# tala
## English
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɑːlə

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Samoan tālā, in turn from English dollar.

#### Noun

tala (plural talas)
* The currency of Samoa, divided into 100 sene.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit ताल (tālá).

#### Noun

tala (plural talas)
* (music) A rhythmic pattern in Indian music.

#### See also

* laya

### Anagrams

* lata, LATA, Alta., Lata, Alta, Alt-A, Taal, alta

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

Of Mongolic origin. Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *tala, *tal-b- (“steppe, open place”), whence also Modern Mongolian тала (tala).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tɑˈɫɑ]
* Hyphenation: ta‧la
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

tala (definite accusative talanı, plural talalar)
* open place in a forest, meadow, glade

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: թալա (tʻala)

### References

* ↑ Caferoğlu, A. (1954). Azerbaycan ve Anadolu Ağızlarındaki Moğolca Unsurlar. Türk Dili Araştırmaları Yıllığı-Belleten, 2, 1-10.
* ↑ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tala, *tal-b-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taˈlaʔ/ [taˈl̪aʔ]
* Hyphenation: ta‧la

### Noun

talâ (Basahan spelling ᜆᜎ)
* trace (of a line)
    Synonym: gira

#### Derived terms

* magtala
* talaan
* talaon

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈta.lə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈta.la]

### Etymology 1

Deverbal of talar.

#### Noun

tala f (plural tales)
* felling, woodcutting
* destruction

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

tala
* inflection of talar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtʰɛaːla/
* Rhymes: -ɛaːla
* Homophone: talað

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talō (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”).

#### Noun

tala f (genitive singular talu, plural talur)
* talk, conversation

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talōną.

#### Verb

tala (third person singular past indicative talaði, third person plural past indicative talað, supine talað)
* to speak

##### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

tala
* third-person singular past historic of taler

## Galician
### Etymology

Perhaps from Latin tabula (compare falar < Latin fabulare).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtalɐ]

### Noun

tala f (plural talas)
* wooden object that squeezes or pressures, not allowing free movement; splint
* wooden tongs used for picking chestnuts burrs
    Synonym: colledoira

#### Derived terms

* entalar

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tala”, 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), “tala”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tala”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtʰaːla/
* Rhymes: -aːla
    Homophone: Tala

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talō (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”).
Cognate with Dutch taal (“language, speech”), English tale (“number”) (from Middle English, from Old English talu (“calculation; story”)), German Zahl (“number, figure”), Danish tale (“speech”), Latin dolus (“guile, deceit, fraud”), Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “wile, bait”), Old Armenian տող (toł, “row”). Related to tell, talk.

#### Noun

tala f (genitive singular tölu, nominative plural tölur)
* a short address, a speech
* button
    Það á ekki að hneppa neðstu tölunni.You are not supposed to fasten the lowest button.
* number
    Milljón er stór tala.A million is a big number.
* (grammar) number
    Í hvaða tölu er orðið ‚hestur‘? — Það er í eintölu.What number is the word ‘horse’? — It is singular.

##### Derived terms

* áttundakerfistala
* bitatala
* einræðistala
* eintala
* einundafyllitala
* Euler-tala
* fjöldatala
* fjölræðistala
* fleirtala
* frumtala
* fyllitala
* föst IP-tala
* grunnfyllitala
* grunntala
* heil tala
* heiltala
* hendingartala
* hlaupakommutala
* hrópmerkt tala
* höfuðtala
* IP-tala
* kennitala
* kvikleg IP-tala
* láta töluna ganga
* loðin tala
* millisamtala
* náttúrleg tala
* níundafyllitala
* óræð tala
* prímtala
* raðtala
* rauntala
* ræð tala
* sextándakerfistala
* slembitala
* stofnfyllitala
* stofntala
* talnaband
* talning
* telja sér tölur um
* tugafyllitala
* tugakerfistala
* tvinntala
* tvítala
* tvíundafyllitala
* tvíundakerfistala
* tvíundatala
* umsjártala
* vartala
* veldistala
* þjöppuð tugatala
* þvertala

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talōną.

#### Verb

tala
* to talk

##### Derived terms

* eins og um var talað
* tala um

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from French tel, Italian tale, Spanish tal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈta.la/

### Adjective

tala
* such, like: of that kind

#### Derived terms

* tale (“so, in such a manner”)
* tale ke (“so that, in such a way that”)
* talmaniere (“thus, so, in such a way”)
* tala quala (“such as”)

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Sanskrit ताल (tāla).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt̪ala]
* Hyphenation: ta‧la

### Noun

tala (plural tala-tala)
* (music) tune.
* (music) tuning fork.
    Synonym: garpu tala

#### Affixed terms

* bertala-tala
* menala
* menalakan
* penala
* penalaan
* setala

### Further reading

* “tala” 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.

## Kankanaey
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey)
** IPA: /ˈtala/ [ˈtaː.lʌ] (“bird”)
*** IPA: (Sagada & parts of Sabangan) /ˈtara/ [ˈtaː.rʌ]
*** Rhymes: -ala, (Sagada & parts of Sabangan) -ara
** IPA: /taˈla/ [tʌˈla] (“bewitching”)
*** IPA: (Sagada & parts of Sabangan) /taˈra/ [tʌˈra]
*** Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ta‧la

### Noun

tála
* An edible bird with white, black, and brown plumage, long tail, kills smaller birds, and mimics the singing of other birds.

