hoal
Manx
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hoːl/
Adverb
hoal
- over there, beyond, hence, yonder (stationary)
- Coraa veih'n traie hoal. ― Voice from beyond the grave. (literally, “Voice from the seashore beyond.”)
- Red beg çheu hoal jeh'n droghad. ― A little beyond the bridge.
- opposite; overleaf
- Faik y caslys er y lheanagh hoal. ― See the picture on the opposite page.
Antonyms
- wass (“over here”)
See also
Manx adverbs of direction and position
| Motion toward | Stationary position at |
Motion from | |
|---|---|---|---|
| up | seose | heose | neose |
| down | sheese | heese | neese |
| east | shiar, my hiar | hiar | niar |
| west/back | sheear, my heear | heear | neear |
| north | my hwoaie | twoaie | twoaie |
| south | my yiass | jiass | jiass, niass |
| northeast | shiar hwoaie | hiar hwoaie | niar hwoaie |
| northwest | sheear hwoaie | heear hwoaie | neear hwoaie |
| southeast | shiar yiass | hiar yiass | niar yiass |
| southwest | sheear yiass | heear yiass | neear yiass |
| over there | noon | hoal | noal |
| over here | — | wass | — |
| inside | stiagh | sthie | — |
| outside | magh | mooie | — |
Middle English
Adjective
hoal
- alternative form of hol (“healthy, whole”)