vela

See also: Vela, veļa, vēla, vêla, velá, veļā, and vēlā

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈviːlə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvilə/
• Rhymes: -iːlə

Noun

vela

1. plural of velum

Anagrams

• Vale, Veal, avel, eval, lave, leva, vale, veal

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Asturian

Noun

vela f (plural veles)

1. watch (supervision)
2. sleeplessness
3. sail (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
4. sailing (sport)
5. candle (a light source)

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Catalan

Noun

vela f (plural veles)

1. sail (on a boat)
2. sailing (sport)

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Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin vēla, plural of vēlum.

Noun

vela f (plural velas)

1. a sail
2. sailing

Etymology 2

From Latin vigilia.

Noun

vela f (plural velas)

1. watch, vigil

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin vēla, plural of vēlum.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: vé‧la

Noun

vela f (plural vele)

1. (nautical) sail
2. (nautical, sports) sailing

Verb

vela

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

Anagrams

• lave, leva, vale

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Ladin

Noun

vela f (plural veles)

1. election

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Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwe.la/, [ˈwɛ.ɫa]

Noun

vela f (genitive velae); first declension

1. Gallic Synonym of īriō
   • AD 77–79, C. Plinius Secundus (aut.), K.F.T. Mayhoff (ed.), Naturalis Historia (1906), bk XXII, ch. lxxv:

     irionem inter fruges sesamae similem esse diximus et a graecis erysimon vocari, galli velam appellant.

     When treating of the cereals, we have already stated that the irio, which strongly resembles sesame, is also called “erysimon” by the Greeks: the Gauls give it the name of “vela.” ― translation from: J. Bostock and H.T. Riley, The Natural History (1855), bk XXII, ch. lxxv

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	vela	velae
genitive	velae	velārum
dative	velae	velīs
accusative	velam	velās
ablative	velā	velīs
vocative	vela	velae

Descendants

• French: vélar

References

• vela in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “vela”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “vela” on page 1,651/2 of Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to put to sea: vela in altum dare (Liv. 25. 27)
    
  • (ambiguous) to set the sails: vela facere, pandere
    
  • (ambiguous) to set the sails: vela dare
    
  • (ambiguous) to furl the sails: vela contrahere (also metaph.)
    
  • (ambiguous) sails and rigging: vela armamentaque
    
• “uela” on page 2,022/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

Regularly declined forms of vēlum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈweː.la/, [ˈweː.ɫa]

Noun

vēla n

1. inflection of vēlum:
   1. nominative plural
   2. accusative plural
   3. vocative plural

Etymology 3

A regularly conjugated form of vēlō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈweː.laː/, [ˈweː.ɫaː]

Verb

vēlā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vēlō

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Portuguese

vela (1)

vela (2)

Alternative forms

• vella (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.lɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.la/, /ˈvɛ.lɐ/
• Hyphenation: ve‧la

Etymology 1

Back-formation from velar.

Noun

vela f (plural velas)

1. candle

   Eu acendi uma vela para iluminar a sala.

   I lit a candle to illuminate the room.

2. Clipping of vela de ignição.

Synonyms

• (candle): candeia

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: weela

Etymology 2

From Old Portuguese vela, an early borrowing from Latin vēla, plural of vēlum (“sail of a ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *weg (“to weave a web”). Displaced Old Portuguese vea.

Noun

vela f (plural velas)

1. (nautical) sail

   A embarcação tem dois mastros com velas quadradas.

   The ship has two masts with square sails.

2. (nautical, sports) sailing

   Vela é um desporto olímpico.

   Sailing is an Olympic sport.

Etymology 3

Verb

vela

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of velar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of velar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbela/
• Hyphenation: ve‧la

Etymology 1

From velar, or from vigilia.

Noun

vela f (plural velas)

1. candle
2. wakefulness, sleeplessness

   una noche en vela

   a sleepless night

3. vigil, watch

Synonyms

• (candle): cirio m, candela m
• (wakefulness): vigilia f

Derived terms

• a dos velas
• más derecho que una vela
• recoger velas

Related terms

• velar
• velador
• vigilia
• vigilar
• velorio
• duermevela

Verb

vela

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of velar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of velar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of velar.

Etymology 2

From Latin vēla, plural of velum

Noun

vela f (plural velas)

1. (nautical) sail
2. (nautical) sailing

Derived terms

• a toda vela

Related terms

• veleta
• velero
• velo

Etymology 3

From ver

Verb

vela

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of ver. in pronominal form for singular feminine noun or person:

   Vela = see (or watch) her (for a female); see (or watch) it (for a feminine noun).

