-ela

-ela

1. Allomorphic form of -la.

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ela, from Latin -ella(m), feminine of -ellus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlɐ]

-ela (plural -elas, masculine counterpart -elo)

1. forms diminutives

   ‎cachada (“swidden”) + ‎-ela → ‎cacharela (“bonfire”)

   ‎rua (“street”) + ‎-ela → ‎ruela (“alley”)

   ‎espiña (“espine”) + ‎-ela → ‎espiñela (“metasternum”)

   Synonyms: -iño, -olo

2. forms nouns indicating an action

   ‎bébedo (“drunk”) + ‎-ela → ‎bebedela (“drunkenness”)

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.la/, [ˈeːɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.la/, [ˈɛːlä]

-ēla f (genitive -ēlae); first declension

1. Forms abstract nouns from verbs, often specifically deponent verbs.

First-declension noun.

Word formation in the Roman sermo plebeius

From Proto-Bantu *-ɪda.

-ela

1. Forms applicative verbs, meaning to do something for, for the purpose of, on behalf of.

• -ella (obsolete)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ela, from Latin -ella(m), feminine of -ellus.

-ela f (noun-forming suffix, plural -elas)

1. forms diminutives

   ‎rua (“road; street”) + ‎-ela → ‎ruela (“bystreet; alley”)

   ‎cana (“cane”) + ‎-ela → ‎canela (“shin”)

   ‎via (“way; path”) + ‎-ela → ‎viela (“bystreet; alley”)

   ‎cáravo (“a type of mediaeval watercraft”) + ‎-ela → ‎caravela (“caravel”)

   Synonyms: -inho, -zinho, -ito, -ulo, -culo

2. forms nouns indicating a superficial or minor action

   ‎escovada (“a brushing”) + ‎-ela → ‎escovadela (“a superficial brushing”)

   ‎pincelada (“brushstroke”) + ‎-ela → ‎pinceladela (“a superficial or short brushstroke”)

   ‎riscada (“razor strike”) + ‎-ela → ‎riscadela (“a short razor strike”)

From Proto-Bantu *-ɪda.

-ela

1. Forms applicative verbs, meaning to do something for, for the purpose of, on behalf of.

From Proto-Bantu *-ɪda.

-ela

1. Forms applicative verbs, meaning to do something for, for the purpose of, on behalf of.

From Proto-Bantu *-ɪda.

-ela

1. Forms applicative verbs, meaning to do something for, for the purpose of, on behalf of.

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-ela”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ela”