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-ella
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Appendix:Variations of "ella"
Translingual
Etymology
From mul la -ella.
Suffix
mul suffix f
mul taxonomy A suffix used to form taxonomic names, of genera of bacteria.
Derived terms
mul
mul Averyella genus Buttiauxella genus Ewingella genus Grimontella genus Leminorella genus Rahnella genus Raoultella genus Shewanella genus Tatumella genus Trabulsiella genus Yokenella genus
Catalan
Etymology
ca :inh la:-ella
ca la -ella.
Pronunciation
é
Suffix
f ca diminutive suffixes
forms feminine noun from nouns, indicating a particular kind or class of the root; often, but not always, used to indicate a diminutive form
Derived terms
ca
Finnish
Etymology
From fi urj-fin-pro *-ldak *-(ë)ldak, from fi urj-pro *-le-.
Suffix
verb ellä ele
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.
fi käsittää to grasp, understand -ellä käsitellä to handle, process
fi muistaa to remember muistella to think back, commemorate
fi nostaa to lift nostella to lift repeatedly
fi ostaa to buy ostella to shop
fi rakastaa to love rakastella to make love
fi savuttaa to smoke, to produce smoke savutella to smoke, to consume tobacco
Usage notes
Originally in complementary distribution with fi -illa, but recent coinages may use either (compare fi nakata → fi nakella, but fi hakata → fi hakkailla).
Some frequentative verbs are formed with the suffix fi -ia verbal. See list of Finnish frequentative verbs for examples.
Conjugation
- el a
Note that if the stem has gradation, it is (almost always) preserved.
Derived terms
fi
fi -elias -lma -lus
See also
fi -illa
fi -skella
Further reading
Anagrams
fi aell alle
Ingrian
Etymology
From izh urj-fin-pro *-ldak *-(e)ldak. Cognates include fi -ella and et -lema -leda.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ellä
Used to form frequentative verbs.
izh tappaa to kill tapella to fight
Conjugation
Derived terms
izh
Italian
Suffix
fit diminutive suffixes
used with female nouns to form diminutives
it -cella -etta -ina -uzza
it busta bustarella envelope small envelope, bribe
Derived terms
it
Suffix
adjective
it -ello
Anagrams
it aell alle
Latin
la diminutive -ellus<id:diminutive>
Pronunciation
1
-ellā 1
Suffix
la suffix form
la -ellus nom//voc f s ; nom//acc//voc n p
Descendants
ast -iella
rup -eauã
ca -ella
fr -elle
it -ella
oc -ela
pt -ela
ro -ea
es -illa
Suffix
la suffix form -ellā
la -ellus abl f s
Portuguese
Suffix
f
pt -ela