tella
See also: Tella and -tella
English
Alternative forms
- talla
Noun
tella (uncountable)
- A traditional beer from Ethiopia and Eritrea, brewed from various grains.
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese tella, from Vulgar Latin *tegla, from Latin tēgula. Cognate with Portuguese telha and Spanish teja.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈteʎa̝/
Noun
tella f (plural tellas)
- roof tile
Derived terms
- tellado
- tellar
- telleira
References
- “tella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “tella” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “tella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “tella” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “tella” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.