alaala

See also: ala ala and ala-ala

Hanunoo

Etymology

Compare Tagalog alaala.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔalaˈʔala/ [ʔa.laˈʔa.la]
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Syllabification: a‧la‧a‧la

Noun

alaala (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜠᜮ)

  1. memory; thought

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 24

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation 1

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalaˈʔala/ [ʔɐ.lɐˈʔaː.lɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Syllabification: a‧la‧a‧la

Noun

alaala (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜀᜎ)

  1. memory; recollection
  2. remembrance; memento; token
Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalaʔaˈla/ [ʔɐ.lɐ.ʔɐˈla]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: a‧la‧a‧la

Noun

alaalá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜀᜎ)

  1. (slightly archaic) alternative form of alala: worry; anxiety

Adjective

alaalá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜀᜎ)

  1. (slightly archaic) alternative form of alala: worry; anxiety
Derived terms
  • mag-alaala