-ela

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.la/, [ˈeː.ɫa]

-ēla f (genitive -ēlae); first declension

1. Forms abstract nouns from verbs, often specifically deponent verbs.

First declension.

Word formation in the Roman sermo plebeius

From Proto-Nguni *-ela, from Proto-Bantu *-ɪda.

-ela

1. Forms applicative verbs, meaning to do something for, for the purpose of, on behalf of.

• -ella (obsolete)

From Old Portuguese -ela, from Latin -ella(m), feminine of -ellus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.la/, /ˈɛ.lɐ/

-ela f (plural -elas)

1. forms diminutives

   ‎rua (“road; street”) + ‎-ela → ‎ruela (“bystreet; alley”)

   ‎cana (“cane”) + ‎-ela → ‎canela (“shin”)

   ‎via (“way; path”) + ‎-ela → ‎viela (“bystreet; alley”)

   ‎cáravo (“a type of mediaeval watercraft”) + ‎-ela → ‎caravela (“caravel”)

2. forms nouns indicating a superficial or minor action

   ‎escovada (“a brushing”) + ‎-ela → ‎escovadela (“a superficial brushing”)

   ‎pincelada (“brushstroke”) + ‎-ela → ‎pinceladela (“a superficial or short brushstroke”)

   ‎riscada (“razor strike”) + ‎-ela → ‎riscadela (“a short razor strike”)

• (forms diminutives): -inho, -zinho, -ito, -ulo, -culo

From Proto-Nguni *-ela, from Proto-Bantu *-ɪda.

-ela

1. Forms applicative verbs, meaning to do something for, for the purpose of, on behalf of.

From Proto-Nguni *-ela, from Proto-Bantu *-ɪda.

-ela

1. Forms applicative verbs, meaning to do something for, for the purpose of, on behalf of.

From Proto-Nguni *-ela, from Proto-Bantu *-ɪda.

-ela

1. Forms applicative verbs, meaning to do something for, for the purpose of, on behalf of.

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-ela”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-ela”