-ella

From Latin -ella

-ella

1. (taxonomy) A suffix used to form taxonomic names, of genera of bacteria.

From Latin -ella(m).

-ella f (plural -elles)

1. Used with a noun to make a feminine noun indicating a particular kind or class of the root. Often, but not always, used to indicate a diminutive form.

From Proto-Finnic *-eldak, from Proto-Uralic *-le-.

-ella (front vowel harmony variant -ellä)

1. Forms frequentative verbs. The resulting verb often describes a more or less leisurely or long-lasting activity, or an activity that is not overly goal-oriented.

   käsittää (“to grasp, understand”) -> käsitellä (“to handle, process”)

   muistaa (“to remember”) -> muistella (“to think back, commemorate”)

   nostaa (“to lift”) -> nostella (“to lift repeatedly”)

   ostaa (“to buy”) -> ostella (“to shop”)

   rakastaa (“to love”) -> rakastella (“to make love”)

   savuttaa (“to smoke, to produce smoke”) -> savutella (“to smoke, to consume tobacco”)

Originally in complementary distribution with -illa, but recent coinages may use either (compare nakata → nakella, but hakata → hakkailla).

Some frequentative verbs are formed with the suffix -ia. See list of Finnish frequentative verbs for examples.

• -illa
• -skella

• alle

-ella f (plural -elle)

1. Used with female nouns to form diminutives, feminine of -ello

   ‎busta (“envelope”) + ‎-ella → ‎bustarella (“small envelope, bribe”)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈel.la/, [ˈɛl.la]

-ella

1. nominative feminine singular of -ellus
2. nominative neuter plural of -ellus
3. accusative neuter plural of -ellus
4. vocative feminine singular of -ellus
5. vocative neuter plural of -ellus

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈel.laː/, [ˈɛl.laː]

-ellā

1. ablative feminine singular of -ellus

-ella f (plural -ellas)

1. Obsolete spelling of -ela