FromLatinpāla.Doublet ofpeel.

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

pala (pluralpalae)

1. Apart of an insect's leg that is spade-shaped and can be used as ascoop for feeding.

pala (pluralpalas)

1. AnOdisha art form consisting ofPuranic texts expressed throughmusic anddance.

• alap,lapa,pa'al

pala

1. Romanization ofᬧᬮ
2. Romanization ofᬧᬵᬮ
3. Romanization ofᬨᬮ

Borrowed fromSpanishpala(“shovel, spade”).

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

pála

1. shovel,spade

FromLatinpāla(“shovel, spade”).

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

pala f (pluralpales)

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

Inherited fromSpanishpala(“shovel, spade”).

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

pala

1. shovel;spade

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

1. a kind ofrug

   Synonym:kilim

• Audio:

  (file)

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

pala (accusative singularpalan,pluralpalaj,accusative pluralpalajn)

1. pale;sallow

FromProto-Finnic*pala, fromProto-Uralic*pala. Cognates includeVepspala,Estonianpala,Erzyaпал(pal), andHungarianfal.^[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 withvaikea orkova

   Veronkorotus on äänestäjille vaikeapala.

   The tax increase is a hardpill to swallow for the voters.

   Hänen kuolemansa oli minulle kovapala.

   Her death was a hardblow for me.

• “pala”, inKielitoimiston 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–, retrieved2023-07-01

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

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

pala

1. presentactiveindicativeconnegative ofpalaa

   Minä enpala. ―I don'tburn.

2. second-personsingularpresentimperative ofpalaa

   Pala! ―Burn!

3. second-personsingularpresentactiveimperativeconnegative ofpalaa

   Äläpala! ―Don'tburn!

• lapa

Obscure. FromPaleo-Hispanic.

• IPA^(key):[ˈpalɐ]

pala f (pluralpalas)

1. rock shelter

   Synonym:paleira

2. burrow,den

   Synonyms:paleira,tobeira,tobo,toco,toqueira

• paleira

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

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

pala

1. (transitive) tosell

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

pala (usuallyuncountable,pluralpalák)

1. slate

• pala inGéza 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 fromMalaypala, fromSanskritफल(phala).Doublet ofpahala.

pala (pluralpala-pala)

1. nutmeg (Myristica fragrans)

Borrowed fromItalianpalla, fromLatinpalla, of uncertain origin.

pala (pluralpala-pala)

1. (Catholicism) acloth used to cover achalice duringservices

• palla

Borrowed fromBimoba[Term?].

pala

1. tohit with ahammer

• “pala” inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

FromProto-Finnic*pala. Cognates includeFinnishpala andEstonianpala.

• (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.

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

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

pala

1. inflection ofpallaa:
   1. presentindicativeconnegative
   2. second-personsingularimperative
   3. second-personsingularimperativeconnegative

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971)Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page378

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

FromLatinpāla(“shovel, spade”).

pala f (pluralpale)

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 correspondinglemma form.

pala

1. inflection ofpalare:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

pala

1. Romanization ofꦥꦭ

CompareBikol Centralpalan,Tagalogpala.

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

pala

1. expressing sudden realization; exclamation of surprise

   Makaninipala! ―So it's like this!

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

   tutupala! ―So, it was true!

pala

1. to be

   I Bermudapala. ―Iam Bermuda.

   Ining notebook kekayapala? ―Is this notebook yours?

   Manganpala. ―Eat.

Borrowed fromMalaypahala(“reward; grant”), fromSanskritफल(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 fromSpanishpala(“shovel; spade”).

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

pala

1. shovel;spade

Borrowed fromSpanishpala.

pala

1. shovel

From Proto-Finnic*pala.

pala

1. bit

FromProto-Yeniseian*ʔapV(“hotness, sweat”). CompareAssanpalá,pfóltu,paltu(“hot”).

pala

1. hotness

FromProto-Italic*pākslā, fromProto-Indo-European*pak-slo-, from*peh₂ǵ-(“to attach, fasten”). Seepangō,pāgus,pacīscor,pāx,pāgina.^[1]

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈpaː.la/,[ˈpäːɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈpa.la/,[ˈpäːlä]

pāla f (genitivepālae);first declension

1. Ashovel,spade.

   Synonyms:rutrum,vatillum

2. Thebezel of aring.
   • c. 44 BC,Cicero,De Officiis, 3.38

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

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

3. (Classical Latin,rare) thebanana plant
   • c. 77CE – 79CE,Pliny the Elder,Naturalis HistoriaXII.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 nomenpalae, 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 threecubits 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 thepala, andariena that of the fruit. It is found in great number among the Sydraci, at the limit ofAlexander the Great's campaigns.

