Q. (a)lá interj. “yes” (Category: True)

⚠️Q. (a)lá, interj. “yes” (Category: True)

Q. ná “yes, it is so, it is a fact”

Q. sá “very good, all right, I will, I agree of course, of course I do”

References ✧ PE17/158; VT42/33

Glosses

• “hey, ho!” ✧ PE17/158 (ála)
• “yes” ✧ PE17/158 (lá); VT42/33 (lá)

Variations

• lá ✧ PE17/158; VT42/33
• alá ✧ PE17/158
• lá/alá ✧ PE17/158
• ála ✧ PE17/158

Changes

• lá/alá >> alá ✧ PE17/158

Derivations

• < √LĀ “interjection of pleasure/assent” ✧ PE17/158; VT42/33
  • < √AL(A) “good (physically), blessed, fortunate, prosperous, health(y)”

Phonetic Developments

√LĀ > lá

[lā]

✧ PE17/158

ᴹQ. lá³ interj. “(?please)” (Category: Please in Polite Phrases)

Reference ✧ EtyAC/LAƷ ✧ lá “(?please)”

Derivations

• < ᴹ√LAƷ ✧ EtyAC/LAƷ (LAƷ)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√LAƷ > lá

[lāɣ] > [lā]

✧ EtyAC/LAƷ