mela

See also: Mela, mêla, měla, meļa, mela-, mēļa, mēļā, and мела

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hindi मेला (melā), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit.

Noun

mela (plural melas)

1. A Hindu religious festival; loosely, a South Asian fair. [from 19th c.]
   • 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p. 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, Deepika Phukan, translating Arupa Patangia Kalita, 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

• -meal, Elam, Elma, Lema, Malé, alme, amel, lame, lamé, leam, lema, male, meal

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mela/
• Hyphenation: me‧la

Noun

mela f

1. A melee; a brawl

Synonyms

• (melee): tlačenice, zmatek, chaos
• (brawl): rvačka

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Finnish

Etymology

From , from Proto-Finno-Permic *melä. Cognates include Karelian mela, 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”), Moksha миле (miľe, “oar, paddle”), [script needed] (mǝľä), Komi-Zyrian маль (maľ, “oar”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mela

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

Declension

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

• melaa mekkoon
• meloa
• perämela

See also

• molo

Anagrams

• Elma, elam

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Gothic

Romanization

mēla

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌰

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mela, from melum, from Latin mālum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.la/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

mela f (plural mele)

1. apple (fruit)

Synonyms

• pomo

Derived terms

• mela cotogna - quince
• mela della discordia - apple of discord
• mela selvatica - crab apple

Related terms

• melagrana - pomegranate
• melata
• meleto
• melo - apple tree
• melone - melon

Anagrams

• alme
• lame
• male

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Karelian

Noun

mela

1. paddle

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Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛla/

Etymology 1

From Arabic بَلَى (balā, “why, certainly!, yes, of course!”), in dialects also with prefixed m-, compare North Levantine Arabic مبلى (mbala).

Adverb

mela

1. certainly
2. thus; so; accordingly

Etymology 2

From Arabic مَلَأَ (malaʔa), أَمْلَأَ (ʔamlaʔa).

Verb

mela (imperfect jimli)

1. to fill

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Portuguese

Verb

mela

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Mehl

Noun

mela f (Cyrillic spelling мела)

1. (Kajkavian) flour

Related terms

• brašno

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Veps

Etymology

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

Noun

mela

1. paddle (rowing tool)

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “весло”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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Xhosa

Etymology

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

Verb

-mela^?

1. (transitive) to stand for

Inflection

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