abala
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See also: Abala
Basque
Noun
abala
French
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Homophones: abalas, abalât
Verb
abala
- third-person singular past historic of abaler
Galician
Verb
abala
- inflection of abalar:
Hanunoo
Etymology 1
From Proto-Philippine *abala.
Pronunciation
Noun
abala (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜮ)
- bother; molestation (annoying intentionally)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Interjection
abalá (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜪᜮ)
- come!
- Abala sitay!
- Come here!
- Abala dapo!
- Come (here) first!
Alternative forms
- bala — apheresis
See also
- atabog
Further reading
Javanese
Etymology
Verb
abala
- to have an army
Kapampangan
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *abala. Compare Tagalog abala.
Pronunciation
Noun
abála
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧ba‧la
- Rhymes: -alɐ
Verb
abala
- inflection of abalar:
Sakizaya
Pronunciation
Noun
abala
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *abala. Compare Kapampangan abala, Pangasinan abala, and Casiguran Dumagat Agta abala. Zorc (1979) posits the senses “busy; preoccupied” were borrowed from Pangasinan abala, from Proto-Austronesian *qabaʀa (“shoulder”) with semantic shift.
Pronunciation
Noun
abala (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜎ)
- trouble; bother; inconvenience
- Synonym: gulo
- Ang matagal na problema ng trapik sa mga kalsada ay isang matinding abala sa mamamayan.
- The long-time problem of road traffic is a heavy burden to people.
- interruption; delay; disturbance
- (colloquial) act of borrowing from someone
Derived terms
- abalahin
- maabala
- magpakaabala
- makaabala
- mang-abala
- punong-abala
Adjective
abalá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜎ)
- busy; preoccupied; distracted
- Wala akong oras dahil abala ako sa pangangalaga sa lolo ko.
- I've no time because I'm busy taking care of my grandfather.
- absorbed; obsessed; engrossed; preoccupied
- inconvenient; bothersome
- Abala naman ang pinagagawa mo sa akin.
- What you're asking me to do is troublesome.
Derived terms
- abalang-abala
- mag-abala
- mapag-abala
Further reading
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