English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hindi मेला (melā), from Sanskrit.
Noun[edit]
mela (plural melas)
- A Hindu non secular competition; loosely, a South Asian truthful. [from 19th c.]
- 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p. 53:
- Kalua was a person of surprising top and highly effective construct: in any truthful, competition or mela, he might all the time be noticed towering above the gang—even the jugglers on stilts have been often not so tall as he.
- 2011, Deepika Phukan, translating Arupa Patangia Kalita, The Story of Felanee:
- Yearly there was a mela within the small village the place Jutimala lived and Khitish would ship three employees to arrange a stall there.
- 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p. 53:
Anagrams[edit]
- -meal, Elam, Elma, Leam, Lema, Malé, alme, amel, lame, lamé, leam, lema, male, meal
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /mela/
- Hyphenation: me‧la
Noun[edit]
mela f
- A melee; a brawl
Declension[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
Verb[edit]
mela
- masculine singular current transgressive of mlít
Associated phrases[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *mela, from Proto-Finno-Permic *melä.[1][2] Cognates embrace 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[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈmelɑ/, [ˈme̞lɑ]
- Rhymes: -elɑ
- Syllabification: me‧la
Noun[edit]
mela
- paddle (oar-like implement)
- (slang) dick (penis)
Declension[edit]
Derived phrases[edit]
See additionally[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Anagrams[edit]
Romanization[edit]
mēla
- Romanization of
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *mela, from melum, from Latin mālum.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mela f (plural mele)
- apple (fruit)
Synonyms[edit]
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Anagrams[edit]
Karelian[edit]
Noun[edit]
mela
- paddle
Maltese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Arabic بَلَى (balā, “why, definitely!, sure, after all!”), in dialects additionally with prefixed m-. Examine North Levantine Arabic مبلى (mbala).
Adverb[edit]
mela
- definitely
- thus; so; accordingly
Interjection[edit]
mela
- so; okay; all proper
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Mela, ħa nibdew!
- So, let’s begin!
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Various kinds[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Arabic مَلَأَ (malaʾa), أَمْلَأَ (ʾamlaʾa).
Verb[edit]
mela (imperfect jimla, previous participle mimli)
- to fill
- to stuff
Conjugation[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
mela
- third-person singular (ele and ela, additionally used with você and others) current indicative of melar
- second-person singular (tu, generally used with você) affirmative crucial of melar
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German Mehl
Noun[edit]
mela f (Cyrillic spelling мела)
- (Kajkavian) flour
Associated phrases[edit]
Participle[edit]
mela (Cyrillic spelling мела)
- inflection of mesti:
- female singular lively previous participle
- neuter plural lively previous participle
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
mela f (plural melas)
- smitt; smit
Derived phrases[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is lacking or incomplete. Please add to it, or talk about it on the Etymology scriptorium.)
Associated to Finnish mela.
Noun[edit]
mela
- paddle (rowing instrument)
Inflection[edit]
References[edit]
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “весло”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Etymology[edit]
From mêl (“honey”) + -a. Cognate with Cornish mela.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
mela (first-person singular current melaf)
- to assemble nectar to make honey
- to sweeten with honey
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation (colloquial)
| Inflected colloquial kinds | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| future | mela i, melaf i | meli di | melith o/e/hello, meliff e/hello | melwn ni | melwch chi | melan nhw |
| conditional | melwn i, melswn i | melet ti, melset ti | melai fo/fe/hello, melsai fo/fe/hello | melen ni, melsen ni | melech chi, melsech chi | melen nhw, melsen nhw |
| preterite | melais i, meles i | melaist ti, melest ti | melodd o/e/hello | melon ni | meloch chi | melon nhw |
| crucial | — | mela | — | — | melwch | — |
| Observe: All different kinds are periphrastic, as standard in colloquial Welsh. | ||||||
Mutation[edit]
Additional studying[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–current) , “mela”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru On-line (in Welsh), College of Wales Centre for Superior Welsh & Celtic Research
Westrobothnian[edit]
Preposition[edit]
mela
- Various type of mila
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is lacking or incomplete. Please add to it, or talk about it on the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb[edit]
-mela?
- (transitive) to face for
Inflection[edit]
This verb wants an inflection-table template.