Anagrams

• lave
• leva
• vale

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Swedish

Verb

vela (present velar, preterite velade, supine velat, imperative vela)

1. to be undecided, to hesitate, to do nothing because one hasn't decided on which action to take

Conjugation

Conjugation of vela (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	vela	—
Present tense	velar	—
Past tense	velade	—
Supine	velat	—
Imperative	vela	—
Present participle	velande
Past participle	—

Usage notes

• The supine is the same as for vilja (“to want, to will”), which is the opposite of being undecided. Puns are made of this.

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Zulu

Verb

-vela^?

1. to appear, to come into view
2. to happen, to occur
3. to come, to originate [+locative = from]

Inflection

Tone L
Infinitive	ukuvela
	Positive	Negative
Infinitive	ukuvela	ukungaveli
	Imperative
	Simple	+ object concord
Singular	vela	vele
Plural	velani	veleni
	Present
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngiyavela, ngivela	engiyavela, engivela	ngivela	angiveli	engingaveli	ngingaveli
2nd singular	uyavela, uvela	oyavela, ovela	uvela	awuveli	ongaveli	ungaveli
1st plural	siyavela, sivela	esiyavela, esivela	sivela	asiveli	esingaveli	singaveli
2nd plural	niyavela, nivela	eniyavela, enivela	nivela	aniveli	eningaveli	ningaveli
Class 1	uyavela, uvela	oyavela, ovela	evela	akaveli	ongaveli	engaveli
Class 2	bayavela, bavela	abayavela, abavela	bevela	abaveli	abangaveli	bengaveli
Class 3	uyavela, uvela	oyavela, ovela	uvela	awuveli	ongaveli	ungaveli
Class 4	iyavela, ivela	eyavela, evela	ivela	ayiveli	engaveli	ingaveli
Class 5	liyavela, livela	eliyavela, elivela	livela	aliveli	elingaveli	lingaveli
Class 6	ayavela, avela	ayavela, avela	evela	awaveli	angaveli	engaveli
Class 7	siyavela, sivela	esiyavela, esivela	sivela	asiveli	esingaveli	singaveli
Class 8	ziyavela, zivela	eziyavela, ezivela	zivela	aziveli	ezingaveli	zingaveli
Class 9	iyavela, ivela	eyavela, evela	ivela	ayiveli	engaveli	ingaveli
Class 10	ziyavela, zivela	eziyavela, ezivela	zivela	aziveli	ezingaveli	zingaveli
Class 11	luyavela, luvela	oluyavela, oluvela	luvela	aluveli	olungaveli	lungaveli
Class 14	buyavela, buvela	obuyavela, obuvela	buvela	abuveli	obungaveli	bungaveli
Class 15	kuyavela, kuvela	okuyavela, okuvela	kuvela	akuveli	okungaveli	kungaveli
Class 17	kuyavela, kuvela	okuyavela, okuvela	kuvela	akuveli	okungaveli	kungaveli
	Recent past
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngivelile, ngivelē	engivelile, engivelē	ngivelile, ngivelē	angivelanga	engingavelanga	ngingavelanga
2nd singular	uvelile, uvelē	ovelile, ovelē	uvelile, uvelē	awuvelanga	ongavelanga	ungavelanga
1st plural	sivelile, sivelē	esivelile, esivelē	sivelile, sivelē	asivelanga	esingavelanga	singavelanga
2nd plural	nivelile, nivelē	enivelile, enivelē	nivelile, nivelē	anivelanga	eningavelanga	ningavelanga
Class 1	uvelile, uvelē	ovelile, ovelē	evelile, evelē	akavelanga	ongavelanga	engavelanga
Class 2	bavelile, bavelē	abavelile, abavelē	bevelile, bevelē	abavelanga	abangavelanga	bengavelanga
Class 3	uvelile, uvelē	ovelile, ovelē	uvelile, uvelē	awuvelanga	ongavelanga	ungavelanga
Class 4	ivelile, ivelē	evelile, evelē	ivelile, ivelē	ayivelanga	engavelanga	ingavelanga
