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Basque
Conjunction
-ela
- Allomorphic form of -la.
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese -ela, from Latin -ella.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ela f (noun-forming suffix, plural -elas)
- forms diminutives, especially of feminine nouns
- Synonyms: -iño, -olo
- cachada (“swidden”) + -ela → cacharela (“bonfire”)
- rua (“street”) + -ela → ruela (“alley”)
- espiña (“spine”) + -ela → espiñela (“metasternum”)
- forms nouns indicating an action
- bébedo (“drunk”) + -ela → bebedela (“drunkenness”)
Derived terms
From
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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Suffix
-ēla f (genitive -ēlae); first declension
- Forms abstract nouns from verbs.
Declension
First-declension noun.
See also
References
Word formation in the Roman sermo plebeius
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-ɪda.
Suffix
-ela
- Forms applicative verbs, meaning to do something for, for the purpose of, on behalf of.
Derived terms
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese -ela, from Latin -ella.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ela f (noun-forming suffix, plural -elas)
- forms diminutives
- Synonyms: -inho, -zinho, -ito, -ulo, -culo
- rua (“road; street”) + -ela → ruela (“bystreet; alley”)
- cana (“cane”) + -ela → canela (“shin”)
- via (“way; path”) + -ela → viela (“bystreet; alley”)
- cáravo (“a type of mediaeval watercraft”) + -ela → caravela (“caravel”)
- forms nouns indicating a superficial or minor action
- escovada (“a brushing”) + -ela → escovadela (“a superficial brushing”)
- pincelada (“brushstroke”) + -ela → pinceladela (“a superficial or short brushstroke”)
- riscada (“razor strike”) + -ela → riscadela (“a short razor strike”)
Derived terms
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-ɪda.
Suffix
-ela
- Forms applicative verbs, meaning to do something for, for the purpose of, on behalf of.
Derived terms
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-ɪda.
Suffix
-ela
- Forms applicative verbs, meaning to do something for, for the purpose of, on behalf of.
Derived terms
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-ɪda.
Suffix
-ela
- Forms applicative verbs, meaning to do something for, for the purpose of, on behalf of.
Derived terms
References