gelela
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom a Berber language; compare Tuareg tagăllăt.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡe.le.la/, [ˈɡɛɫ̪ɛɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.le.la/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːlelä]
Noun
editgelela f (genitive gelelae); first declension
Usage notes
edit- This noun is sometimes erroneously interpreted as referring to the inner flesh of a colocynth due to a misinterpretation of a syntactically ambiguous sentence in Cassius Felix's De Medicina.
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | gelela | gelelae |
Genitive | gelelae | gelelārum |
Dative | gelelae | gelelīs |
Accusative | gelelam | gelelās |
Ablative | gelelā | gelelīs |
Vocative | gelela | gelelae |
References
edit- ^ Souag, Lameen (2015) “Explaining Korandjé: Language contact, plantations, and the trans-Saharan trade”, in Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, number 30, number 2, John Benjamins Publishing, , pages 189-224.
- ^ gelela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.