sela

See also: Sela, sèlā, and села

English

Noun

sela

1. plural of selo

Anagrams

• ASLE, ELAS, Elsa, LAEs, LEAs, SEAL, Sale, Salé, Seal, aels, ales, lase, leas, sale, seal

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛla]
• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Hyphenation: se‧la

Etymology 1

Verb

sela

1. inflection of sít:
   1. feminine singular past participle
   2. neuter plural past participle

Etymology 2

Noun

sela

1. inflection of selo:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Anagrams

• Elsa
• lesa

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Galician

Sela ("saddle")

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese sela, from Latin sella. Cognate with Portuguese sela and Spanish silla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛlɐ]

Noun

sela f (plural selas)

1. saddle
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 117:

     Nota que esta door, que chaman corno, desarreigase çedo se caualgaren en el con sella posta ante cada hũa das meezjnas

     Note that this ache, which they call horn, is soon removed if they ride [the horse] with the saddle on before each one of the medicines

2. (archaic) throne; chair

References

• “sela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “sela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “sela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “sela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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Javanese

Noun

sela

1. Dated spelling of séla.

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Malagasy

Etymology

Borrowed from English cell.

Noun

sela

1. cell (unit of life)

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *saiwalō.

Noun

sēla f

1. soul

   Irlosin sol an frithe sela mina fan then thia ginacont mi, wanda under managon he was mit mi.

   He shall deliver in peace my soul from those who attack me, for amongst many he was with me.

Alternative forms

• siela

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: siele
  • Dutch: ziel
    • Afrikaans: siel
  • Limburgish: zeel

Further reading

• “siela”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek‎^[1], 2012

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Old Norse

Noun

sela

1. inflection of seli m (“harness”)
   1. oblique singular indefinite of seli
      1. accusative singular indefinite of seli
      2. dative singular indefinite of seli
      3. genitive singular indefinite of seli
   2. accusative plural indefinite of seli
   3. genitive plural indefinite of seli
2. inflection of selr m (“seal”)
   1. accusative plural indefinite of selr
   2. genitive plural indefinite of selr

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Phuthi

Verb

-séla

1. to drink

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese sela, from Latin sella, from Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.lɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.lɐ/
• Homophone: cela
• Hyphenation: se‧la

Noun

sela f (plural selas)

1. saddle

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Southern Ndebele

Verb

-séla

1. to drink

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English sailor

Noun

sela

1. sailor

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Xhosa

Etymology

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Verb

-séla

1. (transitive) to drink

Inflection

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