xela

Asturian

Verb

xela

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

Maltese

Root
x-l-j
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from dialectal Arabic. Compare North Levantine Arabic شلي (šili, “to speak ill of, to backbite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.la/

Verb

xela (imperfect jixli, past participle mixli, verbal noun xili)

1. to accuse, indict

Conjugation

Conjugation of xela
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	xlejt	xlejt	xela		xlejna	xlejtu	xlew
	f			xliet
imperfect	m	nixli	tixli	jixli		nixlu	tixlu	jixlu
	f			tixli
imperative			ixli				ixlu

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɛˈlɑː/

Noun

xela f (Arabic spelling خەلا)

1. famine, hunger, starvation, shortage

   Synonym: nêz

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “xela”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 652

Xhosa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kǁeːla]

Verb

-xela

1. to confess
2. to say

Inflection

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