### Noun

talá
* act of bewitching

#### Derived terms

* mantala

### References

* Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “tala”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 449
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## Kituba
### Verb

tala
* to look
* to visit

## Lingala
### Verb

tala
* to look
* to visit

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑːlɑ/

#### Noun

tala n
* definite plural of tal

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* talen

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²tɑːlɑ/

#### Noun

tala f
* definite singular of tale

### Etymology 3

From Old Norse tala.

#### Alternative forms

* tale (e-infinitive)
* tålå (dialectal)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²tɑːlɑ/

#### Verb

tala (present tense talar or taler, past tense tala or talte, past participle tala or talt, passive infinitive talast, present participle talande, imperative tal)
* to speak, talk
* to make a speech

##### Derived terms

* uttala
* vi talast

### References

* “tala” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑ.lɑ/

### Verb

tala
* singular imperative of talian

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *talō.

#### Noun

tala f (genitive tǫlu)
* speech, discourse
* tale, number
* (grammar) number
* bead

##### Derived terms

* tǫlulist f (“arithmetic”)
* tǫlupallr m (“speaker's stand, platform”)
* tǫlusnjallr (“eloquent”)
* tǫlustaðr m (“speaker's stand”)
* tǫlustóll m (“speaker's stand”)
* tǫluverðr (“worth counting, considerable”)

##### Related terms

* tal n (“number”)
* tala (“to speak”)
* telja (“to count”)

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: tala
* Faroese: tala
* Norwegian Nynorsk: tale m or f (“speech”); tòle f (“vertebra”) < obl. form tǫlu
* Norwegian Bokmål: tale m or f
* Danish: tale c

##### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tala1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 432; also available at the Internet Archive

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *talōną, also from *talō.

#### Verb

tala
* to talk, speak
* to speak, make speech
* to record, tell
* (with prepositions)
** to talk to, speak to [with til (+ genitive)]
    Rútr talaði þá til Marðar (gen.) ― Ruth then spoke to Mǫrðr
** to talk about (something) [with um (+ accusative)]
** to talk with, speak to (someone) [with við (+ accusative)]

##### Derived terms

* talaðr (“spoken, speaking”)
* tǫlugr (“well-spoken”)

##### Related terms

* tal n (“number”)
* tala (“speech”)
* telja (“to count”)

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: tala
* Faroese: tala
* Norwegian Nynorsk: tala, tale
* Norwegian Bokmål: tale
* Old Swedish: tala
** Swedish: tala
* Danish: tale

##### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tala2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 432; also available at the Internet Archive

## Phuthi
### Etymology 1

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

#### Verb

-tala
* to become full

##### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-bíada.

#### Verb

-tála
* to bear

##### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈta.lɐ/
* Rhymes: -alɐ
* Hyphenation: ta‧la

### Etymology 1

From Latin tabula (“table”). Doublet of tábula.

#### Noun

tala f (plural talas)
* (medicine, first aid) splint (thin and rigid device used to immobilize a body part or a fractured bone)
* (figuratively) an object that squeezes or pressures, not allowing free movement
* (figuratively, usually in the plural) something that causes difficulties or limitations, a liability, an obstacle
* (Brazil) a type of leather whip
* (tailoring) device used to widen the opening of hats
* act of furrowing fields in order to unflood them

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tala, from Samoan tālā, in turn from English dollar.

#### Noun

tala f (plural talas)
* tala (basic currency unit of Samoa)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

tala
* inflection of talar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Rohingya
### Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali তালা (tala).

### Noun

tala
* lock

## Samoan
### Noun

tala
* story

#### Derived terms

* tusitala

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

tálā (Cyrillic spelling та́ла̄)
* genitive plural of tlo

## Sotho
### Adjective

tala
* green
* blue

### Relative

tala
* unripe

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtala/ [ˈt̪a.la]
* Rhymes: -ala
* Syllabification: ta‧la

### Etymology 1

Deverbal of talar.

#### Noun

tala f (uncountable)
* (forestry) felling, cutting down

#### Verb

tala
* inflection of talar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

#### See also

* (noun): deforestación
* (verb): desmontar

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Quechua tara.

#### Noun

tala m (plural talas)
* tala (Celtis tala, a South American tree)

### Etymology 3

Uncertain, according to some from Latin tālea (“long and slender stick”), according to others from Arabic طَالِع (ṭāliʕ, “rising”).

#### Noun

tala f (plural talas)
* tipcat (game and stick)

### Further reading

* “tala”, 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

## Swazi
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bíada.

### Verb

-tála
* to bear

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talō (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑːˌla/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

tala (present talar, preterite talade, supine talat, imperative tala)
* (somewhat formal) to speak; to utter words; to tell
* (somewhat formal) to talk (to someone)
* (somewhat formal) to make a speech

#### Usage notes

Språka is quite rare and is used about close or intimate talk. Prata is the most common, and is mainly used of informal talking. Tala is a more formal word in its own right, and mainly used about formal speeches, lecturing etc., but also in some expressions. In imperative it is also an encouragement to speak up.

