wela

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Chamicuro

Etymology

From Spanish vela.

Noun

wela

  1. sail

Hawaiian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

wela

  1. (stative) to be hot

Muna

Noun

wela

  1. cockatoo

Northern Sotho

Verb

wela

  1. to fall into

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *welō, *walō, from Proto-Germanic *welô.

Pronunciation

Noun

wela m (West Saxon)

  1. wealth
    • The Legend of St. Andrew in Verse
      ...Ne ġedafenað þē nū þē dryhten ġeaf welan and wiste and woruldspēde,...
      ...It befitteth thee not since to thee the Lord hath given wealth and abundance and worldly prosperity,...

Declension

Declension of wela (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative wela welan
accusative welan welan
genitive welan welena
dative welan welum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: wele
    • English: weal
    • Scots: weal, weel

References

Old High German

Alternative forms

  • ƿela — Manuscript form

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wela.

Adverb

wela

  1. Alternative form of wola

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wela.

Adverb

wela (comparative bet, superlative best)

  1. well

Descendants

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish abuela.

Noun

wela

  1. grandmother

Related terms

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Welle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛla/
  • Rhymes: -ɛla
  • Syllabification: we‧la

Noun

wela f

  1. wave

Further reading

  • Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “wela”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 308

Swazi

Verb

-wela

  1. to cross (path, road, river)
  2. to go overseas

Inflection

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Xhosa

Verb

-wela

  1. to cross

Inflection

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