pala

From Latin pāla. Doublet of peel.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪlə/, /ˈpɑːlə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːlə

pala (plural palae)

1. A part of an insect's leg that is spade-shaped and can be used as a scoop for feeding.

pala (plural palas)

1. An Odisha art form consisting of Puranic texts expressed through music and dance.

• alap, lapa, pa'al

pala

1. plantain

• Curnow, T. J. (1997). A grammar of Awa Pit (Cuaiquer): An indigenous language of south-western Colombia. The Australian National University.

• IPA^(key): /palə/
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

Unknown

pala (Balinese script ᬧᬮ)

1. arm

From Sanskrit पाल (pāla, “herdsman”).

pala (Balinese script ᬧᬵᬮ)

1. herdsman

From Old Javanese phala (“fruit; consequence”), from Sanskrit फल (phala).

pala (Balinese script ᬨᬮ)

1. fruit
2. result

• “pala” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Borrowed from Spanish pala (“shovel, spade”).

• Hyphenation: pa‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˈpala/ [ˈpa.l̪a]

pála

1. shovel, spade

From Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpa.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpa.la]

pala f (plural pales)

1. shovel, spade
2. blade (the widest, thinnest part of something)
3. paddle

   Synonym: rem

4. tongue (of a shoe)

   Synonym: llengüeta

5. dustpan

   Synonym: arreplegador

• palada
• palejar
• paleta

• “pala”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pala”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “pala” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pala” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Spanish pala (“shovel, spade”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpala/, [ˈpa.la]
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

pala

1. shovel; spade

pala (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. a kind of rug

   Synonym: kilim

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈpala]

pala f

1. (colloquial) head

• “pala”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pala”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpala/
• Rhymes: -ala
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

pala (accusative singular palan, plural palaj, accusative plural palajn)

1. pale; sallow

From Proto-Finnic *pala, from Proto-Uralic *pala. Cognates include Veps pala, Estonian pala, Erzya пал (pal), and Hungarian fal.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): pa‧la

pala

1. piece, bit, part, lump, chunk

   pala palalta ― piece by piece, piecemeal

2. (often in compounds) snack (something designed to be eaten quickly, in one go)
3. (idiomatic) of something that is difficult to accept or endure; especially with vaikea or kova

   Veronkorotus on äänestäjille vaikea pala.

   The tax increase is a hard pill to swallow for the voters.

   Hänen kuolemansa oli minulle kova pala.

   Her death was a hard blow for me.

• “pala”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑˣ/, [ˈpɑ̝lɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): pa‧la

pala

1. present active indicative connegative of palaa

   Minä en pala. ― I don't burn.

2. second-person singular present imperative of palaa

   Pala! ― Burn!

3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of palaa

   Älä pala! ― Don't burn!

• lapa

Obscure. From Paleo-Hispanic.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpalɐ]

pala f (plural palas)

1. rock shelter

   Synonym: paleira

2. burrow, den

   Synonyms: paleira, tobeira, tobo, toco, toqueira

• paleira

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

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

pala

1. (transitive) to sell

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒlɒ]
• Hyphenation: pa‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

pala (usually uncountable, plural palák)

1. slate

• pala in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpala/ [ˈpa.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: pa‧la

Inherited from Malay pala, from Sanskrit फल (phala). Doublet of pahala.

pala (plural pala-pala)

1. nutmeg (Myristica fragrans)

Borrowed from Italian palla, from Latin palla, of uncertain origin.

pala (plural pala-pala)

1. (Catholicism) a cloth used to cover a chalice during services

• palla

Borrowed from Bimoba [Term?].

pala

1. to hit with a hammer

• “pala” 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.

From Proto-Finnic *pala. Cognates include Finnish pala and Estonian pala.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑ/, [ˈpɑɫɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑ/, [ˈpɑɫɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

pala

1. piece, bit

   Pala leipää. ― A piece of bread.