First-declension noun.

• bipālium

• “pala”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pala”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "pala", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium 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”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pala”, inWilliam Smith et al., editor (1890),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

• palauk(Imperative ofpalaukti)

Clipping ofpalauk.

pala(slang,colloquial) Form of thesecond-personsingularimperative ofpalaukti.

1. wait!

• palā(Courland)

FromProto-Finnic*pala.

pala

1. bit

FromSanskritफल(phala).Doublet ofpahala.

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

pala (Jawi spellingڤالا,pluralpala-pala)

1. nutmeg (Myristica fragrans).

• buah pala
• bunga pala
• kembang pala

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

Borrowed fromItalianpala or aSicilian equivalent, eventually fromLatinpala. For the sense “palm of the hand”, the phonetic similarity with Italianpalma may be considered, though a direct derivation from “shovel” is also plausible.

• IPA^(key):/ˈpaːla/

pala f (pluralpali)

1. shovel;spade

   Synonym:luħ

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

   Synonyms:keff,keffa

FromProto-Central New South Wales*balaŋ, cognate withWiradjuribalang.

pala

1. head

• IPA^(key):[ˈpɐlɐ]

pala

1. (demonstrative)that,there

   Watingkupala tii tjikini. ―That man is drinking tea.

• nyara

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

pala

1. genitivesingular ofpal

• Rhymes:-alɐ
• Hyphenation:pa‧la

Borrowed fromLatinpāla(“shovel, bezel”).Doublet ofpá.

pala f (pluralpalas)

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

   Synonyms:aba,viseira

2. tongue(of a shoe)

   Synonyms:língua,lingueta

3. part of aleg 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 fromLatinpalla.

pala f (pluralpalas)

1. (historical)palla

Unknown, possibly frompalla.

pala m (pluralpalas)

1. (Rio Grande do Sul)poncho

Unknown. CompareGalicianpala.

pala f (pluralpalas)

1. (Trás-os-Montes)rock shelter

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

pala (Cyrillic spellingпала)

1. inflection ofpȁsti:
   1. femininesingularactivepastparticiple
   2. neuterpluralactivepastparticiple

Inherited fromLatinpāla(“shovel, spade”).

• IPA^(key):/ˈpala/[ˈpa.la]

• Audio(Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ala
• Syllabification:pa‧la

pala f (countable anduncountable,pluralpalas)

1. shovel,spade
2. blade of anoar, ashovel, 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 inArgentina)cocaine
   • 2021 September 8, toyhartas,Twitter‎^[3], retrieved31 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 tomarpala y enamorarse de un demente

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2022 May 28, nicolasfmaci,Twitter‎^[4], retrieved31 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 tomarpala

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2022 December 31, TriniRanger,Twitter‎^[5], retrieved31 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 tomarpala."

     (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

• > Chavacano:pala(inherited)

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

CompareBikol Centralpalan.

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

palá (Baybayin spellingᜉᜎ)

1. expressing sudden realization; indication of surprise.

   Ikawpala! ―So it's you!

• pala-

Borrowed fromMalaypahala(“reward; grant”), fromSanskritफल(phála,“fruit; benefit”). CompareKapampanganpala,Maguindanaopahala, andTausugpahala'.

• (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 spellingᜉᜎ)

1. blessing;grace;bounty;favor

   Synonyms:biyaya,kaloob,gantimpala,premyo

2. reward;bounty;prize;renumeration

   Synonyms:kaloob,gantimpala,premyo,pabuya

palâ (Baybayin spellingᜉᜎ)

1. recompense;consequence

   Synonym:hita

Borrowed fromSpanishpala(“shovel; spade”).

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

pala (Baybayin spellingᜉᜎ)

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

• araro

• “pala”, inPambansang 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, page359

• alpa,alap,lapa

Borrowed fromItalianpala.

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

pala (definite accusativepalayı,pluralpalalar)

1. machete

• pala çekmek

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

FromProto-Finnic*pala.

pala

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

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

FromProto-Finnic*pala.

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

pala

1. piece,bit

   Synonym:tükki

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

CompareTernatefala,Tidorefola,Tabaruwoa, etc.

• IPA^(key):/ˈpa.l̪a/

pala

1. house

   pala ne ilamo ―thishouse is large

2. nest

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

Borrowed fromSpanishpala, fromLatinpāla.

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., page22