halaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

hala (plural halas or hala)

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

語源 2

形容詞

hala (comparative more hala, superlative most hala)

1. (obsolete, dialect) Embarrassed or ashamed.
   • 1688, Thomas Shadwell, The Squire of Alsatia:

     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.

参照

• "hala", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)