wal

1. (international standards)ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-3language code forWolaitta.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Wolaytta terms

• IPA^(key):/ʋɑl/

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• Hyphenation:wal
• Rhymes:-ɑl

FromLatinvallum(“wall”), fromvallus(“stake, palisade, point”). Cognate withEnglishwall.

wal m (pluralwallen,diminutivewalletje n)

1. coast,shore (side of land near to the water)
2. earthenlevee asprotection againstflooding

   Synonym:dijk

3. wall around city as military defense

   Synonyms:omwalling,stadsmuur

4. periorbitaldarkcircle
5. (generally in the plural)eyebags

   Synonym:oogwal

• Afrikaans:wal
• Negerhollands:wal

FromMiddle Dutchwal(“whale”), fromOld Dutch*wal, fromProto-West Germanic*hwal, fromProto-Germanic*hwalaz(“whale”). Cognate withEnglishwhale.

Possibly to avoid confusion withwal(“wall; shore”), the derived compound wordwalvis(“whale; lit. whale-fish”) gained currency overwal(“whale”). Similar clarifying compounds can be found elsewhere in Dutch:kraanvogel(“crane; lit. crane-bird”),muildier(“mule; lit. mule-animal”),oeros(“auroch; auroch-ox”),rendier(“rein; lit. rein-animal”),tortelduif(“turtle (bird); lit. turtle dove”) andwindhond(“greyhound; lit. wind-dog”).

wal m (pluralwallen,diminutivewalletje n)

1. (archaic)whale

   Synonyms:walvis,waldier

wal

1. eight

• IPA^(key):/val/

wal

1. container
2. rubbishbin

• (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement

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

wal

1. night

• IPA^(key):/wàl/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa)IPA^(key):[wàl]

wàl

1. suddenflash oflight

FromOld Englishweall, fromProto-West Germanic*wall(“wall, rampart, entrenchment”), fromLatinvallum(“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”).

• wale,walle,waule

wal (pluralwalles)

1. wall

• English:wall
• Scots:wa,waa,waw
• Yola:wul,vall
• → Middle Irish:*balla
  • Irish:balla
  • Manx:boalley
  • Scottish Gaelic:balla

• “wal,n.(1).”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

FromOld Englishwæl.

• wæl,wæle,wale,wel

wal (pluralwals)

1. death,slaughter

• “wal,n.(2).”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

wal

1. Alternative form ofwale(“selection, preference”)

wal

1. Alternative form ofwale(“great”)

wal

1. (rare)Alternative form ofwel

wal

1. first/third-personsingularpresent ofwel

FromProto-West Germanic*hwal, fromProto-Germanic*hwalaz, fromProto-Indo-European*(s)kʷálos(“sheatfish”). Cognate withOld Englishhwæl,Old Norsehvalr,Old Saxonhwal.

• IPA^(key):/wal/

wal m

1. whale

• Middle High German:wal
  • German:Wal
    • → Estonian:vaal
    • → Luxembourgish:Wal

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• Rhymes:-al
• Syllabification:wal

Borrowed fromGermanWal, fromOld High Germanwal, fromProto-West Germanic*hwal, fromProto-Germanic*hwalaz, fromProto-Indo-European*(s)kʷálos(“sheatfish”).

wal m animal

1. whale(certain species)

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wal m inan

1. strawropedipped inclay

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

wal

1. second-personsingularimperative ofwalić

• wal inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wal in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Saloni (1908) “wal”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, inMateryały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page342

• (literary)gwal

FromOld Englishweall, ultimately a Germanic borrowing fromLatinvallum.

• IPA^(key):/wal/

wal f (pluralwaliauorwelydd,not mutable)

1. wall
2. (literary)Soft mutation ofgwal.

Wal is the most commonly used word for "wall" in Welsh. The wordmur is used most often when referring to large walls such as the defensive walls of a city orMur Mawr Tsieina "The Great Wall of China". It is also used in compound words, for examplemurlun,rhagfur,cellfur,briwydd y mur.Pared is an internal partition wall whereasmagwyr is a literary word for an external wall, little used now but preserved in such things as place and plant names.

• paladr y wal(“pellitory of the wall, spreading pellitory”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “wal”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies