tela
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin tēla (“web”). Doublet of toile.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
AnagramsEdit
AnnoboneseEdit
NounEdit
tela
ReferencesEdit
- 1994, Jacques Arends, Pieter Muysken, Norval Smith (editors), Pidgins and Creoles: an introduction
- 2005, John H. McWhorter, Defining Creole
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Catalan tela, from Latin tēla.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tela f (plural teles)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “tela” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tela” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “tela”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *tela (compare Ingrian tela, Karelian tela, Veps tela), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þelą.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tela
- 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
- (by extension) a place where something is left or stored (usually in adessive, ablative or allative plural)
- roller (one of a set of round logs used to help move a large object by rolling it over the logs)
- roller, cylinder
- track; Short for telaketju (“caterpillar track”).
- platen (part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made)
- platen, carriage (part of a typewriter or printer on which the paper rests to receive an impression)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of tela (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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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 | |
instructive | — | teloin | |
abessive | telatta | teloitta | |
comitative | — | teloineen |
Possessive forms of tela (type kala) | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | telani | telamme |
2nd person | telasi | telanne |
3rd person | telansa |
SynonymsEdit
- (round log used as support): telapuu
Derived termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
HausaEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tēlà m (plural tēlōlī, possessed form tēlàn)
HawaiianEdit
DeterminerEdit
tela
Usage notesEdit
- In Niihau, diacritics are omitted. If one were to use them, the spelling would be tēlā.
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tela f (plural tele)
Related termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈteː.la/, [ˈt̪eːɫ̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈte.la/, [ˈt̪ɛːlä]
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Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Italic *tekslā. Equivalent to texō (“weave; plait”) + -ēla.
NounEdit
tēla f (genitive tēlae); first declension
DeclensionEdit
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 termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
- → English: tela
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
NounEdit
tēla n
ReferencesEdit
- “tela”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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[1], 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
- (ambiguous) to be exposed to the assaults of fate: fortunae telis propositum esse
- “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
Old EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
tela
InterjectionEdit
tela
PaliEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Sanskrit तैल (tailá).
NounEdit
tela n
DeclensionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “tela”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin tēla (“web; loom”). Doublet of teia (“web”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tela f (plural telas)
- canvas (piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint)
- (by extension) painting (an illustration or artwork using paint)
- screen (viewing area of a movie, slide presentation, etc.)
- (by extension) cinema
- Synonym: (Portugal) ecrã
- (Brazil) screen (viewing area of electronic output devices)
- Synonym: (Portugal) ecrã
- (biology) a very thin tissue
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
RomanschEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
tela f (plural telas)
Derived termsEdit
- tela filient (“spiderweb”)
SilesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *toli.
PronounEdit
tela
SlovakEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tela
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Spanish tela, from Latin tēla.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tela f (plural telas)
- (fabric) cloth, fabric (woven material made of fibers)
- Synonym: género
- (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.
- (colloquial) cash, dosh (money)
- Synonym: pasta
Derived termsEdit
AdverbEdit
tela
- (Spain, colloquial) loads; lots; a shedload; extremely
- Es un chico tela de gracioso.
- He's a really funny fella.
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “tela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
TernateEdit
EtymologyEdit
Given by Hayami-Allen to be from Portuguese [Term?].
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tela
ReferencesEdit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
VepsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Related to Finnish tela.
NounEdit
tela
- (clarification of this definition is needed) roller
InflectionEdit
Inflection of tela | |||
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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 | ? | 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 | ? | teloihesai | |
terminative II | telalesai | teloilesai | |
terminative III | telassai | — | |
additive I | ? | teloihepäi | |
additive II | telalepäi | teloilepäi |
ReferencesEdit
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “каток”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika