tela

See also: telá, teļa, teļā, teľa, těla, and тела

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tēla (“web”). Doublet of toile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːlə/
• Rhymes: -iːlə

Noun

tela (plural telas or telae)

1. (anatomy) A thin, web-like structure or membrane.

Anagrams

• EATL, ETLA, Elta, LATE, TEAL, TEAl, Teal, et al, et al., late, leat, tael, tale, teal

Annobonese

Noun

tela

1. land

References

• Jacques Arends; Pieter Muysken; Norval Smith, editors (1994) Pidgins and Creoles: an introduction
• John H. McWhorter (2005) Defining Creole

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan tela, from Latin tēla.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.lə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.la/

Noun

tela f (plural teles)

1. cloth, fabric
2. canvas (cloth on which one may paint)

   Synonym: llenç

Derived terms

• teler
• teleria
• teranyina

 

Related terms

• teixir
• tel
• teló

 

References

• “tela” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tela” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “tela”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tela (compare Ingrian tela, Karelian tela, Veps tela), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þelą. Doublet of teli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtelɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -elɑ
• Syllabification^(key): te‧la

Noun

tela

1. a log or other piece of wood used as support to keep something, such as a boat or a pile of firewood from directly touching the ground
2. (by extension) a place where something is left or stored (usually in adessive, ablative or allative plural)
3. roller (one of a set of round logs used to help move a large object by rolling it over the logs)
4. roller, cylinder (rotating cylindrical part of a machine)
5. track; Short for telaketju (“caterpillar track”).
6. platen (part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made)
7. platen, carriage (part of a typewriter or printer on which the paper rests to receive an impression)

Declension

Inflection of tela (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		tela	telat
genitive		telan	telojen
partitive		telaa	teloja
illative		telaan	teloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tela	telat
accusative	nom.	tela	telat
	gen.	telan
genitive		telan	telojen telainrare
partitive		telaa	teloja
inessive		telassa	teloissa
elative		telasta	teloista
illative		telaan	teloihin
adessive		telalla	teloilla
ablative		telalta	teloilta
allative		telalle	teloille
essive		telana	teloina
translative		telaksi	teloiksi
instructive		—	teloin
abessive		telatta	teloitta
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tela (type kala)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative telani telani accusative nom. telani telani gen. telani genitive telani telojeni telainirare partitive telaani telojani inessive telassani teloissani elative telastani teloistani illative telaani teloihini adessive telallani teloillani ablative telaltani teloiltani allative telalleni teloilleni essive telanani teloinani translative telakseni teloikseni instructive — — abessive telattani teloittani comitative — teloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative telasi telasi accusative nom. telasi telasi gen. telasi genitive telasi telojesi telaisirare partitive telaasi telojasi inessive telassasi teloissasi elative telastasi teloistasi illative telaasi teloihisi adessive telallasi teloillasi ablative telaltasi teloiltasi allative telallesi teloillesi essive telanasi teloinasi translative telaksesi teloiksesi instructive — — abessive telattasi teloittasi comitative — teloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative telamme telamme accusative nom. telamme telamme gen. telamme genitive telamme telojemme telaimmerare partitive telaamme telojamme inessive telassamme teloissamme elative telastamme teloistamme illative telaamme teloihimme adessive telallamme teloillamme ablative telaltamme teloiltamme allative telallemme teloillemme essive telanamme teloinamme translative telaksemme teloiksemme instructive — — abessive telattamme teloittamme comitative — teloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative telanne telanne accusative nom. telanne telanne gen. telanne genitive telanne telojenne telainnerare partitive telaanne telojanne inessive telassanne teloissanne elative telastanne teloistanne illative telaanne teloihinne adessive telallanne teloillanne ablative telaltanne teloiltanne allative telallenne teloillenne essive telananne teloinanne translative telaksenne teloiksenne instructive — — abessive telattanne teloittanne comitative — teloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative telansa telansa accusative nom. telansa telansa gen. telansa genitive telansa telojensa telainsarare partitive telaansa telojaan telojansa inessive telassaan telassansa teloissaan teloissansa elative telastaan telastansa teloistaan teloistansa illative telaansa teloihinsa adessive telallaan telallansa teloillaan teloillansa ablative telaltaan telaltansa teloiltaan teloiltansa allative telalleen telallensa teloilleen teloillensa essive telanaan telanansa teloinaan teloinansa translative telakseen telaksensa teloikseen teloiksensa instructive — — abessive telattaan telattansa teloittaan teloittansa comitative — teloineen teloinensa

Synonyms

• (round log used as support): telapuu

Derived terms

Derived terms

• kannatustela
• kuivaustela
• talvitela
• telaketju
• telakka
• telalavetti
• telaluu
• telamiina
• telapuu
• telata
• telatie
• telatraktori
• telavaunu

Anagrams

• alet, laet

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English tailor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /téː.là/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [téː.lə̀]

Noun

tēlà m (plural tēlōlī, possessed form tēlàn)

1. tailor

Hawaiian

Determiner

tela

1. Niʻihau form of kēlā (“that”)

   He keiti tela.

   That (far away) is a child.

Usage notes

• In Niihau, diacritics are omitted. If one were to use them, the spelling would be tēlā.

Ingrian

Tela.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tela. Cognates include Finnish tela and Veps tela.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtelɑ/, [ˈte̞ɫɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtelɑ/, [ˈte̞ɫɑ]
• Rhymes: -elɑ
• Hyphenation: te‧la

Noun

tela

1. ship cradle (structure used to hold a ship or boat on dry land)

Declension

Declension of tela (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	tela	telat
genitive	telan	telloin
partitive	tellaa	teloja
illative	tellaa	telloi
inessive	telas	telois
elative	telast	teloist
allative	telalle	teloille
adessive	telal	teloil
ablative	telalt	teloilt
translative	telaks	teloiks
essive	telanna, tellaan	teloinna, telloin
exessive1)	telant	teloint
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

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 580

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tēla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.la/
• Rhymes: -ela
• Hyphenation: té‧la

Noun

tela f (plural tele)

1. cloth

   Synonyms: stoffa, tessuto

2. canvas
3. curtain (theatre)

Related terms

• telaio

Anagrams

• alte, late, tale

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈteː.la/, [ˈt̪eːɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈte.la/, [ˈt̪ɛːlä]

• Audio (Classical)

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *tekslā. Equivalent to texō (“weave; plait”) +‎ -ēla.

Noun

tēla f (genitive tēlae); first declension

1. web
2. warp (threads that run lengthwise in a loom)
3. loom
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.699-700:

     et tamen assiduīs exercet brāchia tēlīs
     ādversusque minās frīgoris arma parat.

     And yet she keeps her arms busy at the looms,
     and so prepares armor (having been) set against the threats of winter.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tēla	tēlae
Genitive	tēlae	tēlārum
Dative	tēlae	tēlīs
Accusative	tēlam	tēlās
Ablative	tēlā	tēlīs
Vocative	tēla	tēlae

Derived terms

• subtīlis

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: tearã
  • Romanian: teară
• Dalmatian:
  • tial
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: tela
  • Neapolitan: tela
  • Sicilian: tila
• Padanian:
  • Emilian: teira, teila, tela
  • Friulian: tele
  • Ligurian: tèia, tèira
  • Lombard: tila, téla, téra
  • Piedmontese: tèila, tèira, tàira, tèlia
  • Venetian: teła, tela
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: têla, téila, têlya, taela, taelya
  • Old French: teile, toile
    • French: toile
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Aragonese: tela
  • Catalan: tela
  • Old Occitan: tela
    • Occitan: tela

      Auvergnat: tiala, tiara, tala

      Limousin: tiala

      Vivaro-Alpine: tièla, tièra, tiara

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: tela
  • Galician: tea, teia
  • Portuguese: teia, tela
  • Spanish: tela
• Borrowings:
  • → English: tela

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tēla n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of tēlum

References

• “tela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tela”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tela in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be exposed to the assaults of fate: fortunae telis propositum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to discharge missiles: tela iacere, conicere, mittere
    
  • (ambiguous) to expose oneself to missiles: se obicere telis
    
  • (ambiguous) to discharge showers of missiles: tela ingerere, conicere
    
• “tela”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “tela”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “tela”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Old English

Alternative forms

• teala, teola, telo, tiolo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.lɑ/

Adverb

tela

1. well, rightly
2. completely, thoroughly, certainly
3. happily, prosperously, pleasantly
4. very

Interjection

tela

1. well! good!

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀢𑁂𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• तेल (Devanagari script)
• তেল (Bengali script)
• තෙල (Sinhalese script)
• တေလ (Burmese script)
• เตล or เตละ (Thai script)
• ᨲᩮᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຕລ or ເຕລະ (Lao script)
• តេល (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄬𑄣 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit तैल (tailá), itself from Sanskrit तिल (tila), cognate with Pali tila (“sesame”)

Noun

tela n

1. oil (particularly from sesame)

Declension

Declension table of "tela" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	telaṃ	telāni
Accusative (second)	telaṃ	telāni
Instrumental (third)	telena	telehi or telebhi
Dative (fourth)	telassa or telāya or telatthaṃ	telānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	telasmā or telamhā or telā	telehi or telebhi
Genitive (sixth)	telassa	telānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	telasmiṃ or telamhi or tele	telesu
Vocative (calling)	tela	telāni

Derived terms

• telaghaṭa

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tēla (“web; loom”). Doublet of teia (“web”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.lɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.la/
• Hyphenation: te‧la

Noun

tela f (plural telas)

1. canvas (piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint)
2. (by extension) painting (an illustration or artwork using paint)

   Synonyms: pintura, quadro

3. screen (viewing area of a movie, slide presentation, etc.)
4. (by extension) cinema

   Synonym: (Portugal) ecrã

5. (Brazil) screen (viewing area of electronic output devices)

   Synonym: (Portugal) ecrã

6. (biology) a very thin tissue

Derived terms

• tela coroide
• tela coróidea
• tela de Penélope
• tela subcutânea
• telona

 

Related terms

• telada
• telado

Romansch

Alternative forms

• taila (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader)
• teila (Sursilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

From Latin tēla.

