kela
See also: Kela, kēlā, and kèlā
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kela, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Old Prussian kelan (“wheel”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkelɑ/, [ˈke̞lɑ]
- Rhymes: -elɑ
- Syllabification(key): ke‧la
Noun
kela
- reel
- coil
- (electronics) inductor
Declension
| Inflection of kela (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 kelainrare | |
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | keloin | |
| abessive | kelatta | keloitta | |
| comitative | — | keloineen | |
| Possessive forms of kela (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | kelani | kelamme |
| 2nd person | kelasi | kelanne |
| 3rd person | kelansa | |
Anagrams
- kale, leka
Icelandic
Etymology
Cognate with Swedish kela.
Verb
kela
- to cuddle, to pet
Derived terms
- kela við (to caress somebody)
Anagrams
- leka
Old High German
Alternative forms
- chela
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
- throat
Descendants
- Middle High German: kële, kël
- Cimbrian: khéela
- German: Kehle
Papantla Totonac
Noun
kela inan
- atole
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)
- banana
Swedish
Verb
kela (present kelar, preterite kelade, supine kelat, imperative kela)
- (intransitive) to cuddle, to pet one another
Conjugation
Conjugation of kela (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | kela | — | ||
| Supine | kelat | — | ||
| Imperative | kela | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | kelen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | kelar | kelade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | kela | kelade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | kele | kelade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | kelande | |||
| Past participle | kelad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Synonyms
- gosa
Derived terms
- kel
- kelsjuk
Anagrams
- elak, lake, leka
Tok Pisin
Adjective
kela
- bald; bare
Volapük
Pronoun
kela
- genitive singular of kel
Xhosa
Etymology
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Verb
-kela?
- (transitive) to peel
- Synonyms: -chuba, -hluba
Inflection
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