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tela

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tela"

English edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin tēla (“web”). Doublet of toile.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tela (plural telas or telae)

  1. (anatomy) A thin, web-like structure or membrane.

Derived terms edit

Anagrams edit

Annobonese edit

Noun edit

tela

  1. land

References edit

  • Jacques Arends, Pieter Muysken, Norval Smith, editors (1994), Pidgins and Creoles: an introduction (in Annobonese)
  • John H. McWhorter (2005) Defining Creole (in Annobonese)

Bikol Central edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish tela.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtela/, [ˈte.l̪a]
  • Hyphenation: te‧la

Noun edit

tela (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜎ)

  1. fabric; textile
  2. cloth
    Synonym: henero
  3. fiber/fibre
    Synonyms: torsido, ilo

Related terms edit

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Catalan tela, from Latin tēla.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tela f (plural teles)

  1. cloth, fabric
  2. canvas (cloth on which one may paint)
    Synonym: llenç

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

References edit

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *tëla (compare Ingrian tela, Karelian tela, Veps tela), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þelą. Doublet of teli.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtelɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞lɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -elɑ
  • Syllabification(key): te‧la

Noun edit

tela

  1. a log or other piece of wood used as support to keep something, such as a boat or a pile of firewood from directly touching the ground
  2. (by extension) a place where something is left or stored (usually in adessive, ablative or allative plural)
  3. roller (one of a set of round logs used to help move a large object by rolling it over the logs)
  4. roller, cylinder (rotating cylindrical part of a machine)
  5. track; Ellipsis of telaketju (“caterpillar track”).
  6. platen (part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made)
  7. platen, carriage (part of a typewriter or printer on which the paper rests to receive an impression)

Declension edit

Inflection of tela (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative tela telat
genitive telan telojen
partitive telaa teloja
illative telaan teloihin
singular plural
nominative tela telat
accusative nom. tela telat
gen. telan
genitive telan telojen
telainrare
partitive telaa teloja
inessive telassa teloissa
elative telasta teloista
illative telaan teloihin
adessive telalla teloilla
ablative telalta teloilta
allative telalle teloille
essive telana teloina
translative telaksi teloiksi
abessive telatta teloitta
instructive — teloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tela (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative telani telani
accusative nom. telani telani
gen. telani
genitive telani telojeni
telainirare
partitive telaani telojani
inessive telassani teloissani
elative telastani teloistani
illative telaani teloihini
adessive telallani teloillani
ablative telaltani teloiltani
allative telalleni teloilleni
essive telanani teloinani
translative telakseni teloikseni
abessive telattani teloittani
instructive — —
comitative — teloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative telasi telasi
accusative nom. telasi telasi
gen. telasi
genitive telasi telojesi
telaisirare
partitive telaasi telojasi
inessive telassasi teloissasi
elative telastasi teloistasi
illative telaasi teloihisi
adessive telallasi teloillasi
ablative telaltasi teloiltasi
allative telallesi teloillesi
essive telanasi teloinasi
translative telaksesi teloiksesi
abessive telattasi teloittasi
instructive — —
comitative — teloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative telamme telamme
accusative nom. telamme telamme
gen. telamme
genitive telamme telojemme
telaimmerare
partitive telaamme telojamme
inessive telassamme teloissamme
elative telastamme teloistamme
illative telaamme teloihimme
adessive telallamme teloillamme
ablative telaltamme teloiltamme
allative telallemme teloillemme
essive telanamme teloinamme
translative telaksemme teloiksemme
abessive telattamme teloittamme
instructive — —
comitative — teloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative telanne telanne
accusative nom. telanne telanne
gen. telanne
genitive telanne telojenne
telainnerare
partitive telaanne telojanne
inessive telassanne teloissanne
elative telastanne teloistanne
illative telaanne teloihinne
adessive telallanne teloillanne
ablative telaltanne teloiltanne
allative telallenne teloillenne
essive telananne teloinanne
translative telaksenne teloiksenne
abessive telattanne teloittanne
instructive — —
comitative — teloinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative telansa telansa
accusative nom. telansa telansa
gen. telansa
genitive telansa telojensa
telainsarare
partitive telaansa telojaan
telojansa
inessive telassaan
telassansa 		teloissaan
teloissansa
elative telastaan
telastansa 		teloistaan
teloistansa
illative telaansa teloihinsa
adessive telallaan
telallansa 		teloillaan
teloillansa
ablative telaltaan
telaltansa 		teloiltaan
teloiltansa
allative telalleen
telallensa 		teloilleen
teloillensa
essive telanaan
telanansa 		teloinaan
teloinansa
translative telakseen
telaksensa 		teloikseen
teloiksensa
abessive telattaan
telattansa 		teloittaan
teloittansa
instructive — —
comitative — teloineen
teloinensa