Noun

tela f (plural telas)

1. (textiles, Sutsilvan) material, textile, canvas

Derived terms

• tela filient (“spiderweb”)

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *toli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.la/
• Syllabification: te‧la

Pronoun

tela

1. so many, so much

Further reading

• tela in silling.org

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɛɫa/

Noun

tela

1. genitive singular of telo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish tela, from Latin tēla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtela/ [ˈt̪e.la]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: te‧la

Noun

tela f (plural telas)

1. (fabric) cloth, fabric (woven material made of fibers)

   Synonym: género

2. (colloquial) difficult task (difficult or tedious undertaking, especially as part of one's duties)

   Limpiar el garaje es mucha tela.

   Cleaning the garage is tough work.

3. (colloquial) cash, dosh (money)

   Synonym: pasta

Derived terms

• poner en tela de juicio
• tela de
• tela de araña
• tela de dónde cortar
• tela de juicio
• tener tela marinera (“to be very difficult”)
• telar
• telaraña
• telón
• tener tela (“to be difficult”)
• vaya tela (“wow, oh my”)

 

Adverb

tela

1. (Spain, colloquial) loads; lots; a shedload; extremely

   Es un chico tela de gracioso.

   He's a really funny fella.

Further reading

• “tela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tela.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: te‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˈtela/, [ˈtɛ.lɐ]

Noun

tela

1. cloth; fabric; textile

   Synonyms: kayo, damit

Derived terms

• tela-alambre
• tela-metalika
• telahan
• telahin

 

Related terms

• telareho

Ternate

Etymology

Given by Hayami-Allen to be from Portuguese [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈte.la]

Noun

tela

1. maize, corn

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈla/
• Hyphenation: te‧la

Noun

tela (definite accusative telayı, plural telalar)

1. (textiles) A piece of starched cloth placed between the main fabric and the lining for support; interlining.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	tela
Definite accusative	telayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tela	telalar
Definite accusative	telayı	telaları
Dative	telaya	telalara
Locative	telada	telalarda
Ablative	teladan	telalardan
Genitive	telanın	telaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular telam telalarım 2nd singular telan telaların 3rd singular telası telaları 1st plural telamız telalarımız 2nd plural telanız telalarınız 3rd plural telaları telaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular telamı telalarımı 2nd singular telanı telalarını 3rd singular telasını telalarını 1st plural telamızı telalarımızı 2nd plural telanızı telalarınızı 3rd plural telalarını telalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular telama telalarıma 2nd singular telana telalarına 3rd singular telasına telalarına 1st plural telamıza telalarımıza 2nd plural telanıza telalarınıza 3rd plural telalarına telalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular telamda telalarımda 2nd singular telanda telalarında 3rd singular telasında telalarında 1st plural telamızda telalarımızda 2nd plural telanızda telalarınızda 3rd plural telalarında telalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular telamdan telalarımdan 2nd singular telandan telalarından 3rd singular telasından telalarından 1st plural telamızdan telalarımızdan 2nd plural telanızdan telalarınızdan 3rd plural telalarından telalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular telamın telalarımın 2nd singular telanın telalarının 3rd singular telasının telalarının 1st plural telamızın telalarımızın 2nd plural telanızın telalarınızın 3rd plural telalarının telalarının

Further reading

• tela in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “tela”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4704

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tela, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þelą. Cognates include Finnish tela.

Noun

tela

1. (clarification of this definition is needed) roller

Inflection

Inflection of tela (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	tela
genitive sing.	telan
partitive sing.	telad
partitive plur.	teloid
	singular	plural
nominative	tela	telad
accusative	telan	telad
genitive	telan	teloiden
partitive	telad	teloid
essive-instructive	telan	teloin
translative	telaks	teloikš
inessive	telas	teloiš
elative	telaspäi	teloišpäi
illative	telaha telha	teloihe
adessive	telal	teloil
ablative	telalpäi	teloilpäi
allative	telale	teloile
abessive	telata	teloita
comitative	telanke	teloidenke
prolative	teladme	teloidme
approximative I	telanno	teloidenno
approximative II	telannoks	teloidennoks
egressive	telannopäi	teloidennopäi
terminative I	telahasai telhasai	teloihesai
terminative II	telalesai	teloilesai
terminative III	telassai	—
additive I	telahapäi telhapäi	teloihepäi
additive II	telalepäi	teloilepäi

References

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