-ella
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ella
- (taxonomy) A suffix used to form taxonomic names, of genera of bacteria.
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ella f (plural -elles)
- Used with a noun to make a feminine noun indicating a particular kind or class of the root. Often, but not always, used to indicate a diminutive form.
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *-eldak, from Proto-Uralic *-le-.
Suffix[edit]
-ella (front vowel harmony variant -ellä)
- Forms frequentative verbs. The resulting verb often describes a more or less leisurely or long-lasting activity, or an activity that is not overly goal-oriented.
- käsittää (“to grasp, understand”) + -ella → käsitellä (“to handle, process”)
- muistaa (“to remember”) + -ella → muistella (“to think back, commemorate”)
- nostaa (“to lift”) + -ella → nostella (“to lift repeatedly”)
- ostaa (“to buy”) + -ella → ostella (“to shop”)
- rakastaa (“to love”) + -ella → rakastella (“to make love”)
- savuttaa (“to smoke, to produce smoke”) + -ella → savutella (“to smoke, to consume tobacco”)
Usage notes[edit]
Originally in complementary distribution with -illa, but recent coinages may use either (compare nakata → nakella, but hakata → hakkailla).
Some frequentative verbs are formed with the suffix -ia. See list of Finnish frequentative verbs for examples.
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Italian[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ella f (plural -elle)
- Used with female nouns to form diminutives, feminine of -ello
- busta (“envelope”) + -ella → bustarella (“small envelope, bribe”)
Synonyms[edit]
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Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- -ella: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈel.la/, [ˈɛl̠.l̠a]
- -ella: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈel.la/, [ˈɛl.la]
- -ellā: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈel.laː/, [ˈɛl̠.l̠aː]
- -ellā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈel.la/, [ˈɛl.la]
Suffix 1[edit]
-ella
- inflection of -ellus:
Descendants[edit]
Suffix 2[edit]
-ellā
Portuguese[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ella f (plural -ellas)
- Obsolete spelling of -ela
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