alla

• allanig, alloa

From Middle High German allein.

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈlɑː/

alla (predicative)

1. (Austria, Vienna) alone

• vlla (traditional)
• ạlla (Byington/Swanton, obsolete linguistic)
• alla' (Modified traditional, glottal)

• IPA^(key): /əl.lá/

alla

1. child

• oshi

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• IPA^(key): /ɑˈlaː/

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• Hyphenation: al‧la
• Rhymes: -aː

alla

1. so be it, go ahead
2. granted, I'll admit

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *alla (compare Finnish alla), from older *alna < *ala-na, an archaic locative formed with Proto-Uralic *-na (whence the essive suffix -na) from ala-.

alla (not comparable)

1. down, to below

   Ma kukkusin alla.

   I fell down.

alla

1. down, to below, to under (+ genitive)

   Mine laua alla!

   Go under the table!

alla

1. below (+ genitive)

   See on kasvult alla keskmise.

   It is below average growth.

From Proto-Finnic *alla (compare Estonian all), from older *alna < *ala-na, an archaic locative formed with Proto-Uralic *-na (whence the essive suffix -na) from ala-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlːɑ/, [ˈɑ̝lːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑlːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): al‧la

alla

1. beneath, underneath, below

alla [with genitive and／or possessive form]

1. (static) under, underneath, below, beneath

   Synonym: alapuolella

   Antonyms: päällä, yllä, yläpuolella

   Pallo on pöydän alla.

   The ball is under the table.

2. (temporal) just before, only a short time before

   Vaalien alla on esiintynyt uusia syytöksiä.

   Just before the elections new accusations have arisen.

Personal/possessive forms of alla
no possessor	alla
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	allani	allamme
2nd person	allasi	allanne
3rd person	allaan allansa

• See the inflection table.
• ala-
• ali-
• alempana
• alemmas
• alhainen
• alittaa

• “alla”, 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 2023-07-02

• IPA^(key): /a.la/

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alla

1. third-person singular past historic of aller

alla

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /alla/, [aɬ.ɬa]

alla (plural allat)

1. other, another
   • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

     Filmiliarlu taanna nunani allani TV-eqarfinnut soqutinnittunut^{[sic – meaning soqutiginnittunut]} tun iniarneqartussaavoq^{[sic – meaning tuniniarneqartussaavoq]}.

     The finished film will be offered to interested broadcasting companies in other countries.

   • 1998 September 1, “Aatsaat qaamasunik amilinnik takusut”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

     Soorunami siornatigut aviisitigut allatigullu qaamasunik amillit qanoq isikkoqarnersut ilisimareeraluarlugit sunaaffa aatsaat iluamik inuttarsisut.

     While they had, of course, already seen people with light skin in news papers and other things, it turned out that they had not met any in the flesh.

• alla in Katersat

alla

1. feminine accusative singular of allur
2. masculine accusative plural of allur

alla (dual allak, plural allat)

1. another one, different one

   Alla taamna.

   That one is another one.

• atla, ałła

• IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠə/

Possibly from Old Irish allguth m (“great noise, shout”), from guth m (“voice, sound”).

alla m (genitive singular alla)

1. shout

• allar

alla

1. Alternative form of allta (“wild”)

• damhán alla
• ruán alla

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “allguth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “alla”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.la/
• Rhymes: -alla
• Hyphenation: àl‧la

alla

1. Contraction of a la.; to the, at the

alla

1. -style, à la

   cotoletta alla milanese ― Milan-style veal cutlet

   cotoletta alla bolognese ― Bologna-style veal cutlet

   cotoletta alla valdostana ― Aosta Valley-style veal cutlet

alla

1. God

alla

1. attributive of allak

From the proper noun Alla (“God”), from Arabic الله (allāh). The Arabic is not used as a common noun, for which related إلٰه (ʔilāh).

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.la/

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• Homophone: Alla

alla f (plural allat)

1. a god

alla

1. Oh God! (expressing shock, frustration, or anger)

   Synonyms: ħaqq, ostja, madonna, f’għoxx

   Tini il-mobajl, alla! ― Give me the phone, for heaven's sake!

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈalla/

alla

1. attributive form of allat

alla

1. Alternative spelling of alle

alla

1. nominative plural of al

alla

1. inflection of allr:
   1. strong feminine accusative singular
   2. strong masculine accusative plural
   3. weak masculine oblique singular
   4. weak feminine nominative singular
   5. weak neuter singular

• IPA^(key): /ˈalˌa/

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alla

1. everyone

   Alla fick en kopp kaffe.

   Everyone got a cup of coffee

alla

1. plural of all

   Har du plockat upp alla leksakerna från golvet?

   Have you picked up all the toys from the floor?

• alla in Svensk ordbok.

al +‎ la (from al and ile)

alla

1. with the red

From the illative singular of Proto-Finnic *ala. Cognate with Ingrian allaa.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlɑː/, [ˈɑɫːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑː
• Hyphenation: al‧la

alla

1. down, downwards

alla (genitive + ~)

1. (lative) (to) under

alla (~ + genitive)

1. (lative) (to) under

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɬa/

alla

1. Soft mutation of galla.