mela

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English

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Etymology

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From Urdu میلہ (mela)/Hindi मेला (melā), from Sanskrit मेलक (melaka).

Noun

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mela (plural melas)

  1. A Hindu religious festival.
  2. A South Asian fair. [from 19th c.]
    • 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 53:
      Kalua was a man of unusual height and powerful build: in any fair, festival or mela, he could always be spotted towering above the crowd—even the jugglers on stilts were usually not so tall as he.
    • 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:
      Every year there was a mela in the small village where Jutimala lived and Khitish would send three workers to set up a stall there.

Anagrams

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛla]
  • Hyphenation: me‧la

Etymology 1

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Noun

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mela f

  1. melee
    Synonyms: tlačenice, zmatek, chaos
  2. brawl
    Synonym: rvačka
Declension
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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mela

  1. masculine singular present transgressive of mlít

Further reading

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  • mela”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • mela”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *mëla, from Proto-Finno-Permic *melä.[1][2] Cognates include Karelian mela,[3] Ludian mela (oar), Veps mela (oar), Estonian mõla (paddle, oar), Votic mõla (paddle, oar), Livvi mela (paddle, oar), Northern Sami mealli (oar), Erzya миле (miľe, oar, paddle), Komi-Zyrian маль (maľ, oar).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmelɑ/, [ˈme̞lɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -elɑ
  • Syllabification(key): me‧la

Noun

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mela

  1. paddle (oar-like implement)
  2. (slang) dick (penis)

Declension

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Inflection of mela (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative mela melat
genitive melan melojen
partitive melaa meloja
illative melaan meloihin
singular plural
nominative mela melat
accusative nom. mela melat
gen. melan
genitive melan melojen
melain rare
partitive melaa meloja
inessive melassa meloissa
elative melasta meloista
illative melaan meloihin
adessive melalla meloilla
ablative melalta meloilta
allative melalle meloille
essive melana meloina
translative melaksi meloiksi
abessive melatta meloitta
instructive meloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of mela (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative melani melani
accusative nom. melani melani
gen. melani
genitive melani melojeni
melaini rare
partitive melaani melojani
inessive melassani meloissani
elative melastani meloistani
illative melaani meloihini
adessive melallani meloillani
ablative melaltani meloiltani
allative melalleni meloilleni
essive melanani meloinani
translative melakseni meloikseni
abessive melattani meloittani
instructive
comitative meloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative melasi melasi
accusative nom. melasi melasi
gen. melasi
genitive melasi melojesi
melaisi rare
partitive melaasi melojasi
inessive melassasi meloissasi
elative melastasi meloistasi
illative melaasi meloihisi
adessive melallasi meloillasi
ablative melaltasi meloiltasi
allative melallesi meloillesi
essive melanasi meloinasi
translative melaksesi meloiksesi
abessive melattasi meloittasi
instructive
comitative meloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative melamme melamme
accusative nom. melamme melamme
gen. melamme
genitive melamme melojemme
melaimme rare
partitive melaamme melojamme
inessive melassamme meloissamme
elative melastamme meloistamme
illative melaamme meloihimme
adessive melallamme meloillamme
ablative melaltamme meloiltamme
allative melallemme meloillemme
essive melanamme meloinamme
translative melaksemme meloiksemme
abessive melattamme meloittamme
instructive
comitative meloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative melanne melanne
accusative nom. melanne melanne
gen. melanne
genitive melanne melojenne
melainne rare
partitive melaanne melojanne
inessive melassanne meloissanne
elative melastanne meloistanne
illative melaanne meloihinne
adessive melallanne meloillanne
ablative melaltanne meloiltanne
allative melallenne meloillenne
essive melananne meloinanne
translative melaksenne meloiksenne
abessive melattanne meloittanne
instructive
comitative meloinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative melansa melansa
accusative nom. melansa melansa
gen. melansa
genitive melansa melojensa
melainsa rare
partitive melaansa melojaan
melojansa
inessive melassaan
melassansa
meloissaan
meloissansa
elative melastaan
melastansa
meloistaan
meloistansa
illative melaansa meloihinsa
adessive melallaan
melallansa
meloillaan
meloillansa
ablative melaltaan
melaltansa
meloiltaan
meloiltansa
allative melalleen
melallensa
meloilleen
meloillensa
essive melanaan
melanansa
meloinaan
meloinansa
translative melakseen
melaksensa
meloikseen
meloiksensa
abessive melattaan
melattansa
meloittaan
meloittansa
instructive
comitative meloineen
meloinensa

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ mela”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  2. ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
  3. ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Gothic

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Romanization

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mēla

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌰

Ingrian

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Mela.

Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian мел (mel).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mela

  1. chalk

Declension

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Declension of mela (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative mela melat
genitive melan melloin
partitive mellaa meloja
illative mellaa melloi
inessive melas melois
elative melast meloist
allative melalle meloille
adessive melal meloil
ablative melalt meloilt
translative melaks meloiks
essive melanna, mellaan meloinna, melloin
exessive1) melant meloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

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  • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “мѣла”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 685
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 304

Italian

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Etymology

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From Late Latin mēla, from mēlum, from Latin mālum, borrowed from Doric Greek μᾶλον (mâlon, apple); compare Attic μῆλον (mêlon).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈme.la/
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  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Hyphenation: mé‧la

Noun

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mela f (plural mele, diminutive melétta or melìna, augmentative melóna, pejorative melàccia, endearing-derogatory melùccia or melùzza)

  1. apple (fruit)
    Synonym: pomo
  2. (colloquial, slang) buttock, butt cheek

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Anagrams

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Karelian

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Noun

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mela

  1. paddle

Maltese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic بَلَى (balā, why, certainly!, yes, of course!), in dialects also with prefixed m-. Compare North Levantine Arabic مبلا (mbala) and Gulf Arabic امبلة (ambala).

Adverb

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mela

  1. certainly
  2. thus; so; accordingly

Interjection

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mela

  1. so; okay; all right
    Mela, ħa nibdew!So, let's start!
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Etymology 2

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Root
m-l-j
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From Arabic مَلَأَ (malaʔa), أَمْلَأَ (ʔamlaʔa).

Verb

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mela (imperfect jimla, past participle mimli, verbal noun mili)

  1. (transitive) to fill, stuff
    • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Fil-Ġnien”, in Fl-Arena:
      Ta’ ferħ u serħ imlietni, u bħall-għasafar
      u l-friefet jien għamilt: minn fjur għal fjur
      ħsiebi tar bħal farfett, taħt siġra kbira
      qalbi fesdqet il-għana bħal għasfur.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (intransitive, of the sea) to rise, flood
    Antonym: forogħ
Conjugation
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    Conjugation of mela
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m mlejt mlejt mela mlejna mlejtu mlew
f mliet
imperfect m nimla timla jimla nimlew timlew jimlew
f timla
imperative imla imlew

Polish

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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mela

  1. third-person singular present of melać

Portuguese

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Verb

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mela

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

Sardinian

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Etymology

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From Late Latin mēla, from mēlum, from Latin mālum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mela f (plural melas)

  1. apple (fruit)

Sassarese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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mela f (plural meli)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of mera (apple)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Mauro Maxia (2012) Fonetica storica del gallurese e delle altre varietà sardocorse (in Sassarese), Editrice Taphros, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From German Mehl.

Noun

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mela f (Cyrillic spelling мела)

  1. (Kajkavian) flour
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Participle

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mela (Cyrillic spelling мела)

  1. inflection of mesti:
    1. feminine singular active past participle
    2. neuter plural active past participle

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmela/ [ˈme.la]
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Syllabification: me‧la

Noun

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mela f (plural melas)

  1. smitt; smit

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Veps

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *mëla.

Noun

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mela

  1. paddle (rowing tool)

Inflection

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Inflection of mela (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing. mela
genitive sing. melan
partitive sing. melad
partitive plur. meloid
singular plural
nominative mela melad
accusative melan melad
genitive melan meloiden
partitive melad meloid
essive-instructive melan meloin
translative melaks meloikš
inessive melas meloiš
elative melaspäi meloišpäi
illative melaha
melha
meloihe
adessive melal meloil
ablative melalpäi meloilpäi
allative melale meloile
abessive melata meloita
comitative melanke meloidenke
prolative meladme meloidme
approximative I melanno meloidenno
approximative II melannoks meloidennoks
egressive melannopäi meloidennopäi
terminative I melahasai
melhasai
meloihesai
terminative II melalesai meloilesai
terminative III melassai
additive I melahapäi
melhapäi
meloihepäi
additive II melalepäi meloilepäi

References

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  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “весло”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

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Etymology

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From mêl (honey) +‎ -a. Cognate with Cornish mela.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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mela (first-person singular present melaf)

  1. to gather nectar to make honey
  2. to sweeten with honey

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
mela fela unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mela”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Xhosa

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Etymology

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

Verb

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-mela?

  1. (transitive) to stand for

Inflection

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.