wala

• Hyphenation: wa‧la
• IPA^(key): /waˈla/, [waˈl̪a]

walá

1. left (direction, side)

   Antonym: tuo

From Proto-Bisayan *wadaq, from Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

• Hyphenation: wa‧la
• IPA^(key): /waˈlaʔ/, [wʌˈl̪aʔ]

walâ

1. none; no one; nothing

walâ

1. to lack
2. to disappear or be gone and nonexistent

• Hyphenation: wa‧la
• IPA^(key): /waˈla/, [wʌˈl̪a]

walá

1. left (direction)

   Coordinate term: tuo

From Spanish bala.

wala

1. bullet

wala

1. To come.

• IPA^(key): /wáː.láː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [wáː.láː]

wālā f (possessed form wālar̃)

1. turtledove

• IPA^(key): /wáː.làː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [wáː.làː]

wālā̀ (grade 1)

1. to relax

From Proto-Bisayan *wadaq, from Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

walâ

1. no one, nothing

walâ

1. to lack
2. to disappear or be gone and nonexistent

walà

1. deny
2. gainsay
3. forgive, forget the wrongdoings of another

walá

1. left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)

   Antonym: tuo

wala

1. Alternative form of wale (“planking, welt”)

wala

1. well

1. Dr. Tack P, Proeve van Oudnederfrankische Grammatica, 77.

From Proto-West Germanic *walu.

wala f

1. choice

• German: Wahl

From Proto-Northern Luzon *wadaʔ, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

• Hyphenation: wa‧la
• IPA^(key): /waˈla/, [waˈla]

wala

1. there is; to have

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.la/
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: wa‧la

wala m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of wal

wala

1. third-person singular present of walać

From Proto-Polynesian *fara, from Proto-Oceanic *padran, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN.

wala

1. screwpine, pandanus tree (Pandanus tectorius)

   Te wala e lākau loa makeke i te māni wale.

   The pandanus is a tree with hard wood for building houses.

2. pandanus key, single section of fruit.

   Aumai ake e wala māku.

   Please bring me a piece of pandanus fruit.

• wala painapa (“pineapple”)
• pikiwala

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Compare Ternate fala, Tidore fola, Tabaru woa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwa.la/

wala

1. house

• Leontine Visser, Clemens Voorhoeve (1987) Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary, Brill

From Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

waḽâ

1. lost; disappeared

   Nawaḽa sana siya.

   S/he's just disappeared.

2. absent

   Waḽa naman siya sa klase.

   S/he's absent again in class.

   Antonym: yaon

waḽâ

1. (indefinite) nothing; none; no one; nobody

   Waḽa nin tawo sa haḽong.

   There's no one in the house.

   Synonym: dai

   Antonyms: igwa, may

walá

1. left (direction)

   Antonym: tuo

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Borrowed from Arabic وَلَا‎ (walā, “and not”).

wala

1. (in a negative sentence) and
2. (in a negative sentence) or

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

wala

1. plural of mla

wala

1. inflection of -la:
   1. second-person singular gnomic
   2. third-person plural (wa class_(II)) gnomic
   3. m class_(III) and u class_(XI) gnomic

From Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada.

• wla – text messaging
• ala – colloquial

• Hyphenation: wa‧la
• IPA^(key): /waˈlaʔ/, [wɐˈlaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ

walâ (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎ)

1. nothing; none; not any

   Synonyms: (slang, gay slang) waley, (gay slang) was

walâ (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎ)

1. particle used as an non-existential marker: no; not any; to not have

   Antonyms: may, mayroon

   Walang tubig sa bahay.

   There is no water in the house.

   Walang pagkain ako rito, sa'yo na lang.

   I don't have food here, have it.

walâ (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎ)

1. missing; absent

   Synonym: liban

2. away; out

   Synonyms: umalis, lumabas

3. free (from); lacking; without

   Synonym: ligtas

4. (by extension) broken up (in a relationship)
5. (euphemistic) dead

   Synonym: patay

Compare Kapampangan uala (“voyage to the sea or deep bay”).

• Hyphenation: wa‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˈwalaʔ/, [ˈwa.lɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -alaʔ

walà (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎ)

1. (obsolete) gulf; high seas

   Synonym: laot

2. (obsolete) sailing into a gulf or high seas
3. (obsolete) coast
4. (figuratively, obsolete) condition of being away and apart from others

• lawa

• “wala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

walá

1. left

   Antonym: tuo