akala
Hausa
editEtymology
editFrom Tuareg, e.g. Tamasheq ăkala.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editakā̀là f (plural àkā̀lai, possessed form akā̀làr̃)
References
editIgbo
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editNoun
editakala
Tagalog
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAccording to Potet (2013, 2016), could be from the following:
- From Sanskrit आकार (ākāra, “form; figure; shape; stature; appearance”)
- From Arabic عَقَلَ (ʕaqala, “to realize; to understand”). Compare Malay akal.
- From Arabic كَالَ (kāla, “to measure”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈkalaʔ/ [ʔɐˈxaː.lɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -alaʔ
- Syllabification: a‧ka‧la
Noun
editakalà (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜎ)
Derived terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- “akala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, pages 164-165
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 273
Yoruba
editPronunciation
editNoun
editàkàlà
- A general term for the various species of hornbill
- Synonyms: àkàlàmàgbò, atíòro, atíálá
- àkàlà á ṣá ojú ìkà jẹ ― The hornbill gouge out the eyes of the wicked
References
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/alaʔ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/alaʔ/3 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation
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