tala.
splint (thin and rigid device used to immobilize a body part or a fractured bone)
Meaning & usage
splint (thin and rigid device used to immobilize a body part or a fractured bone)
an object that squeezes or pressures, not allowing free movement
something that causes difficulties or limitations, a liability, an obstacle
a type of leather whip
device used to widen the opening of hats
act of furrowing fields in order to unflood them
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *taðlā Latin tabula Portuguese tala Inherited from Latin tabula (“table”). Doublet of tábula.
tala (basic currency unit of Samoa)
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.
inflection of talar: third-person singular present indicative
inflection of talar: second-person singular imperative
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