gelela

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From a Berber language; compare Tuareg tagăllăt.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gelela f (genitive gelelae); first declension

  1. colocynth, bitter apple[2]

Usage notes

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  • This noun is sometimes erroneously interpreted as referring to the inner flesh of a colocynth due to a misinterpretation of a syntactically ambiguous sentence in Cassius Felix's De Medicina.

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gelela gelelae
Genitive gelelae gelelārum
Dative gelelae gelelīs
Accusative gelelam gelelās
Ablative gelelā gelelīs
Vocative gelela gelelae

References

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  1. ^ Souag, Lameen (2015) “Explaining Korandjé: Language contact, plantations, and the trans-Saharan trade”, in Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, number 30, number 2, John Benjamins Publishing, →DOI, pages 189-224.
  2. ^ gelela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.