ela

• ele (Valencia)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.la]

ela f (plural eles)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.

• ela geminada
• ela palatal

• “ela”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ela”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “ela” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ela” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

ela

1. inflection of elama:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present imperative connegative

From Old Galician-Portuguese ela, from Latin illa (“that”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈela/
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: e‧la

ela f sg (plural elas, masculine el, masculine plural elis)

1. Third person singular feminine nominative pronoun; she

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

From Old Galician-Portuguese ela, from Latin illa (“that”), feminine of ille. The dative is from Old Galician-Portuguese lle, from Latin illī.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛla/ [ˈɛ.lɐ], /ˈela/ [ˈe.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛla, -ela
• Hyphenation: e‧la

ela f (accusative a, dative lle)

1. she

   Ela tén moito dereito.

   She has a lot of right.

The accusative form a has variant forms la and na. These alternative forms appear depending on the ending of the preceding word. The form la is used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s. The na form is used when the preceding word ends in -u or a diphthong. These alternative forms are then suffixed to the preceding word.

The accusative also forms contractions when it immediately follows an indirect object pronoun. For example, Dou che a (“I gave you it”) contracts to Doucha (“I gave her to you”).

• el
• elas
• eles

• “ela”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Probably from ei (“this”) +‎ bela (“time”).

ela

1. now

• ṣela
• könbela
• zela

ela

1. family

   Synonym: ole dadi

• Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “ela”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 17

elá (plural elá)

1. lie, mistruth

• Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

From Old Occitan ela, from Latin illa, feminine of ille.

• Audio (Languedoc):

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ela

1. she (third-person singular subject pronoun)

Inherited from Latin illa, feminine of ille (“that”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.la/

ela f (plural elas)

1. she
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 3 (facsimile):

     Por ela nos perdõou. / deus o pecado Dadam. / da maçãa que goſtou. per / que ſoffreu muit affan.

     By her, God forgave us of Adam’s sin. Of the apple he tasted, because she felt very anguished.

• Fala: ela
• Galician: ela
• Portuguese: ela

• elha

From Latin illa, feminine of ille.

• IPA^(key): /ˈela/

ela

1. she
   • c. 1130, Marcabru, pastorela:

     «Don, dis ela, qui que·m sia / Ben conosc sen o folia [...].»
     ‘Sir,’ said she, ‘whatever I may be, I can well distinguish sense and folly.’

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• Occitan: ela

• ella (pre-standardization spelling)

From Old Galician-Portuguese ela, from Latin illa, feminine of ille. Cognate with Galician ela and Spanish ella.

• Hyphenation: e‧la

• Audio (São Paulo):

  (file)

ela f (plural elas)

2. third-person feminine singular nominative pronoun she; it

   Ela está aqui perto.

   She is nearby.

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 227:

     Pensei que você tivesse dito que ela estava só mandando você escrever!

     I thought that you have said that she was just ordering you to write!

   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 159:

     Ela sorriu encorajando-o.

     She smiled encouraging him.

4. third-person feminine singular prepositional pronoun her

   Dei flores a ela.

   I gave her flowers.

6. (Brazil) third-person feminine singular pronoun used in all positions she; it; her

   A gente encontrou ela.

   We came across her.

The following preposition + ela contractions are mandatory:

• ‎de + ‎ela → ‎dela
• ‎em + ‎ela → ‎nela

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ele.

• ala (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader)

From Latin āla.

ela f (plural elas)

1. (Puter) wing

ela

1. to flow

• elâ

From Ottoman Turkish الا. Doublet of ala.

• IPA^(key): /e.ˈlaː/
• Hyphenation: e‧la

ela

1. Of hazel color.

ela (definite accusative elayı, plural elalar)

1. hazel (refers to the color of eyes).

ela

1. genitive singular of el

• IPA^(key): /e.ˈl̪a/

ela

1. that's why!

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics (as elá)

ela

1. who^[1]

• edal (“whose”)
• narooe (“when”)
• intoorring (“where, whereabouts”)
• ain-ing-tali (“why”)
• inongo (“whence”)
• ining-jak (“what”)