mela
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Urdu میلہ (mela)/Hindi मेला (melā), from Sanskrit मेलक (melaka).
Noun
[edit]mela (plural melas)
- A Hindu religious festival.
- 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
[edit]Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]mela f
Declension
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]mela
Further reading
[edit]- “mela”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “mela”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]mela
Declension
[edit]Inflection of mela (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “mela”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
- ^ 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
[edit]- “mela”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
[edit]Gothic
[edit]Romanization
[edit]mēla
- Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌰
Ingrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian мел (mel).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmelɑ/, [ˈme̞ɫɑ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmelɑ/, [ˈme̞ɫɑ]
- Rhymes: -elɑ
- Hyphenation: me‧la
Noun
[edit]mela
Declension
[edit]Declension of mela (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination) | ||
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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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin mēla, from mēlum, from Latin mālum, borrowed from Doric Greek μᾶλον (mâlon, “apple”); compare Attic μῆλον (mêlon).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mela f (plural mele, diminutive melétta or melìna, augmentative melóna, pejorative melàccia, endearing-derogatory melùccia or melùzza)
- apple (fruit)
- Synonym: pomo
- (colloquial, slang) buttock, butt cheek
Derived terms
[edit]- mela cotogna (“quince”)
- mela della discordia (“apple of discord”)
- mela librale (“type of large apple”)
- mela selvatica (“crab apple”)
Related terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Karelian
[edit]Noun
[edit]mela
Maltese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]mela
Interjection
[edit]mela
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Root |
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m-l-j |
4 terms |
From Arabic مَلَأَ (malaʔa), أَمْلَأَ (ʔamlaʔa).
Verb
[edit]mela (imperfect jimla, past participle mimli, verbal noun mili)
- (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)
- (intransitive, of the sea) to rise, flood
- Antonym: forogħ
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of mela | ||||||||
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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
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]mela
Portuguese
[edit]Verb
[edit]mela
- inflection of melar:
Sardinian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin mēla, from mēlum, from Latin mālum.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mela f (plural melas)
- apple (fruit)
Sassarese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mela f (plural meli)
References
[edit]Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]mela f (Cyrillic spelling мела)
Related terms
[edit]Participle
[edit]mela (Cyrillic spelling мела)
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mela f (plural melas)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Veps
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *mëla.
Noun
[edit]mela
- paddle (rowing tool)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of mela (inflection type 5/sana) | |||
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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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mêl (“honey”) + -a. Cognate with Cornish mela.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmɛla/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmeːla/, /ˈmɛla/
- Rhymes: -ɛla
Verb
[edit]mela (first-person singular present melaf)
Conjugation
[edit]singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | melaf | meli | mela | melwn | melwch | melant | melir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
melwn | melit | melai | melem | melech | melent | melid | |
preterite | melais | melaist | melodd | melasom | melasoch | melasant | melwyd | |
pluperfect | melaswn | melasit | melasai | melasem | melasech | melasent | melasid, melesid | |
present subjunctive | melwyf | melych | melo | melom | meloch | melont | meler | |
imperative | — | mela | meled | melwn | melwch | melent | meler | |
verbal noun | mela | |||||||
verbal adjectives | meledig meladwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | mela i, melaf i | meli di | melith o/e/hi, meliff e/hi | melwn ni | melwch chi | melan nhw |
conditional | melwn i, melswn i | melet ti, melset ti | melai fo/fe/hi, melsai fo/fe/hi | melen ni, melsen ni | melech chi, melsech chi | melen nhw, melsen nhw |
preterite | melais i, meles i | melaist ti, melest ti | melodd o/e/hi | melon ni | meloch chi | melon nhw |
imperative | — | mela | — | — | melwch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
[edit]-mela?
- (transitive) to stand for
Inflection
[edit]This verb needs an inflection-table template.
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