qala
التعريفات والمعاني
== Aymara ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /qala/
=== Noun ===
qala
stone, rock
==== References ====
Glosbe
== Azerbaijani ==
=== Etymology ===
Ultimately from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa).
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
qala (definite accusative qalanı, plural qalalar)
castle
Synonym: qəsr
tower
Synonyms: bürc, qüllə
==== Declension ====
== Fanagalo ==
=== Etymology ===
From Zulu -qala.
=== Verb ===
qala
to start, to begin
== Japhug ==
=== Etymology ===
This contains the animal prefix qa-. Cognate with Cogtse Situ kalā (“rabbit”), Brag-bar Situ kaliɛ̄, and Chinese 兔 (OC *l̥ˤa-s).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /qala/
=== Noun ===
qala
(Kamnyu) rabbit
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
== Maltese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Maghrebi Arabic قَالَة (qāla). Related to Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian cala, and French cale.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈʔaː.la/
Rhymes: -aːla
=== Noun ===
qala f (plural qaliet)
inlet
Synonym: (more common) kalanka
==== Derived terms ====
== Phuthi ==
=== Etymology ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
=== Verb ===
-qála
to start, to begin
==== Inflection ====
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
== Southern Ndebele ==
=== Verb ===
-qala?
to look
==== Inflection ====
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
== Xhosa ==
=== Etymology ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [kǃâːla]
=== Verb ===
-qâla
to begin, to start
==== Inflection ====
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
==== Derived terms ====
isiqalo
== Zulu ==
=== Etymology ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ǃâːla/
=== Verb ===
-qâla
(intransitive) to begin, to start, to commence
(transitive) to begin, to start, to initiate, to set off
(transitive) to provoke, to start a fight with
(transitive) to launch
==== Inflection ====
==== Derived terms ====
-qaleka
-qalisa
isiqalo
=== References ===
C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “qala”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “qala (3.9)”