# alá
## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin illāc.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈla/ [aˈla]
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: a‧lá

### Adverb

alá
* there
    Synonym: aló

### Further reading

* “alá”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alá”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Hamer-Banna
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔalá/, [ʔalá̤]

### Verb

alá
* to guard
* to follow, chase

### References

* Petrollino, Sara (2016) A Grammar of Hamar: A South Omotic language of Ethiopia‎, Leiden University, page 297

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Lexicalization of al (“lower part”) +‎ -á (case suffix and possessive suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɒlaː]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: alá
* Rhymes: -laː

### Postposition

alá
* under, underneath, below, beneath
    Mikroszkóp alá tettem. ― I placed it under a microscope.

#### Usage notes

This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with alá-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see alá-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.

#### Derived terms

* alávaló
* az asztal alá iszik
* borsot tör az orra alá
* egy kalap alá vesz
* fel s alá
* véka alá rejt
* véka alá rejti a tehetségét

#### Related terms

* alatt
* alól

### Pronoun

alá
* Alternative form of alája.
    Ne állj alá! ― Don't go under it!

#### Declension
### Noun

alá (plural alák)
* (education) minus (slightly worse result than the preceding grade)
    Négyes alát kaptam a dolgozatomra. ― I got a B-minus on my test.

#### Declension
### See also

* Appendix:Hungarian postpositions
* Postpositions with personal suffixes
$^1$ This group of adverbs is often understood for humans when in an emphatic position. In an unstressed position, they may also imply objects, always depending on context. $^2$ Adverbs ending in -á/-é may coincide with postpositions.

### References

* ↑ alá in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
* ↑ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

### Further reading

* (postposition, adverb, and verbal prefix): alá in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* (adverb; alternative form of alája): alá in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* alá in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

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### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.ˈla/
* Homophone: Alá

### Interjection

alá!
* Eye dialect spelling of olha lá.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈla/ [aˈla]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: a‧lá

### Interjection

alá
* Alternative form of hala

### Further reading

* “alá”, 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