xela

Asturian

Verb

xela

  1. inflection of xelar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Maltese

Root
x-l-j
2 terms

Etymology

Inherited from dialectal Arabic. Compare North Levantine Arabic شلي (šili, “to speak ill of, to backbite”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛ.la/

Verb

xela (imperfect jixli, past participle mixli, verbal noun xili)

  1. to accuse, indict

Conjugation

Conjugation of xela (Form I)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m xlejt xlejt xela xlejna xlejtu xlew
f xliet
imperfect m nixli tixli jixli nixlu tixlu jixlu
f tixli
imperative ixli ixlu

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xɛˈlɑː/

Noun

xela f (Arabic spelling خەلا)

  1. famine, hunger, starvation, shortage
    Synonym: nêz

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “xela”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 652

Xhosa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kǁeːla]

Verb

-xela

  1. to confess
  2. to say

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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