#### Conjugation

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

#### Synonyms

* prata
* språka
* snacka (colloquial)

#### Derived terms

* avtala
* baktala
* förtala
* intala
* omtala
* påtala
* samtala
* tala emot (“speak against”)
* tala för (“speak on behalf of, to advocate”)
* tala med kluven tunga
* tala någon till rätta
* tala om (“speak about”)
* tala om trollen
* tala ur skägget
* tala ut (“speak one's mind”)
* talande tystnad
* tilltala
* uttala
* vältalig
* åtala
* övertala

#### See also

* säga

### Anagrams

* lata

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly from either:
* From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *talaq.
* From Sanskrit तारा (tārā, “star”). Possible doublet of estrelya.
Compare Balinese ᬢᬭᬵ (tala) and Kapampangan tala.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈtalaʔ/ [ˈt̪aː.lɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -alaʔ
* Syllabification: ta‧la

#### Noun

talà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎ)
* (astronomy, strictly) morning star; any bright star (except the Sun)
    Synonyms: lusero, (Quezon) Talang Batugan
* (astronomy) star
    Synonyms: bituin, estrelya
* (astronomy, loosely) any astronomical body (such as a star, a planet, or a comet)
* (figurative) beautiful woman
    Synonym: paraluman
* (figurative) celebrity (artist, actor, etc.)
    Synonym: bituin

##### Derived terms

* alat
* Bulak Tala
* buntala
* buntalain
* dalubtala
* dalubtalaan
* dalubtalain
* kabuntalaan
* kabuntalaanin
* malabuntala
* malatala
* Tala
* Tala ng Karagatan
* talanyo
* Talang Bakero
* Talang Batugan
* talang-bulo
* talang-gubat
* talumpok
* talumpon

##### See also

* Benus
* bulalakaw
* buntala
* Ilaw-Daga (“evening star”)
* kometa
* Tanglaw-Daga (“evening star”)

### Etymology 2

Derived from Sanskrit ताल (tāla, “palmyra or fan palm tree”) whose leaves were used to write on, according to Potet (2016). Compare Cebuano mantala.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /taˈlaʔ/ [t̪ɐˈlaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: ta‧la

#### Noun

talâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎ)
* record; notes
    Synonyms: listahan, talaan, lista, nota
* listing; jotting down on a list
    Synonym: pagtatala

##### Derived terms

* aklat-talaan
* ipatala
* itala
* magpatala
* magtala
* nakatala
* pagpapatala
* pagtatala
* patalaan
* tagapagtala
* tagatala
* talaaklatan
* talaan
* talaang-aklat
* talaang-itim
* talaangkanan
* talaarawan
* talababa
* talababaan
* talabulanan
* talahanayan
* talahuluganan
* talamayawan
* talambuhay
* talasalitaan
* talatauhan

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈtala/ [ˈt̪aː.lɐ]
* Rhymes: -ala
* Syllabification: ta‧la

#### Noun

tala (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎ)
* Limnophila rugosa (a type of marshweed used for cooking as an aromatic)

### Further reading

* “tala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 299

### Anagrams

* Taal, alta, alat, taal, lata

## Tokelauan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈta.la]
* Hyphenation: ta‧la

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *tala. Cognates include Hawaiian kala and Samoan tala.

#### Noun

tala
* story
* news
* statement, account
* rumour, gossip
* tale, legend
* novel
* play

#### Verb

tala
* (transitive) to tell, narrate

##### Derived terms

* tala kave

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *tara. Cognates include Tahitian tara and Samoan tala.

#### Noun

tala
* end of a traditional house with a gable

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *tala. Cognates include Hawaiian kala and Samoan tala.

#### Verb

tala
* (transitive) to demolish, destroy
* (transitive) to undo, open

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

tala
* (transitive) to change (money)
* (transitive) to withdraw (money)
* (transitive) to let a pharmacist make (a drug)

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

tala
* (transitive) to dilute

### Etymology 6

From Proto-Polynesian *tala. Cognates include Maori tara and Samoan tara.

#### Noun

tala
* thorn, spike

#### Verb

tala
* (transitive) to strip off using thorns

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 362

## Tongan
### Noun

tala
* seagull

## Venda
### Verb

tala
* to draw (a line)

## Welsh
### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* (third-person singular present/future; second-person singular imperative): tâl
* (first-person singular present/future): talaf

#### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈtala/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈta(ː)la/

#### Verb

tala
* inflection of talu:
** second-person singular imperative
** third-person singular present/future literary
** first-person singular future colloquial

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtala/

#### Adjective

tala
* Colloquial form of talaf (“tallest”)

### Mutation

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

## West Makian
### Etymology

Compare Ternate tola (“to cut”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt̪a.l̪a/

### Verb

tala
* (transitive) to cut
* (transitive) to cross (a river)

#### Conjugation
### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## Yakan
### Adjective

tala
* far
    Antonym: tapit

## Yámana
### Noun

tala
* eye