Taal

[ tahl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Taal

[ tah-ahl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

an active volcano in the Philippines, on SW Luzon, on an island in Taal Lake: eruptions 1749, 1873, 1911. 1,050 feet (320 meters).

Taal

/ tɑːˈɑːl /

an active volcano in the Philippines, on S Luzon on an island in the centre of Lake Taal . Height: 300 m (984 ft). Area of lake: 243 sq km (94 sq miles)

taal

/ tɑːl /

Origin of Taal¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; from Afrikaans, from Dutch taal “language, speech”; cognate with tale

Origin of Taal¹

Afrikaans from Dutch

The school masters, therefore, who are accustomed to speak the published Dutch of Europe, are compelled to teach the easier Taal.

Taal contains secondary craters, crevasses emitting vapors, and lakelets of acid water.

The “Taal” may inculcate a certain amount more of respect for paternal and government authority.

The air solidified with the Taal and the tobacco, and other things less pleasant.

And this one could write in the accursed shibboleth of England as well as in the Taal.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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