Mela
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mela"
Finnish
editEtymology
editVariant of Melanen.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editMela
- a Finnish surname
Declension
editInflection of Mela (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Mela | Melat | |
genitive | Melan | Melojen | |
partitive | Melaa | Meloja | |
illative | Melaan | Meloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Mela | Melat | |
accusative | nom. | Mela | Melat |
gen. | Melan | ||
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 | |
abessive | Melatta | Meloitta | |
instructive | — | Meloin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics
edit- Mela is the 4820th (tied with 25 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 151 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Galician
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editMela f
- a diminutive of the female given name Carme
References
edit- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “Mela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “Mela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈme.la/, [ˈmɛɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.la/, [ˈmɛːlä]
Proper noun
editMela m sg (genitive Melae); first declension
- A Roman masculine cognomen — famously held by:
- Pomponius Mela (ob. circa AD 45), the earliest Roman geographer
- Annius Mela (cos. AD 103), a Roman senator and consul
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Mela |
Genitive | Melae |
Dative | Melae |
Accusative | Melam |
Ablative | Melā |
Vocative | Mela |
Descendants
edit- Bulgarian: Мела (Mela)
References
edit- “Mĕla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Mĕla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 961/2.
- “Mela” on page 1,092/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Further reading
edit- Pomponius Mela on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
- Annius Mela on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
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- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/elɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/elɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish surnames
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Galician terms suffixed with -ela
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician proper nouns
- Galician feminine nouns
- Galician given names
- Galician female given names
- Galician diminutives of female given names
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the first declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin cognomina