vela

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈviːlə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvilə/

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• Rhymes: -iːlə

Noun

vela

1. plural of velum

Anagrams

• Leva, Vale, Veal, avel, eval, lave, leva, vale, veal

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbela/,
• Rhymes: -ela
• Hyphenation: ve‧la

Noun

vela f (plural veles)

1. watch (supervision)
2. sleeplessness
3. sail (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
4. sailing (sport)
5. candle (a light source)

Related terms

• velu

Catalan

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan vela, from Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum, reinterpreted as a feminine singular.

Noun

vela f (plural veles)

1. sail (on a boat)
2. sailing (sport)

Related terms

• vel

References

• “vela” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Verb

vela

1. inflection of velar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Faroese

Noun

vela

1. indefinite genitive plural of vel

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese vela, an early borrowing from Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum. Compare the inherited Old Portuguese vea.

Pronunciation

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Noun

vela f (plural velas)

1. a sail
2. sailing

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese , from Latin vigilia, or back-formation from velar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

vela f (plural velas)

1. watch, vigil

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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Verb

vela

1. inflection of velar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

vela

Wikipedia ^it

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈve.la/
• Rhymes: -ela
• Hyphenation: vé‧la

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum. Doublet of voile.

Alternative forms

• velo (archaic)

Noun

vela f (plural vele)

1. (nautical) sail
2. (nautical, sports) sailing
3. (architecture) web (of a vault)

Derived terms

• velista

Related terms

• velo

Descendants

• → Romanian: velă

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vela

1. inflection of velare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• vela in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• lave, leva, vale

Ladin

Noun

vela f (plural veles)

1. election

Latin

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯e.la/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.la/,

Noun

vela f (genitive velae); first declension

1. Gallic synonym of īriō
   • AD 77–79, C. Plinius Secundus (aut.), K.F.T. Mayhoff (ed.), Naturalis Historia (1906), bk XXII, ch. lxxv:

     irionem inter fruges sesamae similem esse diximus et a graecis erysimon vocari, galli velam appellant.

     When treating of the cereals, we have already stated that the irio, which strongly resembles sesame, is also called “erysimon” by the Greeks: the Gauls give it the name of “vela.” ― translation from: J. Bostock and H.T. Riley, The Natural History (1855), bk XXII, ch. lxxv

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• French: vélar

References

• “vela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vela in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• vela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,651/2.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to put to sea: vela in altum dare (Liv. 25. 27)
    
  • (ambiguous) to set the sails: vela facere, pandere
    
  • (ambiguous) to set the sails: vela dare
    
  • (ambiguous) to furl the sails: vela contrahere (also metaph.)
    
  • (ambiguous) sails and rigging: vela armamentaque
    
• “uela” on page 2,022/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

Regularly declined forms of vēlum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯eː.la/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.la/,

Noun

vēla n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of vēlum

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯eː.laː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈve.la/,

Verb

vēlā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vēlō

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

vela n

1. definite plural of vele

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dùɪda, applicative form of *-dùa.

Verb

-vela

1. to come, to originate

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Piedmontese

Noun

vela f (plural vele)

1. sail

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

vela

Wikipedia ^pt

Alternative forms

• vella (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key):
• Homophone: bela (Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: ve‧la

Etymology 1

Deverbal from velar. Less likely inherited from Latin vigilia.

Noun

vela f (plural velas)

1. candle

   Synonym: candeia

   Acendi uma vela para iluminar a sala.

   I lit a candle to illuminate the room.

2. Clipping of vela de ignição.
3. (slang) third wheel

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: weela

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese vela, an early borrowing from Latin vēla, plural of vēlum (“sail of a ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *weg (“to weave a web”). Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese vea.

Noun

vela f (plural velas)

1. (nautical) sail

   A embarcação tem dois mastros com velas quadradas.

   The ship has two masts with square sails.

2. (nautical, sports) sailing

   Vela é um desporto olímpico.

   Sailing is an Olympic sport.

Derived terms

• ir de vela

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vela

1. inflection of velar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Vela (disambiguation)

Wikipedia ^es

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbela/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: ve‧la

Etymology 1

Deverbal from velar

Noun

vela f (plural velas)

1. candle

   Synonyms: cirio, candela

2. wakefulness, sleeplessness

   Synonym: vigilia

   una noche en vela ― a sleepless night

   • 2018 July 6, Jordi Costa, “Nocturno urbano”, in El País‎, Madrid, →ISSN:

     Pasarse una errante noche en vela por las calles de la ciudad tiene algo de tránsito al otro lado del espejo, tal y como propuso el Martin Scorsese de Jo, qué noche (1985), una película que deformaba la poética maldita comúnmente asociada al nocturno urbano sirviéndose de un estilizado humor negro.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. vigil, watch
4. (Latin American) Any of various indigenous festivals.

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum. Compare English veil.

Noun

vela f (plural velas)

2. (nautical) sail
3. (nautical) sailing

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• → Chamicuro: wela

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vela

1. inflection of ver:
   1. second-person singular imperative combined with la
   2. second-person singular voseo imperative combined with la in pronominal form for singular feminine noun or person:

   Vela = see (or watch) her (a female); see (or watch) it (a feminine noun).

Etymology 4

Verb

vela

1. second-person singular imperative of ir combined with la

Etymology 5

Verb

vela

1. inflection of velar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “vela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• lave
• leva
• vale

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dùɪda, applicative form of *-dùa.

Verb

-vela

1. to come, to originate
2. to appear

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• hvela (obsolete)

Etymology

Back-formation from velig.

Verb

vela (present velar, preterite velade, supine velat, imperative vela)

1. to be undecided, to hesitate, to do nothing because one hasn't decided on which action to take (with disapproving connotations)

   Ska det velas hit och dit så blir det inget.

   If people are going to vacillate, then it won't happen.

   Kan han sluta vela eller?

   Can he make up his mind already?

Usage notes

• The supine is the same as for vilja (“to want, to will”), which is the opposite of being undecided. Puns are made of this.

Conjugation

Further reading

• vela in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• elva, lave, leva, vale

Tongan

Adjective

vela

1. hot

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dùɪda, applicative form of *-dùa.

Verb

-vela

1. to come, to originate

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dùɪda, applicative form of *-dùa.

Verb

-vela

1. to appear, to come into view
2. to happen, to occur
3. to come, to originate

Inflection

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “vela”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “vela (6.3)”