Synonyms edit

  • (round log used as support): telapuu

Derived terms edit

compounds

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Hausa edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English tailor.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /téː.là/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [téː.lə̀]

Noun edit

tēlà m (plural tēlōlī, possessed form tēlàn)

  1. tailor

Hawaiian edit

Determiner edit

tela

  1. Niʻihau form of kēlā (“that”)
    He keiti tela.
    That (far away) is a child.

Usage notes edit

  • In Niihau, diacritics are omitted. If one were to use them, the spelling would be tēlā.

Ingrian edit

 
Tela.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *tëla. Cognates include Finnish tela and Veps tela.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tela

  1. ship cradle (structure used to hold a ship or boat on dry land)

Declension edit

Declension of tela (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative tela telat
genitive telan telloin
partitive tellaa teloja
illative tellaa telloi
inessive telas telois
elative telast teloist
allative telalle teloille
adessive telal teloil
ablative telalt teloilt
translative telaks teloiks
essive telanna, tellaan teloinna, telloin
exessive1) telant teloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References edit

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 580

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin tēla.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈte.la/
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Hyphenation: té‧la

Noun edit

tela f (plural tele)

  1. cloth
    Synonyms: stoffa, tessuto
  2. canvas
  3. curtain (theatre)

Related terms edit

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Italic *tekslā, formed to the root of texō (“I weave”).

Noun edit

tēla f (genitive tēlae); first declension

  1. web
  2. warp (threads that run lengthwise in a loom)
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.261–264:
      [...] atque illī stēllātus iaspide fulvā
      ēnsis erat, Tyriōque ārdēbat mūrice laena
      dēmissa ex umerīs, dīves quae mūnera Dīdō
      fēcerat, et tenuī tēlās discrēverat aurō.
      And [Mercury saw] that [Aeneas’s] sword was starred with tawny jasper, and a cloak ablaze with Tyrian purple hung from his shoulders – splendid gifts which Dido had made – and its warp-threads were highlighted with thin gold.
  3. loom
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.699–700:
      et tamen assiduīs exercet brāchia tēlīs
      ādversusque minās frīgoris arma parat.
      And yet she keeps her arms busy at the looms,
      and so prepares armor (having been) set against the threats of winter.
Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tēla tēlae
Genitive tēlae tēlārum
Dative tēlae tēlīs
Accusative tēlam tēlās
Ablative tēlā tēlīs
Vocative tēla tēlae
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

tēla n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of tēlum

References edit

  • “tela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tela”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tela in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to be exposed to the assaults of fate: fortunae telis propositum esse
    • (ambiguous) to discharge missiles: tela iacere, conicere, mittere
    • (ambiguous) to expose oneself to missiles: se obicere telis
    • (ambiguous) to discharge showers of missiles: tela ingerere, conicere
  • “tela”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “tela”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • “tela”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Manado Malay edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Portuguese telha

Noun edit

tela

  1. brick

Old English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

tela

  1. well, rightly
  2. completely, thoroughly, certainly
  3. happily, prosperously, pleasantly
  4. very

Interjection edit

tela

  1. well! good!

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Alternative forms

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit तैल (tailá), itself from Sanskrit तिल (tila), cognate with Pali tila (“sesame”)

Noun edit

tela n[1]

  1. oil (particularly from sesame)[1]

Declension edit

Declension table of "tela" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)telaṃtelāni
Accusative (second)telaṃtelāni
Instrumental (third)telenatelehi or telebhi
Dative (fourth)telassa or telāya or telatthaṃtelānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)telasmā or telamhā or telātelehi or telebhi
Genitive (sixth)telassatelānaṃ
Locative (seventh)telasmiṃ or telamhi or teletelesu
Vocative (calling)telatelāni

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “tela”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Portuguese edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
  • Hyphenation: te‧la

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin tēla (“web; loom”). Doublet of teia (“web”).

Noun edit

tela f (plural telas)

  1. canvas (piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint)
  2. (by extension) painting (an illustration or artwork using paint)
    Synonyms: pintura, quadro
  3. screen (viewing area of a movie, slide presentation, etc.)
  4. (by extension) cinema
    Synonym: (Portugal) ecrã
  5. (Brazil) screen (viewing area of electronic output devices)
    Synonym: (Portugal) ecrã
  6. (biology) a very thin tissue
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

tela

  1. inflection of telar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romansch edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin tēla.

