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

• IPA^(key): /ˈwa.la/, [ˈʋɐ.lə]

wala

1. to tilt backwards

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. crab

• LePage, Sarah Gloria (2020) "The phonology of Mbati"‎, University of North Dakota

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. existential quantifier: there is; to have; is in

   Walay baik.

   I have a grandmother

   (literally, “There exists my grandmother”)

   Wala ak ed Pangasinan.

   I'm in Pangasinan.

   Walay sira dia.

   There's fish here.

• The entity existing is a word marked nominative with a marker -y or so. It can be a lone nominative pronoun (e.g. saya) which already is nominative.
• The entity possessing is a word marked genitive with na or a genitive pronoun. This results in something like walay Y na X “X has Y”, or literally, “There's Y of X”.

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

wala m animal

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

   Antonym: yaon

   Waḽa naman siya sa klase.

   S/he's absent again in class.

waḽâ

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

   Synonym: dai

   Antonyms: igwa, may

   Waḽa nin tawo sa haḽong.

   There's no one in the house.

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
• ula — dialectal, colloquial
• uala — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /waˈlaʔ/ [wɐˈlaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: wa‧la

walâ (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎ)

1. nothing; to not exist; there is no

   Walang tao diyan.

   There's no people there.

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

   Antonyms: may, mayroon

   1. not in; missing

      Wala pa sila dito...

      They aren't here yet...

      Wala 'yung kaibigan mo ah.

      Your friend isn't with you, hm.

   2. not having; no

      Wala sa akin ang ballpen mo, wala akong kailangang ibalik sa iyo!

      I don't have your pen, I don't have to return anything to you!

      Wala akong pagkain, sa iba ka na lang.

      I don't have food here, go to another person.

   3. no; I/you/they don't have any; there isn't any

      Ay, wala, hindi ako nakakuha.

      Oh, I don't have any, I didn't get to grab any.

   4. nothing; no-one

      Wala 'yun sa akin.

      She's nothing to me.

      Ay, wala 'yun, 'wag mo na lang pansinin.

      Oh, they're no-one, don't mind them.

      Wala... hindi 'yan gagana.

      That's nothing... that won't work.

2. free (from); lacking; without

   Synonym: ligtas

3. (by extension) broken up (in a relationship)

   Wala na sila.

   They aren't together anymore.

4. (euphemistic) dead

   Synonym: patay

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

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

walà (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎ) (obsolete)

1. gulf; high seas

   Synonym: laot

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

• lawa

• “wala” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “wala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

walá

1. left

   Antonym: tuo