Class 5	livelile, livelē	elivelile, elivelē	livelile, livelē	alivelanga	elingavelanga	lingavelanga
Class 6	avelile, avelē	avelile, avelē	evelile, evelē	awavelanga	angavelanga	engavelanga
Class 7	sivelile, sivelē	esivelile, esivelē	sivelile, sivelē	asivelanga	esingavelanga	singavelanga
Class 8	zivelile, zivelē	ezivelile, ezivelē	zivelile, zivelē	azivelanga	ezingavelanga	zingavelanga
Class 9	ivelile, ivelē	evelile, evelē	ivelile, ivelē	ayivelanga	engavelanga	ingavelanga
Class 10	zivelile, zivelē	ezivelile, ezivelē	zivelile, zivelē	azivelanga	ezingavelanga	zingavelanga
Class 11	luvelile, luvelē	oluvelile, oluvelē	luvelile, luvelē	aluvelanga	olungavelanga	lungavelanga
Class 14	buvelile, buvelē	obuvelile, obuvelē	buvelile, buvelē	abuvelanga	obungavelanga	bungavelanga
Class 15	kuvelile, kuvelē	okuvelile, okuvelē	kuvelile, kuvelē	akuvelanga	okungavelanga	kungavelanga
Class 17	kuvelile, kuvelē	okuvelile, okuvelē	kuvelile, kuvelē	akuvelanga	okungavelanga	kungavelanga
	Remote past
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngāvela	engāvela	ngāvela	angivelanga	engingavelanga	ngingavelanga
2nd singular	wāvela	owāvela	wāvela	awuvelanga	ongavelanga	ungavelanga
1st plural	sāvela	esāvela	sāvela	asivelanga	esingavelanga	singavelanga
2nd plural	nāvela	enāvela	nāvela	anivelanga	eningavelanga	ningavelanga
Class 1	wāvela	owāvela	āvela	akavelanga	ongavelanga	engavelanga
Class 2	bāvela	abāvela	bāvela	abavelanga	abangavelanga	bengavelanga
Class 3	wāvela	owāvela	wāvela	awuvelanga	ongavelanga	ungavelanga
Class 4	yāvela	eyāvela	yāvela	ayivelanga	engavelanga	ingavelanga
Class 5	lāvela	elāvela	lāvela	alivelanga	elingavelanga	lingavelanga
Class 6	āvela	āvela	āvela	awavelanga	angavelanga	engavelanga
Class 7	sāvela	esāvela	sāvela	asivelanga	esingavelanga	singavelanga
Class 8	zāvela	ezāvela	zāvela	azivelanga	ezingavelanga	zingavelanga
Class 9	yāvela	eyāvela	yāvela	ayivelanga	engavelanga	ingavelanga
Class 10	zāvela	ezāvela	zāvela	azivelanga	ezingavelanga	zingavelanga
Class 11	lwāvela	olwāvela	lwāvela	aluvelanga	olungavelanga	lungavelanga
Class 14	bāvela	obāvela	bāvela	abuvelanga	obungavelanga	bungavelanga
Class 15	kwāvela	okwāvela	kwāvela	akuvelanga	okungavelanga	kungavelanga
Class 17	kwāvela	okwāvela	kwāvela	akuvelanga	okungavelanga	kungavelanga
	Potential
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngingavela	—	ngingavela	ngingevele	—	ngingevele
2nd singular	ungavela	—	ungavela	ungevele	—	ungevele
1st plural	singavela	—	singavela	singevele	—	singevele
2nd plural	ningavela	—	ningavela	ningevele	—	ningevele
Class 1	angavela	—	engavela	angevele	—	engevele
Class 2	bangavela	—	bengavela	bangevele	—	bengevele
Class 3	ungavela	—	ungavela	ungevele	—	ungevele
Class 4	ingavela	—	ingavela	ingevele	—	ingevele
Class 5	lingavela	—	lingavela	lingevele	—	lingevele
Class 6	angavela	—	engavela	angevele	—	engevele
Class 7	singavela	—	singavela	singevele	—	singevele
Class 8	zingavela	—	zingavela	zingevele	—	zingevele
Class 9	ingavela	—	ingavela	ingevele	—	ingevele
Class 10	zingavela	—	zingavela	zingevele	—	zingevele
Class 11	lungavela	—	lungavela	lungevele	—	lungevele
Class 14	bungavela	—	bungavela	bungevele	—	bungevele
Class 15	kungavela	—	kungavela	kungevele	—	kungevele
Class 17	kungavela	—	kungavela	kungevele	—	kungevele
	Immediate future
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngizovela	engizovela	ngizovela	angizuvela	—	ngingezuvela
