kela
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *këla, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Old Prussian kelan (“wheel”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkelɑ/, [ˈk̟e̞lɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -elɑ
- Syllabification(key): ke‧la
- Hyphenation(key): ke‧la
Noun
kela
- reel, spool (device around which thread, wire, cable or something similar is wound)
- filmikela ― film reel
- coil (something wound in the form of a helix or spiral)
- (electronics) coil, inductor (passive electrical device)
- Synonym: käämi
Declension
Inflection of kela (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kela | kelat | |
genitive | kelan | kelojen | |
partitive | kelaa | keloja | |
illative | kelaan | keloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kela | kelat | |
accusative | nom. | kela | kelat |
gen. | kelan | ||
genitive | kelan | kelojen kelain rare | |
partitive | kelaa | keloja | |
inessive | kelassa | keloissa | |
elative | kelasta | keloista | |
illative | kelaan | keloihin | |
adessive | kelalla | keloilla | |
ablative | kelalta | keloilta | |
allative | kelalle | keloille | |
essive | kelana | keloina | |
translative | kelaksi | keloiksi | |
abessive | kelatta | keloitta | |
instructive | — | keloin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “kela”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
Anagrams
Icelandic
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish kæle. Cognate with Swedish kela and Norwegian Nynorsk kjæle.[1]
Verb
kela
Derived terms
- kela við (“to caress someone”)
Related terms
- kelinn
- kelerí
References
- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “kela”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Anagrams
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kelā, from Proto-Germanic *kelǭ.
Noun
kela f
Inflection
Descendants
References
- “kela”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old High German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kelā, from Proto-Germanic *kelǭ. Cognate with Old Saxon kela, Old English ċeole, and perhaps Latin gula.
Noun
kela f
Descendants
Papantla Totonac
Noun
kela inan
References
- Crescencio García Ramos, Diccionario Básico Totonaco-Español Español-Totonaco (Xalapa, Academia Veracruzana de las Lenguas Indígenas, 2007)
Rohingya
Alternative forms
- 𐴑𐴠𐴓𐴝 (kela) — Hanifi Rohingya script
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi केला (kelā).
Noun
kelā (Hanifi spelling 𐴑𐴠𐴓𐴝)
Silesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.la/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛla
- Syllabification: ke‧la
Numeral
kela
Swedish
Verb
kela (present kelar, preterite kelade, supine kelat, imperative kela)
Conjugation
active | passive | |||
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infinitive | kela | — | ||
supine | kelat | — | ||
imperative | kela | — | ||
imper. plural1 | kelen | — | ||
present | past | present | past | |
indicative | kelar | kelade | — | — |
ind. plural1 | kela | kelade | — | — |
subjunctive2 | kele | kelade | — | — |
present participle | kelande | |||
past participle | kelad |
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Anagrams
Tok Pisin
Adjective
kela
Volapük
Pronoun
kela
- genitive singular of kel
- 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: I:
- Ekö! jivirgan ogrodikof, ed omotof soni, keli onemoy eli ‚Emmanuel’, kela tradutod binon: God binom ko obs.
- Look! the virgin is with child and will give birth to a son whom they will call Immanuel, a name which means „God-is-with-us”.
- (literally, “[...] the translation of which is: „God-is-with-us”.”)
Xhosa
Etymology
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Verb
-kela?
Inflection
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