Noun edit

tela f (plural telas)

  1. (textiles, Sutsilvan) material, textile, canvas

Derived terms edit

Silesian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish tyle, tele.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛla/
  • Rhymes: -ɛla
  • Syllabification: te‧la

Numeral edit

tela

  1. this much, this many; as many as; as much as

Further reading edit

Slovak edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tela

  1. genitive singular of telo

Spanish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Spanish tela, from Latin tēla.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtela/ [ˈt̪e.la]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Syllabification: te‧la

Noun edit

tela f (plural telas)

  1. (clothing) cloth, fabric (woven material made of fibers)
    Synonym: género
  2. (colloquial) difficult task (difficult or tedious undertaking, especially as part of one's duties)
    Limpiar el garaje es mucha tela.
    Cleaning the garage is tough work.
  3. (colloquial) cash, dosh (money)
    Synonyms: pasta, plata

Derived terms edit

Adverb edit

tela

  1. (Spain, colloquial) loads; lots; a shedload; extremely
    Es un chico tela de gracioso.
    He's a really funny fella.

Further reading edit

Swahili edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English trailer.

Noun edit

tela (n class, plural tela)

  1. trailer (unpowered wheeled vehicle that is towed behind another)
  2. trailer (preview of a film)

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish tela.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtela/, [ˈtɛ.lɐ]
  • Hyphenation: te‧la

Noun edit

tela (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜎ)

  1. cloth; fabric; textile
    Synonyms: kayo, damit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • “tela”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Ternate edit

Etymology edit

Given by Hayami-Allen to be from Portuguese [Term?].

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tela

  1. maize, corn

References edit

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian tela.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /teˈla/
  • Hyphenation: te‧la

Noun edit

tela (definite accusative telayı, plural telalar)

  1. (textiles) A piece of starched cloth placed between the main fabric and the lining for support; interlining.

Declension edit

Inflection
Nominative tela
Definite accusative telayı
Singular Plural
Nominative tela telalar
Definite accusative telayı telaları
Dative telaya telalara
Locative telada telalarda
Ablative teladan telalardan
Genitive telanın telaların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular telam telalarım
2nd singular telan telaların
3rd singular telası telaları
1st plural telamız telalarımız
2nd plural telanız telalarınız
3rd plural telaları telaları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular telamı telalarımı
2nd singular telanı telalarını
3rd singular telasını telalarını
1st plural telamızı telalarımızı
2nd plural telanızı telalarınızı
3rd plural telalarını telalarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular telama telalarıma
2nd singular telana telalarına
3rd singular telasına telalarına
1st plural telamıza telalarımıza
2nd plural telanıza telalarınıza
3rd plural telalarına telalarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular telamda telalarımda
2nd singular telanda telalarında
3rd singular telasında telalarında
1st plural telamızda telalarımızda
2nd plural telanızda telalarınızda
3rd plural telalarında telalarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular telamdan telalarımdan
2nd singular telandan telalarından
3rd singular telasından telalarından
1st plural telamızdan telalarımızdan
2nd plural telanızdan telalarınızdan
3rd plural telalarından telalarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular telamın telalarımın
2nd singular telanın telalarının
3rd singular telasının telalarının
1st plural telamızın telalarımızın
2nd plural telanızın telalarınızın
3rd plural telalarının telalarının

References edit

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tela”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading edit

Veps edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *tëla, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þelą. Cognates include Finnish tela.

Noun edit

tela

  1. (clarification of this definition is needed) roller

Inflection edit

Inflection of tela (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing. tela
genitive sing. telan
partitive sing. telad
partitive plur. teloid
singular plural
nominative tela telad
accusative telan telad
genitive telan teloiden
partitive telad teloid
essive-instructive telan teloin
translative telaks teloikš
inessive telas teloiš
elative telaspäi teloišpäi
illative telaha
telha 		teloihe
adessive telal teloil
ablative telalpäi teloilpäi
allative telale teloile
abessive telata teloita
comitative telanke teloidenke
prolative teladme teloidme
approximative I telanno teloidenno
approximative II telannoks teloidennoks
egressive telannopäi teloidennopäi
terminative I telahasai
telhasai 		teloihesai
terminative II telalesai teloilesai
terminative III telassai —
additive I telahapäi
telhapäi 		teloihepäi
additive II telalepäi teloilepäi

References edit

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “каток”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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