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Ала

Ала

See also: яла, ала, and Аля

Belarusian

Proper noun

Ала (Ala) f anim

  1. A female given name.

Derived terms

  • Аля (Alja)
  • Алюня (Aljunja)
  • Алюся (Aljusja)

ала

ала

See also: яла, Аля, Ала, and Appendix:Variations of "ala"

Abkhaz

Noun

а-ла́ (ā-lā́)

  1. dog

Etymology 2

Noun

а́-ла (ā́-lā)

  1. eye (organ of sight)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɫa/

Noun

ала (ala) f

  1. dragon

Inflection

Synonyms


Moksha

Etymology

Perhaps by error EES lists Moksha ал (al, egg) as a cognate of Estonian ala. Compare, however, Estonian alus (foundation), Livonian alā (down; under), alli (foundation; underside), among others. Veršinin, however, lists “the lower part of something” as an alternative sense for the word ал (al) in both Mordvinic languages. He speculates that the “egg” sense is secondary to the “underside” sense (as eggs are found under birds), a possible taboo replacement, as collecting eggs in the spring was very important in historic times.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɑlɑ/

Postposition

ала (ala)

  1. under
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, ISBN 5 7595 0965 9, page 135
      кудть ала
      kudtʹ ala
      under the house

Usage notes

This postposition is used with genitive.

References

  1. Veršinin, V. I. (2004) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mordovskix (erzjanskovo i mokšanskovo) jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Joškar Ola, page 12

Russian

Pronunciation

  • ала́: IPA(key): [ɐˈla]
  • а́ла: IPA(key): [ˈalə]

Adjective

ала́ or а́ла (alá or ála)

  1. short feminine singular of а́лый (ályj)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

ала f (Latin spelling ala)

  1. dragon
  2. type of mythical creature similar to dragon

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