2nd singular	uzovela	ozovela	uzovela	awuzuvela	—	ungezuvela
1st plural	sizovela	esizovela	sizovela	asizuvela	—	singezuvela
2nd plural	nizovela	enizovela	nizovela	anizuvela	—	ningezuvela
Class 1	uzovela	ozovela	ezovela	akazuvela	—	engezuvela
Class 2	bazovela	abazovela	bezovela	abazuvela	—	bengezuvela
Class 3	uzovela	ozovela	uzovela	awuzuvela	—	ungezuvela
Class 4	izovela	ezovela	izovela	ayizuvela	—	ingezuvela
Class 5	lizovela	elizovela	lizovela	alizuvela	—	lingezuvela
Class 6	azovela	azovela	ezovela	awazuvela	—	engezuvela
Class 7	sizovela	esizovela	sizovela	asizuvela	—	singezuvela
Class 8	zizovela	ezizovela	zizovela	azizuvela	—	zingezuvela
Class 9	izovela	ezovela	izovela	ayizuvela	—	ingezuvela
Class 10	zizovela	ezizovela	zizovela	azizuvela	—	zingezuvela
Class 11	luzovela	oluzovela	luzovela	aluzuvela	—	lungezuvela
Class 14	buzovela	obuzovela	buzovela	abuzuvela	—	bungezuvela
Class 15	kuzovela	okuzovela	kuzovela	akuzuvela	—	kungezuvela
Class 17	kuzovela	okuzovela	kuzovela	akuzuvela	—	kungezuvela
	Remote future
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngiyovela	engiyovela	ngiyovela	angiyuvela	—	ngingeyuvela
2nd singular	uyovela	oyovela	uyovela	awuyuvela	—	ungeyuvela
1st plural	siyovela	esiyovela	siyovela	asiyuvela	—	singeyuvela
2nd plural	niyovela	eniyovela	niyovela	aniyuvela	—	ningeyuvela
Class 1	uyovela	oyovela	eyovela	akayuvela	—	engeyuvela
Class 2	bayovela	abayovela	beyovela	abayuvela	—	bengeyuvela
Class 3	uyovela	oyovela	uyovela	awuyuvela	—	ungeyuvela
Class 4	iyovela	eyovela	iyovela	ayiyuvela	—	ingeyuvela
Class 5	liyovela	eliyovela	liyovela	aliyuvela	—	lingeyuvela
Class 6	ayovela	ayovela	eyovela	awayuvela	—	engeyuvela
Class 7	siyovela	esiyovela	siyovela	asiyuvela	—	singeyuvela
Class 8	ziyovela	eziyovela	ziyovela	aziyuvela	—	zingeyuvela
Class 9	iyovela	eyovela	iyovela	ayiyuvela	—	ingeyuvela
Class 10	ziyovela	eziyovela	ziyovela	aziyuvela	—	zingeyuvela
Class 11	luyovela	oluyovela	luyovela	aluyuvela	—	lungeyuvela
Class 14	buyovela	obuyovela	buyovela	abuyuvela	—	bungeyuvela
Class 15	kuyovela	okuyovela	kuyovela	akuyuvela	—	kungeyuvela
Class 17	kuyovela	okuyovela	kuyovela	akuyuvela	—	kungeyuvela
	Present subjunctive
	Positive	Negative
1st singular	ngivele	ngingaveli
2nd singular	uvele	ungaveli
1st plural	sivele	singaveli
2nd plural	nivele	ningaveli
Class 1	avele	angaveli
Class 2	bavele	bangaveli
Class 3	uvele	ungaveli
Class 4	ivele	ingaveli
Class 5	livele	lingaveli
Class 6	avele	angaveli
Class 7	sivele	singaveli
Class 8	zivele	zingaveli
Class 9	ivele	ingaveli
Class 10	zivele	zingaveli
Class 11	luvele	lungaveli
Class 14	buvele	bungaveli
Class 15	kuvele	kungaveli
Class 17	kuvele	kungaveli
	Past subjunctive
	Positive	Negative
1st singular	ngavela	angivela
2nd singular	wavela	awuvela
1st plural	savela	asivela
2nd plural	navela	anivela
Class 1	wavela	akavela
Class 2	bavela	abavela
Class 3	wavela	awuvela
Class 4	yavela	ayivela
Class 5	lavela	alivela
Class 6	avela	awavela
Class 7	savela	asivela
Class 8	zavela	azivela
Class 9	yavela	ayivela
Class 10	zavela	azivela
Class 11	lwavela	aluvela
Class 14	bavela	abuvela
Class 15	kwavela	akuvela
Class 17	kwavela	akuvela

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “vela”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ISBN 0 85494 027 8: “vela (6.3)”