"-ela" meaning in All languages combined

See -ela on Wiktionary

Conjunction [Basque]

Head templates: {{head|eu|conjunction|cat2=clitics}} -ela
  1. Allomorphic form of -la.
    Sense id: en--ela-eu-conj-WNP1cH~k Categories (other): Basque clitics, Basque entries with incorrect language header

Suffix [Galician]

IPA: [ˈɛlɐ] Forms: -elas [plural]
Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese -ela, from Latin -ella. Etymology templates: {{inh|gl|roa-opt|-ela}} Old Galician-Portuguese -ela, {{inh|gl|la|-ellus|-ella}} Latin -ella Head templates: {{gl-noun|f}} -ela f (noun-forming suffix, plural -elas)
  1. forms diminutives, especially of feminine nouns Tags: feminine, morpheme Synonyms: -iño, -olo
    Sense id: en--ela-gl-suffix-ZajcAe~B Categories (other): Galician entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Galician entries with incorrect language header: 59 41
  2. forms nouns indicating an action Tags: feminine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ela-gl-suffix-V4Px7vta

Suffix [Latin]

IPA: /ˈeː.la/ [Classical], [ˈeːɫ̪ä] [Classical], /ˈe.la/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈɛːlä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|-ēla<1>}} Forms: -ēla [canonical, feminine], -ēlae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], -ēla [nominative, singular], -ēlae [nominative, plural], -ēlae [genitive, singular], -ēlārum [genitive, plural], -ēlae [dative, singular], -ēlīs [dative, plural], -ēlam [accusative, singular], -ēlās [accusative, plural], -ēlā [ablative, singular], -ēlīs [ablative, plural], -ēla [singular, vocative], -ēlae [plural, vocative]
  1. Forms abstract nouns from verbs. Tags: declension-1, morpheme

Suffix [Phuthi]

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *-ɪda. Etymology templates: {{inh|bnt-phu|bnt-pro|*-ɪda}} Proto-Bantu *-ɪda Head templates: {{head|bnt-phu|suffix|cat2=verb-forming suffixes}} -ela
  1. Forms applicative verbs, meaning to do something for, for the purpose of, on behalf of. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ela-bnt-phu-suffix-rYnd0eW8 Categories (other): Phuthi entries with incorrect language header

Suffix [Portuguese]

IPA: /ˈɛ.lɐ/ Forms: -elas [plural]
Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese -ela, from Latin -ella. Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|-ela}} Old Galician-Portuguese -ela, {{inh|pt|la|-ellus|-ella}} Latin -ella Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} -ela f (noun-forming suffix, plural -elas)
  1. forms diminutives Tags: feminine, morpheme Synonyms: -inho, -zinho, -ito, -ulo, -culo
    Sense id: en--ela-pt-suffix-5GpYjV2W Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 63 37
  2. forms nouns indicating a superficial or minor action Tags: feminine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ela-pt-suffix-UUJi3V7B
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -ella [obsolete]

Suffix [Swazi]

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *-ɪda. Etymology templates: {{inh|ss|bnt-pro|*-ɪda}} Proto-Bantu *-ɪda Head templates: {{head|ss|suffix|cat2=verb-forming suffixes}} -ela
  1. Forms applicative verbs, meaning to do something for, for the purpose of, on behalf of. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ela-ss-suffix-rYnd0eW8 Categories (other): Swazi entries with incorrect language header

Suffix [Xhosa]

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *-ɪda. Etymology templates: {{inh|xh|bnt-pro|*-ɪda}} Proto-Bantu *-ɪda Head templates: {{head|xh|suffix|cat2=verb-forming suffixes}} -ela
  1. Forms applicative verbs, meaning to do something for, for the purpose of, on behalf of. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ela-xh-suffix-rYnd0eW8 Categories (other): Xhosa entries with incorrect language header

Suffix [Zulu]

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *-ɪda. Etymology templates: {{inh|zu|bnt-pro|*-ɪda}} Proto-Bantu *-ɪda Head templates: {{head|zu|suffix|cat2=verb-forming suffixes}} -ela
  1. Forms applicative verbs, meaning to do something for, for the purpose of, on behalf of. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ela-zu-suffix-rYnd0eW8 Categories (other): Zulu entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for -ela meaning in All languages combined (9.1kB)

