vela
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vela
Anagrams
[edit]Asturian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vela f (plural veles)
- watch (supervision)
- sail (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
- sailing (sport)
- candle (a light source)
- Synonym: candela
Related terms
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈbɛ.lə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈvə.lə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈvɛ.la]
Audio (Catalonia): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛla
- Hyphenation: ve‧la
Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Old Catalan vela, from Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum, reinterpreted as a feminine singular.
Noun
[edit]vela f (plural veles)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “vela” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]vela
- inflection of velar:
Faroese
[edit]Noun
[edit]vela
Franco-Provençal
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]vela f (plural veles) (ORB, broad)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ville in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
- vela in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
Galician
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese vela, an early borrowing from Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum. Compare the inherited Old Portuguese vea.
Noun
[edit]vela f (plural velas)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin vigilia, or back-formation from velar.
Noun
[edit]vela f (plural velas)
Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]vela
- inflection of velar:
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum. Doublet of voile.
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]vela f (plural vele)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Romanian: velă
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]vela
- inflection of velare:
Further reading
[edit]- vela in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
[edit]Ladin
[edit]Noun
[edit]vela f (plural veles)
Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯e.la/, [ˈu̯ɛɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.la/, [ˈvɛːlä]
Noun
[edit]vela f (genitive velae); first declension
- 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
- irionem inter fruges sesamae similem esse diximus et a graecis erysimon vocari, galli velam appellant.
- AD 77–79, C. Plinius Secundus (aut.), K.F.T. Mayhoff (ed.), Naturalis Historia (1906), bk XXII, ch. lxxv:
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | vela | velae |
Genitive | velae | velārum |
Dative | velae | velīs |
Accusative | velam | velās |
Ablative | velā | velīs |
Vocative | vela | velae |
Descendants
[edit]- French: vélar
References
[edit]- “vela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vela 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)
- vela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,651/2.
- 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
- (ambiguous) to put to sea: vela in altum dare (Liv. 25. 27)
- “uela” on page 2,022/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Etymology 2
[edit]Regularly declined forms of vēlum.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯eː.la/, [ˈu̯eːɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.la/, [ˈvɛːlä]
Noun
[edit]vēla n
Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯eː.laː/, [ˈu̯eːɫ̪äː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.la/, [ˈvɛːlä]
Verb
[edit]vēlā
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]vela n
Phuthi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *-dùɪda, applicative form of *-dùa.
Verb
[edit]-vela
Inflection
[edit]This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Piedmontese
[edit]Noun
[edit]vela f (plural vele)
Portuguese
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Schoot.jpg/200px-Schoot.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): [ˈbɛ.lɐ]
- Homophone: bela (Northern Portugal)
- Hyphenation: ve‧la
Etymology 1
[edit]Deverbal from velar. Less likely inherited from Latin vigilia.
Noun
[edit]vela f (plural velas)
- candle
- Synonym: candeia
- Acendi uma vela para iluminar a sala.
- I lit a candle to illuminate the room.
- Clipping of vela de ignição.
- (slang) third wheel
Descendants
[edit]- Kadiwéu: weela
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Galician-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 Galician-Portuguese vea.
Noun
[edit]vela f (plural velas)
- (nautical) sail
- A embarcação tem dois mastros com velas quadradas.
- The ship has two masts with square sails.
- (nautical, sports) sailing
- Vela é um desporto olímpico.
- Sailing is an Olympic sport.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]vela
- inflection of velar:
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]vela f (plural velas)
- candle
- wakefulness, sleeplessness
- Synonym: vigilia
- una noche en vela ― a sleepless night
- 2018 July 6, Jordi Costa, “Nocturno urbano”, in El País[2], Madrid, →ISSN:
- Pasarse una errante noche en vela por las calles de la ciudad tiene algo de tránsito al otro lado del espejo, tal y como propuso el Martin Scorsese de Jo, qué noche (1985), una película que deformaba la poética maldita comúnmente asociada al nocturno urbano sirviéndose de un estilizado humor negro.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- vigil, watch
- (Latin American) vigil (any of various indigenous festivals)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vēla, from the plural of Latin vēlum. Compare English veil.
Noun
[edit]vela f (plural velas)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Chamicuro: wela
Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]vela
- inflection of ver:
- second-person singular imperative combined with la
- second-person singular voseo imperative combined with la in pronominal form for singular feminine noun or person:
- Vela = see (or watch) her (a female); see (or watch) it (a feminine noun).
Etymology 4
[edit]Verb
[edit]vela
- second-person singular imperative of ir combined with la
Etymology 5
[edit]Verb
[edit]vela
- inflection of velar:
Further reading
[edit]- “vela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
[edit]Swazi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *-dùɪda, applicative form of *-dùa.
Verb
[edit]-vela
Inflection
[edit]This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Back-formation from velig.
Verb
[edit]vela (present velar, preterite velade, supine velat, imperative vela)
- to be undecided, to hesitate, to do nothing because one hasn't decided on which action to take (with disapproving connotations)
- Ska det velas hit och dit så blir det inget.
- If people are going to vacillate, then it won't happen.
- Kan han sluta vela eller?
- Can he make up his mind already?
Usage notes
[edit]- The supine is the same as for vilja (“to want, to will”), which is the opposite of being undecided. Puns are made of this.
Conjugation
[edit]Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | vela | velas | ||
Supine | velat | velats | ||
Imperative | vela | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | velen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | velar | velade | velas | velades |
Ind. plural1 | vela | velade | velas | velades |
Subjunctive2 | vele | velade | veles | velades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | velande | |||
Past participle | velad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Further reading
[edit]- vela in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams
[edit]Tongan
[edit]Adjective
[edit]vela
Xhosa
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *-dùɪda, applicative form of *-dùa.
Verb
[edit]-vela
Inflection
[edit]This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *-dùɪda, applicative form of *-dùa.
Verb
[edit]-vela
Inflection
[edit]References
[edit]- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “vela”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “vela (6.3)”
- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/iːlə
- Rhymes:English/iːlə/2 syllables
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- Rhymes:Asturian/ela
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- Rhymes:Catalan/ɛla
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- Catalan terms inherited from Old Catalan
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- ORB, broad
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- Rhymes:Galician/ɛla
- Rhymes:Galician/ɛla/2 syllables
- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
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- gl:Nautical
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- Rhymes:Italian/ela
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- pt:Ship parts
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ela
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