camela

See also: camelá

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-West Semitic *gamal-bor.

Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos)bor.

Latin camelus

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin camēla

From camelus + -a.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kaˈmeː.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kaˈmɛː.la]

Noun

camēla f (genitive camēlae, masculine camēlus); first declension

1. a (female) camel, a (camel) cow

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	camēla	camēlae
genitive	camēlae	camēlārum
dative	camēlae	camēlīs
accusative	camēlam	camēlās
ablative	camēlā	camēlīs
vocative	camēla	camēlae

References

• “camela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈme.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈme.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈme.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈme.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: ca‧me‧la

Noun

camela f (plural camelas)

1. female equivalent of camelo (“camel”)

Spanish

Verb

camela

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

Swazi

Verb

-cáméla

1. to rest the head

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.