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wala

Pronunciation: /waˈlaʔ/

“wala” is a Tagalog word. Its 13 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. nothing; to not exist; there is no
  2. not in; missing
  3. not having; no
  4. no; I/you/they don't have any; there isn't any
  5. nothing; no-one
  6. free (from); lacking; without
  7. broken up; separated (in a relationship)
  8. dead

noun

  1. horizon or seeming edge of midsea or midocean
  2. gulf; high seas
  3. sailing into a gulf or high seas
  4. coast
  5. condition of being away and apart from others

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *wadaq, from Proto-Philippine *wada (“to be, exist”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wada. Unrelated to Arabic وَلَا (walā).

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