Declension of pala (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	pala	palat
genitive	palan	palloin
partitive	pallaa	paloja
illative	pallaa	palloi
inessive	palas	palois
elative	palast	paloist
allative	palalle	paloille
adessive	palal	paloil
ablative	palalt	paloilt
translative	palaks	paloiks
essive	palanna, pallaan	paloinna, palloin
exessive1)	palant	paloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑ/, [ˈpɑɫɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑ/, [ˈpɑɫɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

pala

1. inflection of pallaa:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular imperative connegative

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 378

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.la/
• Rhymes: -ala
• Hyphenation: pà‧la

From Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”).

pala f (plural pale)

1. shovel, trowel
2. blade (of a propellor, fan, etc.)
3. paddle
4. retable
5. altarpiece
6. pall
7. vane

• paletta

• → Turkish: pala

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pala

1. inflection of palare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

pala

1. romanization of ꦥꦭ

Compare Bikol Central palan, Tagalog pala.

• IPA^(key): /pəˈla/ [pəˈläː]
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

pala

1. expressing sudden realization; exclamation of surprise

   Makanini pala! ― So it's like this!

   Wapin pala, alineman pakanita e. ― By the way, it's not like that.

   tutu pala! ― So, it was true!

pala

1. to be

   I Bermuda pala. ― I am Bermuda.

   Ining notebook kekaya pala? ― Is this notebook yours?

   Mangan pala. ― Eat.

Borrowed from Malay pahala (“reward; grant”), from Sanskrit फल (phála, “fruit; benefit”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaləʔ/ [ˈpäː.ləʔ] (noun: reward)
• IPA^(key): /ˈpaləʔ/ [ˈpäː.ləʔ] (noun: consequence)
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

pálâ

1. blessing; grace; bounty; favor

   Synonyms: biyaya, kalub, galal, premyu

2. reward; prize;

   Synonyms: kalub, galal, premyu

palâ

1. consequence

   Synonym: akakakuwa

Borrowed from Spanish pala (“shovel; spade”).

• IPA^(key): /pəˈla/ [pəˈlä]
• Hyphenation: pá‧la

pala

1. shovel; spade

Borrowed from Spanish pala.

pala

1. shovel

From Proto-Finnic *pala.

pala

1. bit

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔapV (“hotness, sweat”). Compare Assan palá, pfóltu, paltu (“hot”).

pala

1. hotness

From Proto-Italic *pākslā, from Proto-Indo-European *pak-slo-, from *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach, fasten”). See pangō, pāgus, pacīscor, pāx, pāgina.^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpaː.la]

pāla f (genitive pālae); first declension

1. A shovel, spade.

   Synonyms: rutrum, vatillum

2. The bezel of a ring.
   • c. 44 BC, Cicero, De Officiis, 3.38

     ibi cum palam eius anuli ad palmam converterat a nullo videbatur ipse autem omnia videbat

     As often as he turned the bezel of the ring inwards toward the palm of his hand, he became invisible to everyone, while he himself saw everything;

3. (Classical Latin, rare) the banana plant
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia XII.24:

     Maior alia pomo et suavitate praecellentior, quo sapientes Indorum vivunt. Folium alas avium imitatur, longitudine trium cubitorum, latitudine duum. Fructum cortice emittit admirabilem suci dulcedine, ut uno quaternos satiet. Arbori nomen palae, pomo arienae. Plurima est in Sydracis, expeditionum Alexandri termino.

     There is a greater one, surpassing other fruit trees even in softness, which Indian sages live on. Its leaf copies the wings of birds, being three cubits in length and two in width. It produces its fruit from its bark, and the fruit is astonishing in its sweetness, one being enough for four people. The name of the tree is the pala, and ariena that of the fruit. It is found in great number among the Sydraci, at the limit of Alexander the Great's campaigns.

First-declension noun.

