wela

See also: Wela

Chamicuro

Etymology

From Spanish vela.

Noun

wela

1. sail

Hawaiian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwe.la/, [ˈʋɛ.lə]

Verb

wela

1. (stative) to be hot

Muna

Noun

wela

1. cockatoo

Northern Sotho

Verb

wela

1. to fall into

Old English

Alternative forms

• weala — Northumbrian
• weola — West Saxon
• wala

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *welō, *walō, from Proto-Germanic *welô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwe.lɑ/

Noun

wela m (West Saxon)

1. wealth
   • The Legend of St. Andrew in Verse

     ...Ne ġedafenað þē nū þē dryhten ġeaf welan and wiste and woruldspēde,...

     ...It befitteth thee not since to thee the Lord hath given wealth and abundance and worldly prosperity,...

Declension

Declension of wela (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wela	welan
accusative	welan	welan
genitive	welan	welena
dative	welan	welum

Derived terms

• æfwela
• weliġ

Descendants

• Middle English: wele
  • English: weal
  • Scots: weal, weel

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wela”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old High German

Alternative forms

• ƿela — Manuscript form

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wela.

Adverb

wela

1. Alternative form of wola

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• wel, wala, wola

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wela.

Adverb

wela (comparative bet, superlative best)

1. well

Descendants

• Middle Low German: wole, wol, wal
  • Low German: wol, wull

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish abuela.

Noun

wela

1. grandmother

Related terms

• bisawela
• welo

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Welle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛla/
• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Syllabification: we‧la

Noun

wela f

1. wave

Further reading

• Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “wela”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 308

Swazi

Verb

-wela

1. to cross (path, road, river)
2. to go overseas

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Verb

-wela

1. to cross

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.