maila

maila

See also: Maila, mäila, and māʻila

Finnish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Swedish malj, from French mail, from Latin malleus. Metathesis took place in order to avoid the form *malja, which would have been homonymous with malja (“goblet, bowl, cup, chalice”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑi̯lɑ/, [ˈmɑi̯lɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑilɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mai‧la

Noun

maila

1. (sports) an implement used to handle the object being played with, such as a ball or a puck; translation into English depends on the kind of implement and the particular sport
   1. (tennis, squash, badminton) racket
   2. (baseball, cricket, pesäpallo) bat
   3. (field hockey or ice hockey) stick
   4. (golf) club
   5. (table tennis) paddle
   6. (polo, croquet) mallet
2. (pinball) flipper

Declension

Inflection of maila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		maila	mailat
genitive		mailan	mailojen
partitive		mailaa	mailoja
illative		mailaan	mailoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		maila	mailat
accusative	nom.	maila	mailat
	gen.	mailan
genitive		mailan	mailojen mailainrare
partitive		mailaa	mailoja
inessive		mailassa	mailoissa
elative		mailasta	mailoista
illative		mailaan	mailoihin
adessive		mailalla	mailoilla
ablative		mailalta	mailoilta
allative		mailalle	mailoille
essive		mailana	mailoina
translative		mailaksi	mailoiksi
instructive		—	mailoin
abessive		mailatta	mailoitta
comitative		—	mailoineen

Possessive forms of maila (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	mailani	mailamme
2nd person	mailasi	mailanne
3rd person	mailansa

References

1. Koivulehto, Jorma & Kallio, Petri: Lainaetymologioita neljältä vuosikymmeneltä (2016). SUST 274.

Anagrams

• ilmaa, limaa, maali, malia

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.la/, /me.la/

Verb

maila

1. third-person singular past historic of mailer

Anagrams

• lamai, Lamia

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From mai (“hither”) +‎ lā (“there, then”).

Particle

maila

1. hither, this way, towards the speaker

Synonyms

• mai

Antonyms

• akula, aku