• bipālium

• “pala”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pala”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "pala", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to become known, become a topic of common conversation (used of things): foras efferri, palam fieri, percrebrescere, divulgari, in medium proferri, exire, emanare
    
• “pala”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pala”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

• palauk (Imperative of palaukti)

Clipping of palauk.

pala (slang, colloquial) Form of the second-person singular imperative of palaukti.

1. wait!

• palā (Courland)

From Proto-Finnic *pala.

pala

1. bit

From Sanskrit फल (phala). Doublet of pahala.

• IPA^(key): /pa.la/
• Hyphenation: pa‧la
• Rhymes: -a

pala (Jawi spelling ڤالا, plural pala-pala)

1. nutmeg (Myristica fragrans).

• buah pala
• bunga pala
• kembang pala

• “pala” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Italian pala or a Sicilian equivalent, eventually from Latin pala. For the sense “palm of the hand”, the phonetic similarity with Italian palma may be considered, though a direct derivation from “shovel” is also plausible.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːla/

pala f (plural pali)

1. shovel; spade

   Synonym: luħ

2. (usually in the construction pala tal-id) palm of the hand; or the inner part of the hand (including the fingers)

   Synonyms: keff, keffa

From Proto-Central New South Wales *balaŋ, cognate with Wiradjuri balang.

pala

1. head

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɐlɐ]

pala

1. (demonstrative) that, there

   Watingku pala tii tjikini. ― That man is drinking tea.

• nyara

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.la/
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: pa‧la

pala

1. genitive singular of pal

• Rhymes: -alɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

Borrowed from Latin pāla (“shovel, bezel”). Doublet of pá.

pala f (plural palas)

1. forepiece, brim (projecting rim of a hat)

   Synonyms: aba, viseira

2. tongue (of a shoe)

   Synonyms: língua, lingueta

3. part of a leg warmer that covers the foot
4. flap covering of a bag, envelope etc.

   Synonym: aba

5. blinker (eye shield attached to a horse hood in order to impede its rear vision)

   Synonym: antolho

6. scabbard

   Synonym: bainha

7. (clothing) yoke (of a shirt, dress or pants)
8. (heraldry) pale
9. (automotive) sun visor

   Synonym: quebra-sol

10. (automotive) mudguard

    Synonym: para-lama

11. (jewelry) bezel

    Synonym: engaste

12. (Christianity) pall (piece used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist)
13. (informal) lie, scam
14. (Fundão) binge drinking
15. (Portugal, informal) endeavor
16. (Brazil, informal) hint

Learned borrowing from Latin palla.

pala f (plural palas)

1. (historical) palla

Unknown, possibly from palla.

pala m (plural palas)

1. (Rio Grande do Sul) poncho

Unknown. Compare Galician pala.

pala f (plural palas)

1. (Trás-os-Montes) rock shelter

• “pala”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “pala”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “pala”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “pala”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “pala”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

pala (Cyrillic spelling пала)

1. inflection of pȁsti:
   1. feminine singular active past participle
   2. neuter plural active past participle

Inherited from Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpala/ [ˈpa.la]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: pa‧la

pala f (countable and uncountable, plural palas)

1. shovel, spade
2. blade of an oar, a shovel, etc.
3. (shoemaking) upper, vamp
4. setting (piece of metal in which a precious gem is fixed)
5. paddle
6. (baking) peel
7. (slang, at least in Argentina) cocaine
   • 2021 September 8, toyhartas, Twitter‎^[3], retrieved 31 December 2023:

     yo amo a lana con toda mi alma escucharía hasta sus ronquidos pq seguramente suenan como angeles cantando pero me tienen harta todas con esta era solar power me duermo en vivo ya que vuelvan a tomar pala y enamorarse de un demente

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2022 May 28, nicolasfmaci, Twitter‎^[4], retrieved 31 December 2023:

     Si se falopean aguantensela después no anden todos depresivos intentando ir dando lastima por la vida, lastima me da un pibito ciego no un tonto que esta mal por tomar pala

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2022 December 31, TriniRanger, Twitter‎^[5], retrieved 31 December 2023:

     Le ofrecemos fasito a una compañerita de laburo y nos responde: "No gracias, eso me da malos viajes. A mi la verdad lo que me gusta es tomar pala."

