˠd̪̊al̪ˠʌ]

### Numeral

an dala
* second
    Synonyms: dàrna, dara

### References

* ↑ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 244

## Southern Ndebele
### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

-dála
* old

##### Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

-dala
* to create

##### Inflection

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## Spanish
### Verb

dala
* inflection of dar:
** second-person singular imperative combined with la
** second-person singular voseo imperative combined with la

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English dollar or Dutch daler.

### Noun

dala
* dollar
* (numismatics) a coin or banknote worth 250 cents; a rix-dollar

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from English dollar.

### Noun

dala class IX (plural dala class X)
* (Tanzania, slang, dated) five shilling

#### Derived terms

* daladala (“matatu”)

### References

* ↑ Rizzo, Matteo (2002) “Being Taken for a Ride: Privatisation of the Dar es Salaam Transport System 1983-1998”, in The Journal of Modern African Studies‎, volume 40, number 1, →DOI, page 155 of 133-157: “As 5 shillings was equivalent to $1, dala was the Swahilisation of dollar.”
* ↑ Salazar, Danica (2023) “African Englishes in the Oxford English Dictionary”, in Lexikos‎, volume 33, number 1, →DOI, page 34 of 24-40: “Dala is also the nickname of the Tanzanian 5-shilling coin”

## Swazi
### Verb

-dála
* to create

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Verb

dala (present dalar, preterite dalade, supine dalat, imperative dala)
* to move down, sink
* to go down (e.g. of stock)

#### Conjugation

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

### References

* dala in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* dala in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* dala in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* adla, lada

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit धार (dhāra, “holding”), from the root धृ (dhṛ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold”). Compare Kapampangan dala, Bikol Central dara, Cebuano dala, Tausug dā.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /daˈla/ [d̪ɐˈla]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: da‧la

#### Noun

dalá (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎ)
* load; something carried; something brought
    Synonyms: karga, lulan, kargada
* carrying; bringing (of something)

##### Derived terms

* dala-dala
* dala-dalahan
* dala-dalahin
* dalang-galit
* dalang-hiya
* dalang-sabi
* dalang-tao
* dalhan
* dalhin
* ipadala
* ipagdala
* madala
* magdala
* magdalang-tao
* magpadala
* nagdadalang-tao
* padala
* padalahang-liham
* padalhan
* pagdadala
* pagdadalang-tao
* pagdadalhan
* pagpapadala
* tagadala
* tagapagdala

#### Adjective

dalá (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎ)
* carried along; brought; taken away
    Synonyms: dinala, inilulan, kinarga, taglay
* (figurative) brought about; caused (by something aforementioned)

#### See also

* apekto

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay jala, from Sanskrit जाल (jāla, “net”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈdala/ [ˈd̪aː.lɐ]
* Rhymes: -ala
* Syllabification: da‧la

#### Noun

dala (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎ)
* small dragnet; casting net
* fishing with a small dragnet

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Malay jera (“deterred; warned by experience”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zəʀa.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /daˈlaʔ/ [d̪ɐˈlaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: da‧la

#### Adjective

dalâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎ)
* wary; scared off; cautious (from a previous undesirable experience)

##### Derived terms

* dalaan
* dalain
* madala

#### Noun

dalâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎ)
* feeling of being scared off (from a previous undesirable experience)
* act of making someone feel scared off (from a previous undesirable experience)

#### References

* ↑ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 278
* ↑ Jose G. Kuizon (1964) The Sanskrit Loan-Words in the Cebuano-Bisayan Language‎, Cebu City: University of San Carlos, page 120
* ↑ Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 70 & 278
* ↑ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*zeRa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Venetan
### Adjective

dala f sg
* feminine singular of dalo

## Welsh
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdala/
* Rhymes: -ala

#### Verb

dala (first-person singular present dalaf)
* South Wales form of dal (“to catch”)

##### Conjugation

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

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈdala/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈdaːla/, /ˈdala/

#### Verb

dala
* Soft mutation of tala.

### Mutation

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

## Wolio
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɗala/

### Noun

dala
* road

### References

* Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris

## Xhosa
### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

-dála
* old

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

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

#### Verb

-dala
* to create, form

##### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Zulu
### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

-dála
* old

##### Derived terms

* -dadlana
* -daladala
* omdala
* ubudala

### Etymology 2

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

#### Verb

-dala
* to cause
* to create, make

##### Inflection
### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-dala”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-dala”
* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “dala”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “dala (8-3-8.9)”