wal

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Translingual

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Symbol

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wal

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Wolaitta.

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʋɑl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: wal
  • Rhymes: -ɑl

Etymology 1

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From Latin vallum (wall), from vallus (stake, palisade, point). Cognate with English wall.

Noun

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wal m (plural wallen, diminutive walletje n)

  1. coast, shore (side of land near to the water)
  2. earthen levee as protection against flooding
    Synonym: dijk
  3. wall around city as military defense
    Synonyms: omwalling, stadsmuur
  4. periorbital dark circle
  5. (generally in the plural) eyebags
    Synonym: oogwal
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Negerhollands: wal

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch wal (whale), from Old Dutch *wal, from Proto-West Germanic *hwal, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz (whale). Cognate with English whale.

Possibly to avoid confusion with wal (wall; shore), the derived compound word walvis (whale; lit. whale-fish) gained currency over wal (whale). Similar clarifying compounds can be found elsewhere in Dutch: kraanvogel (crane; lit. crane-bird), muildier (mule; lit. mule-animal), oeros (auroch; auroch-ox), rendier (rein; lit. rein-animal), tortelduif (turtle (bird); lit. turtle dove) and windhond (greyhound; lit. wind-dog).

Noun

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wal m (plural wallen, diminutive walletje n)

  1. (archaic) whale
    Synonyms: walvis, waldier
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Eskayan

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Numeral

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wal

  1. eight

Gamilaraay

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wal

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Noun

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wal

  1. container
  2. rubbish bin

References

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  • (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement

Garo

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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wal

  1. night

Hausa

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Ideophone

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wàl

  1. sudden flash of light

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English weall, from Proto-West Germanic *wall (wall, rampart, entrenchment), from Latin vallum (wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade).

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Noun

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wal (plural walles)

  1. wall
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Etymology 2

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From Old English wæl.

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Noun

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wal (plural wals)

  1. death, slaughter
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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wal

  1. Alternative form of wale (selection, preference)

Adjective

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wal

  1. Alternative form of wale (great)

Etymology 4

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Adverb

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wal

  1. (rare) Alternative form of wel

Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *hwal, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (sheatfish). Cognate with Old English hwæl, Old Norse hvalr, Old Saxon hwal.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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wal m

  1. whale

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Middle High German: wal
    • German: Wal
      • Estonian: vaal
      • Luxembourgish: Wal

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from German Wal, from Old High German wal, from Proto-West Germanic *hwal, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (sheatfish).

Noun

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wal m animal

  1. whale (certain species)
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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wal

  1. second-person singular imperative of walić

Further reading

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  • wal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Welsh

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wal

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old English weall.

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Noun

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wal m (plural waliau or welydd)

  1. wall
  2. (literary) Soft mutation of gwal.

Usage notes

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wal is the most commonly used word for "wall" in Welsh. The word mur is used most often when referring to large walls such as the defensive walls of a city or Mur Mawr Tsieina "The Great Wall of China". It is also used in compound words, for example murlun, rhagfur, cellfur, briwydd y mur. pared in an internal partition wall whereas magwyr is a literary word for an external wall, little used now but preserved in such things as place and plant names.

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gwal wal ngwal unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “wal”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies