Where does “tala” come from?
tala (Lingala) comes from Bangi tala, from Hungarian -tad, from Old Spanish -tat, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
tala (Lingala): to look
Definitions
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Ancestry of “tala”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangi | tala | to look |
| 2 | Hungarian | -tad | Used to form the second-person singular past... |
| 3 | Old Spanish | -tat | Used in forming a noun to represent the property corresponding to an adjective; -ity |
| 4 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |