mela

See also: Mela, méla, mêla, měla, meļa, mela-, mēļa, mēļā, and мела

English

Etymology

From Urdu میلہ‎ (mela)/Hindi मेला (melā), from Sanskrit मेलक (melaka).

Noun

mela (plural melas)

A Hindu religious festival.
A South Asian fair. [from 19th c.]
- 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p. 53:
  Kalua was a man of unusual height and powerful build: in any fair, festival or mela, he could always be spotted towering above the crowd—even the jugglers on stilts were usually not so tall as he.
- 2011, Deepika Phukan, translating Arupa Patangia Kalita, The Story of Felanee:
  Every year there was a mela in the small village where Jutimala lived and Khitish would send three workers to set up a stall there.

Anagrams

-meal, Elam, Elma, Leam, Lema, Malé, alme, amel, lame, lamé, leam, lema, male, meal

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmɛla]
Hyphenation: me‧la

Noun

mela f

A melee; a brawl

Declension

Declension of mela

	singular	plural
nominative	mela	mely
genitive	mely	mel
dative	mele	melám
accusative	melu	mely
vocative	melo	mely
locative	mele	melách
instrumental	melou	melami

Synonyms

(melee): tlačenice, zmatek, chaos
(brawl): rvačka

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mela

masculine singular present transgressive of mlít

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mela, from Proto-Finno-Permic *melä.[1][2] Cognates include Karelian mela[3], Ludian mela (“oar”), Veps mela (“oar”), Estonian mõla (“paddle, oar”), Votic mõla (“paddle, oar”), Livvi mela (“paddle, oar”), Northern Sami mealli (“oar”), Erzya миле (mile, “oar, paddle”), Moksha миле (mile, “oar, paddle”), [script needed] (mǝľä), Komi-Zyrian маль (malʹ, “oar”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmelɑ/, [ˈme̞lɑ]
Rhymes: -elɑ
Syllabification^(key): me‧la

Noun

mela

paddle (oar-like implement)
(slang) dick (penis)

Declension

Inflection of mela (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		mela	melat
genitive		melan	melojen
partitive		melaa	meloja
illative		melaan	meloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mela	melat
accusative	nom.	mela	melat
accusative	gen.	melan	melat
genitive		melan	melojen melain^rare
partitive		melaa	meloja
inessive		melassa	meloissa
elative		melasta	meloista
illative		melaan	meloihin
adessive		melalla	meloilla
ablative		melalta	meloilta
allative		melalle	meloille
essive		melana	meloina
translative		melaksi	meloiksi
instructive		—	meloin
abessive		melatta	meloitta
comitative		—	meloineen

Possessive forms of mela (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	melani	melamme
2nd person	melasi	melanne
3rd person	melansa

Derived terms

melaa mekkoon
meloa
perämela

References

mela in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

Anagrams

Elma, elam

Gothic

Romanization

mēla

Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌰

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mēla, from *mēlum, from Latin mālum, from Doric Greek μᾶλον (mâlon, “apple”); compare Attic μῆλον (mêlon).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈme.la/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ela
Hyphenation: mé‧la

Noun

mela f (plural mele, diminutive melétta or melìna, augmentative melóna, pejorative melàccia, endearing-derogatory melùccia or melùzza)

apple (fruit)
Synonym: pomo

Derived terms

mela cotogna (“quince”)
mela della discordia (“apple of discord”)
mela librale (“type of large apple”)
mela selvatica (“crab apple”)

Related terms

melagrana
melata
meleto
melo
melone

Anagrams

alme, lame, male

Karelian

Noun

mela

paddle

Maltese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.la/

Etymology 1

From Arabic بَلَى‎ (balā, “why, certainly!, yes, of course!”), in dialects also with prefixed m-. Compare North Levantine Arabic مبلا‎ (mbala).

Adverb

mela

certainly
thus; so; accordingly

Interjection

mela

so; okay; all right
Mela, ħa nibdew!
So, let's start!

Alternative forms

mmela

Etymology 2

Root
m-l-j
4 terms

From Arabic مَلَأَ‎ (malaʾa), أَمْلَأَ‎ (ʾamlaʾa).

Verb

mela (imperfect jimla, past participle mimli, verbal noun mili)

(transitive) to fill, stuff
(intransitive, of the sea) to rise, flood
Antonym: forogħ

Conjugation

Conjugation of mela
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	mlejt	mlejt	mela	mlejna	mlejtu	mlew
perfect	f	mlejt	mlejt	mliet	mlejna	mlejtu	mlew
imperfect	m	nimla	timla	jimla	nimlew	timlew	jimlew
imperfect	f	nimla	timla	timla	nimlew	timlew	jimlew
imperative			imla			imlew

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.la/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɛla
Syllabification: me‧la

Verb

mela

third-person singular present of melać

Portuguese

Verb

mela

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

Sardinian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mela, from melum, from Latin mālum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmela/

Noun

mela f (plural melas)

apple (fruit)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Mehl.

Noun

mela f (Cyrillic spelling мела)

(Kajkavian) flour

Related terms

brašno

Participle

mela (Cyrillic spelling мела)

inflection of mesti:
1. feminine singular active past participle
2. neuter plural active past participle

Spanish

Noun

mela f (plural melas)

smitt; smit

Derived terms

melar

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mela.

Noun

mela

paddle (rowing tool)

Inflection

Inflection of mela (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	mela
genitive sing.	melan
partitive sing.	melad
partitive plur.	meloid
	singular	plural
nominative	mela	melad
accusative	melan	melad
genitive	melan	meloiden
partitive	melad	meloid
essive-instructive	melan	meloin
translative	melaks	meloikš

inessive	melas	meloiš
elative	melaspäi	meloišpäi
illative	melaha melha	meloihe

adessive	melal	meloil
ablative	melalpäi	meloilpäi
allative	melale	meloile

abessive	melata	meloita
comitative	melanke	meloidenke
prolative	meladme	meloidme

approximative I	melanno	meloidenno
approximative II	melannoks	meloidennoks
egressive	melannopäi	meloidennopäi

terminative I	melahasai melhasai	meloihesai
terminative II	melalesai	meloilesai
terminative III	melassai	—

additive I	melahapäi melhapäi	meloihepäi
additive II	melalepäi	meloilepäi

References

Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “весло”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Etymology

From mêl (“honey”) +‎ -a. Cognate with Cornish mela.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛla/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːla/, /ˈmɛla/
Rhymes: -ɛla

Verb

mela (first-person singular present melaf)

to gather nectar to make honey
to sweeten with honey

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third	impersonal
present indicative/future	melaf	meli	mela	melwn	melwch	melant	melir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	melwn	melit	melai	melem	melech	melent	melid
preterite	melais	melaist	melodd	melasom	melasoch	melasant	melwyd
pluperfect	melaswn	melasit	melasai	melasem	melasech	melasent	melasid, melesid
present subjunctive	melwyf	melych	melo	melom	meloch	melont	meler
imperative	—	mela	meled	melwn	melwch	melent	meler
verbal noun	mela
verbal adjectives	meledig meladwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
Inflected colloquial forms	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	mela i, melaf i	meli di	melith o/e/hi, meliff e/hi	melwn ni	melwch chi	melan nhw
conditional	melwn i, melswn i	melet ti, melset ti	melai fo/fe/hi, melsai fo/fe/hi	melen ni, melsen ni	melech chi, melsech chi	melen nhw, melsen nhw
preterite	melais i, meles i	melaist ti, melest ti	melodd o/e/hi	melon ni	meloch chi	melon nhw
imperative	—	mela	—	—	melwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mela	fela	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Westrobothnian

Preposition

mela

Alternative form of mila

Xhosa

Etymology

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Verb

-mela^?

(transitive) to stand for

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

[1] Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN

[2] Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

[3] Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

mela

English

Etymology

Noun

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Verb

Further reading

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

See also

References

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

Italian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Anagrams

Karelian

Noun

Maltese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adverb

Interjection

Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Verb

Conjugation

Polish

Pronunciation

Verb

Portuguese

Verb

Sardinian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Noun

Related terms

Participle

Spanish

Noun

Derived terms

Further reading

Veps

Etymology

Noun

Inflection

References

Welsh

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Mutation

Further reading

Westrobothnian

Preposition

Xhosa

Etymology

Verb

Inflection