Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hala

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.72 in modern English

Syllables: ha-la
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Pandanus tectorius, a screw pine native to Malesia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands.

adj

Embarrassed or ashamed.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Hack. Kiſs, kiſs her, Man; this Town affords ſuch every where; you'll hate the Country, when you ſee a little more; kiſs her, I ſay. Lolp. I am ſo hala; I am aſhamed."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *padan Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *padan Proto-Oceanic *padran Proto-Polynesian *fara Hawaiian halabor. English hala Borrowed from Hawaiian hala, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan. Doublet of pandan via Malay.

Word Breakdown

Root: hala, *paŋdan

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

halas (plural) more hala (comparative) most hala (superlative)

Questions

What does hala mean?: Pandanus tectorius, a screw pine native to Malesia, eastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands.
Where does hala come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *paŋudaN Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *padan Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *padan Proto-Oceanic *padran Proto-Polynesian *fara Hawaiian halabor. English hala Borrowed from Hawaiian hala, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋdan. Doublet of pandan via Malay.

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