adela

See also: adelã, Adela, Adéla, and Adelą

Ewe

Etymology

From ade (hunting) +‎ -la (agent suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.dè.lá/, [à.d̪è.lá]

Noun

àdèlá (definite singular àdèlá lá or àdèláá, plural àdèláwó, definite plural àdèlááwó)

  1. hunter

References

  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “adela”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 42
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906) “adela”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 101
  • Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “adela”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 8

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *adal, from Proto-Germanic *adalaz, *adalô (cattle urine, liquid manure)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.de.lɑ/

Noun

adela m

  1. filth
  2. a filthy place; a sewer

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative adela adelan
accusative adelan adelan
genitive adelan adelena
dative adelan adelum

Descendants

  • English: addle

Portuguese

Noun

adela f (plural adelas)

  1. female equivalent of adelo