-ela

-ela

1. allomorphic form of -la

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ela, from Latin -ella.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlɐ]

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

1. forms diminutives, especially of feminine nouns

   Synonyms: -iño, -olo

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

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

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

2. forms nouns indicating an action

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

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Inherited from Proto-Italic *-ēlā, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-léh₂, from *-eh₁-lós, thematized from *-lós

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈeː.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.la]

-ēla f (genitive -ēlae); first declension

1. Forms abstract nouns mostly from verbs.

   ‎queror + ‎-ēla → ‎querēla

   ‎cliēns + ‎-ēla → ‎clientēla

Either appended to the supine or present stem of the verb:

• ‎caveō (supine stem in caut-) + ‎-ēla → ‎cautēla
• ‎sequor (supine stem in secūt-) + ‎-ēla → ‎sequēla

First-declension noun.

• Word formation in the Roman sermo plebeius

• IPA^(key): /e.lɑ/

-ela

1. genitive plural of -el

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.

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

1. forms diminutives

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

   ‎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”)

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”)

• “-ela”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

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”