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tala.

a short address, a speech

4 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈtʰaːla]

  1. a short address, a speech

    feminine

  2. button

    feminine
    Það á ekki að hneppa neðstu tölunni.

  3. number

    feminine
    Milljón er stór tala.

  4. number

    feminine
    Í hvaða tölu er orðið ‚hestur‘? — Það er í eintölu.
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talō (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”). Cognate with Dutch taal (“language, speech”), English tale (“number”) (from Middle English, from Old English talu (“calculation; story”)), German Zahl (“number, figure”), Danish tale (“speech”), Latin dolus (“guile, deceit, fraud”), Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “wile, bait”), Old Armenian տող (toł, “row”). Related to tell, talk.

verb[ˈtʰaːla]

  1. to talk

    weak
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse tala, from Proto-Germanic *talōną.

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