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  "etymology_text": "From Old Galician-Portuguese -ela, from Latin -ella.",
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        {
          "text": "cachada (“swidden”) + -ela → cacharela (“bonfire”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "rua (“street”) + -ela → ruela (“alley”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "espiña (“spine”) + -ela → espiñela (“metasternum”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "text": "bébedo (“drunk”) + -ela → bebedela (“drunkenness”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "forms nouns indicating an action"
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    }
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        "genitive"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    {
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "-ēlam",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-ēlās",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "Classical"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.la/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɛːlä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Galician-Portuguese -ela, from Latin -ella.",
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        {
          "text": "rua (“road; street”) + -ela → ruela (“bystreet; alley”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "cana (“cane”) + -ela → canela (“shin”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "via (“way; path”) + -ela → viela (“bystreet; alley”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "cáravo (“a type of mediaeval watercraft”) + -ela → caravela (“caravel”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "word": "-inho"
        },
        {
          "word": "-zinho"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ito"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ulo"
        },
        {
          "word": "-culo"
        }
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        "morpheme"
      ]
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          "text": "escovada (“a brushing”) + -ela → escovadela (“a superficial brushing”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "pincelada (“brushstroke”) + -ela → pinceladela (“a superficial or short brushstroke”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "riscada (“razor strike”) + -ela → riscadela (“a short razor strike”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛ.lɐ/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "-ella"
    }
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}
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    "Galician diminutive suffixes",
    "Galician entries with incorrect language header",
    "Galician feminine suffixes",
    "Galician lemmas",
    "Galician noun-forming suffixes",
    "Galician suffixes",
    "Galician terms derived from Latin",
    "Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Galician terms inherited from Latin",
    "Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Galician terms with IPA pronunciation"
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      "name": "inh"
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Galician-Portuguese -ela, from Latin -ella.",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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  "lang": "Galician",
  "lang_code": "gl",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "cachada (“swidden”) + -ela → cacharela (“bonfire”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "rua (“street”) + -ela → ruela (“alley”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "espiña (“spine”) + -ela → espiñela (“metasternum”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "forms diminutives, especially of feminine nouns"
      ],
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        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "bébedo (“drunk”) + -ela → bebedela (“drunkenness”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forms nouns indicating an action"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɛlɐ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ela"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ēla",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēlae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ēla<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine suffixes",
        "Latin feminine suffixes in the first declension",
        "Latin first declension suffixes",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin noun-forming suffixes",
        "Latin suffixes",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms abstract nouns from verbs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "abstract noun",
          "abstract noun#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeː.la/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈeːɫ̪ä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.la/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɛːlä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ela"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-phu",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*-ɪda"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *-ɪda",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *-ɪda.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-phu",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "verb-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-ela",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Phuthi",
  "lang_code": "bnt-phu",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Phuthi entries with incorrect language header",
        "Phuthi lemmas",
        "Phuthi suffixes",
        "Phuthi terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
        "Phuthi terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
        "Phuthi verb-forming suffixes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms applicative verbs, meaning to do something for, for the purpose of, on behalf of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "applicative",
          "applicative#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ela"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Portuguese 2-syllable words",
    "Portuguese countable suffixes",
    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese feminine suffixes",
    "Portuguese lemmas",
    "Portuguese noun-forming suffixes",
    "Portuguese suffixes",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Latin",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Portuguese terms inherited from Latin",
    "Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "roa-opt",
        "3": "-ela"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese -ela",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-ellus",
        "4": "-ella"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -ella",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Galician-Portuguese -ela, from Latin -ella.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-elas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "-ela f (noun-forming suffix, plural -elas)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "rua (“road; street”) + -ela → ruela (“bystreet; alley”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "cana (“cane”) + -ela → canela (“shin”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "via (“way; path”) + -ela → viela (“bystreet; alley”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "cáravo (“a type of mediaeval watercraft”) + -ela → caravela (“caravel”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forms diminutives"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-inho"
        },
        {
          "word": "-zinho"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ito"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ulo"
        },
        {
          "word": "-culo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "escovada (“a brushing”) + -ela → escovadela (“a superficial brushing”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "pincelada (“brushstroke”) + -ela → pinceladela (“a superficial or short brushstroke”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "riscada (“razor strike”) + -ela → riscadela (“a short razor strike”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forms nouns indicating a superficial or minor action"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛ.lɐ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "-ella"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ela"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ss",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*-ɪda"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *-ɪda",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *-ɪda.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ss",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "verb-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-ela",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swazi",
  "lang_code": "ss",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swazi entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swazi lemmas",
        "Swazi suffixes",
        "Swazi terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
        "Swazi terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
        "Swazi verb-forming suffixes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms applicative verbs, meaning to do something for, for the purpose of, on behalf of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "applicative",
          "applicative#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ela"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xh",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*-ɪda"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *-ɪda",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *-ɪda.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xh",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "verb-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-ela",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Xhosa",
  "lang_code": "xh",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Xhosa entries with incorrect language header",
        "Xhosa lemmas",
        "Xhosa suffixes",
        "Xhosa terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
        "Xhosa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
        "Xhosa verb-forming suffixes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms applicative verbs, meaning to do something for, for the purpose of, on behalf of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "applicative",
          "applicative#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ela"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zu",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*-ɪda"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *-ɪda",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *-ɪda.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zu",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "verb-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-ela",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Zulu",
  "lang_code": "zu",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Zulu entries with incorrect language header",
        "Zulu lemmas",
        "Zulu suffixes",
        "Zulu terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
        "Zulu terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
        "Zulu verb-forming suffixes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms applicative verbs, meaning to do something for, for the purpose of, on behalf of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "applicative",
          "applicative#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ela"
}

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