Meaning of ala | Babel Free

Definitions

1. cave (space or cavity formed underground, especially between rocks, or in the face of a cliff or hillside)
   declension-4, feminine
2. locative singular of ala
   feminine, form-of, locative, singular
3. burrow, hole, lair, den (the dwelling of some animals, in the form of a cavity with one or many exits)
   declension-4, feminine

Equivalents

Examples

“klinšu alas”

rock caves

“pazemes ala”

subterranean cave

“alu labirinti”

cave labyrinths

“alu cilvēks”

caveman

“alu zīmējumi”

cave drawings, paintings

“Abhāzijā atrodas ala, kuras labirinti ir vairāk nekā trīs kilometrus gari”

in Abkhazia there is a cave with labyrinths longer than three kilometers

“peles, lapsas alas”

mice, fox holes

“āpšu, trušu alas”

badger, rabbit holes, burrows

“rakt alu”

to dig a hole, burrow

“nekā sevišķa tur neredzēja, izņemot nelielu caurumu zemē... likās tā kā kurmja ala”

there was nothing special to see there, except a small whole on the ground... it seemed to be a molehill (lit. hole)

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