"Ala" is a word in ILOKANO, HILIGAYNON, ENGLISH, CEBUANO

ala ILOKANO

Definition:

v. /MANG-:-EN/ to get, obtain, acquire. Apay nga innalam dayta abanikok? Why did you get my fan? .

ala ILOKANO

Definition:

interj. an exclamation used: 1. to urge or request someone to continue. Ngem, ala, ituloy mo. But, go on, continue. 2. to wish some previously mentioned event to happen. Ala kuma. I hope so. ALA [f. Sp.], o’clock -used exclusively before UNA. Ala unan. It is now one o’clock. --var. ALAS.

ala ILOKANO

Definition:

v. /-UM-:-AN/ to take after, to be like, to resemble. Immala dagiti annak mo kenka met laeng. You took after no one but you.

ala HILIGAYNON

Definition:

alâ - A Tagala, a Tagalog woman, (tagála
id.).

ala CEBUANO

Definition:

Ála (not without l) n Allah.

ala CEBUANO

Definition:

alà v [A13P; c6] avoid engaging in certain activities, esp.
eating proscribed foods.
Dì gánì ka mag-alà sa ímung pagkáun, dì ka giyud mamaáyu, If you dont avoid eating proscribed foods, you will never get better.
Kining ákung balatían mauy nakaalà (nakapaalà) nákù sa pagkalígù sa dágat, My ailment has kept me from bathing in the sea.
walay not avoiding things, esp.
in eating.
Wà siyay alà.
Mukáun bisag unsa, Hes not choosy.
Hell eat anything.
paN-() v {1} [A; b] for pregnant women to conceive an intense desire for or dislike for s.t.
Si Íli nangálà sa ímung ilung, básin pag muliwat ang bátà, Ely has a great liking for your nose.
Maybe her baby will get that nose.
Manggang hilaw ang íyang gipangaláan, She had an intense craving for green mangoes.
{2} [A] be in the early months of pregnancy.
Bag-u pa siyang nanganak, nangálà na pud, She just had a baby, but shes pregnant again.

ala CEBUANO

Definition:

ala (not without l) úna {1} one oclock.
{2} going once (in auc-tion).
Dusintus.
Ala úna, alas dus, alas tris, sirtu, Two hun-dred.
Going once, going twice, gone.
v [B5; b] see alas.

ala CEBUANO

Definition:

álà v [b] be mistaken for another person.
Naaláan ku siyang kawatan, I mistook him for a thief.

ala ENGLISH

Definition:

A winglike organ, or part.

ala HILIGAYNON

Definition:

alá - Pull! Haul! Now then! Hello! An
exclamation used in animating workmen,
in enforcing attention and the like. Alá na
kamó nga tanán! Now then, pull all
together! Alá ikáw dirâ, halín ka. Hello!
you there, clear out. (cf. halá id. and the
more usual form; perhaps from the Sp.
hala).

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