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tala.

splint (thin and rigid device used to immobilize a body part or a fractured bone)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈta.lɐ/Brazil/ˈta.lɐ/Portugal
  1. splint (thin and rigid device used to immobilize a body part or a fractured bone)

    feminine
  2. an object that squeezes or pressures, not allowing free movement

    feminine · figuratively
  3. something that causes difficulties or limitations, a liability, an obstacle

    feminine · figuratively · plural-normally
  4. a type of leather whip

    Brazil · feminine
  5. device used to widen the opening of hats

    feminine
  6. act of furrowing fields in order to unflood them

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *taðlā Latin tabula Portuguese tala Inherited from Latin tabula (“table”). Doublet of tábula.

noun/ˈta.lɐ/Brazil/ˈta.lɐ/Portugal
  1. tala (basic currency unit of Samoa)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dalą Proto-West Germanic *dal Old High German tal Middle High German tal German Tal German Talerder. Middle Low German dālerbor. Dutch dalerbor. English dollarbor. Samoan tālābor. English talabor. Portuguese tala Borrowed from English tala, from Samoan tālā, in turn from English dollar. Doublet of dólar.

verb/ˈta.lɐ/Brazil/ˈta.lɐ/Portugal
  1. inflection of talar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of talar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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