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• > Chavacano: pala (inherited)

• “pala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Compare Bikol Central palan.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈla/ [pɐˈla]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pa‧la

palá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ)

1. expressing sudden realization; indication of surprise.

   Ikaw pala! ― So it's you!

• pala-

Borrowed from Malay pahala (“reward; grant”), from Sanskrit फल (phála, “fruit; benefit”). Compare Kapampangan pala, Maguindanao pahala, and Tausug pahala'.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpalaʔ/ [ˈpaː.lɐʔ] (“blessing; favor; reward”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -alaʔ
  • IPA^(key): /paˈlaʔ/ [pɐˈlaʔ] (“recompose; consequence”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧la

palà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ)

1. blessing; grace; bounty; favor

   Synonyms: biyaya, kaloob, gantimpala, premyo

2. reward; bounty; prize; renumeration

   Synonyms: kaloob, gantimpala, premyo, pabuya

palâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ)

1. recompense; consequence

   Synonym: hita

Borrowed from Spanish pala (“shovel; spade”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpala/ [ˈpaː.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: pa‧la

pala (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎ)

1. shovel; spade
2. (colloquial) person paid to applaud or perform paid activities

• araro

• “pala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Wolff, John U. (1976) “Malay borrowings in Tagalog”, in C.D. Cowan & O.W. Wolters, editors, Southeast Asian History and Historiography: Essays Presented to D. G. E. Hall‎^[6], Ithaca: Cornell University Press, page 359

• alpa, alap, lapa

Borrowed from Italian pala.

• IPA^(key): /paˈɫa/
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

pala (definite accusative palayı, plural palalar)

1. machete

• pala çekmek

• “pala”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “pala”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

From Proto-Finnic *pala.

pala

1. piece, bit
2. part
3. share, portion
4. chapter (of a book)
5. scene (of a play, film)
6. plate

Inflection of pala (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	pala
genitive sing.	palan
partitive sing.	palad
partitive plur.	paloid
	singular	plural
nominative	pala	palad
accusative	palan	palad
genitive	palan	paloiden
partitive	palad	paloid
essive-instructive	palan	paloin
translative	palaks	paloikš
inessive	palas	paloiš
elative	palaspäi	paloišpäi
illative	palaha palha	paloihe
adessive	palal	paloil
ablative	palalpäi	paloilpäi
allative	palale	paloile
abessive	palata	paloita
comitative	palanke	paloidenke
prolative	paladme	paloidme
approximative I	palanno	paloidenno
approximative II	palannoks	paloidennoks
egressive	palannopäi	paloidennopäi
terminative I	palahasai palhasai	paloihesai
terminative II	palalesai	paloilesai
terminative III	palassai	—
additive I	palahapäi palhapäi	paloihepäi
additive II	palalepäi	paloilepäi

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “глава, доля, кусок, пластинка, сцена, часть, член”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[7], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

From Proto-Finnic *pala.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑlɑ/, [ˈpɑɫɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑ
• Hyphenation: pa‧la

pala

1. piece, bit

   Synonym: tükki

Declension of pala (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	pala	palad
genitive	pala	palojõ, paloi
partitive	palla	paloitõ, paloi
illative	pallasõ, palla	paloisõ
inessive	palaz	paloiz
elative	palassõ	paloissõ
allative	palalõ	paloilõ
adessive	palallõ	paloillõ
ablative	palaltõ	paloiltõ
translative	palassi	paloissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “pala”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Compare Ternate fala, Tidore fola, Tabaru woa, etc.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.l̪a/

pala

1. house

   pala ne ilamo ― this house is large

2. nest

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[8], Pacific linguistics

Borrowed from Spanish pala, from Latin pāla.

pala

1. shovel

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán‎^[9], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 22