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Noun

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sela

  1. plural of selo

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Czech

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sela

  1. inflection of sít:
    1. feminine singular past active participle
    2. neuter plural past active participle

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sela

  1. inflection of selo:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

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Galician

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Sela ("saddle")

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From Old Galician-Portuguese sela, from Latin sella. Cognate with Portuguese sela and Spanish silla.

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sela f (plural selas)

  1. saddle
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 117:
      Nota que esta door, que chaman corno, desarreigase çedo se caualgaren en el con sella posta ante cada hũa das meezjnas
      Note that this ache, which they call horn, is soon removed if they ride [the horse] with the saddle on before each one of the medicines
  2. (archaic) throne; chair

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Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Portuguese sela, from Old Galician-Portuguese sela, from Latin sella, from Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈse.la/
  • Rhymes: -la, -a
  • Hyphenation: se‧la

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sela (plural sela-sela, first-person possessive selaku, second-person possessive selamu, third-person possessive selanya)

  1. (archaic) saddle: an item of harness (harness saddle) placed on the back of a horse or other animal.
    Synonym: pelana

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦺꦭ (séla, stone, precious stone, benzoin resin), from Old Javanese śilā (stone), from Sanskrit शिला (śilā, stone, rock).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈse.la/
  • Rhymes: -la, -a
  • Hyphenation: se‧la

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sela (plural sela-sela, first-person possessive selaku, second-person possessive selamu, third-person possessive selanya)

  1. (archaic) stone
    Synonym: batu

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?].

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  • IPA(key): /ˈse.la/
  • Rhymes: -la, -a
  • Hyphenation: se‧la

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sela

  1. (dialect) squint
    Synonym: juling

Etymology 4

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈse.la/
  • Rhymes: -la, -a
  • Hyphenation: se‧la

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sela

  1. Alternative spelling of sila (to sit cross-legged)

Etymology 5

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sə.ˈla/
  • Rhymes: -la, -a
  • Hyphenation: sê‧la

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sêla (plural sela-sela, first-person possessive selaku, second-person possessive selamu, third-person possessive selanya)

  1. interval, break: time in between two events.
  2. cleft, crack, crevice.
  3. interim, provisional.
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Javanese

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Romanization

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sela

  1. romanization of ꦱꦼꦭ
  2. dated spelling of séla, romanization of ꦱꦺꦭ

Malagasy

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English cell.

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sela

  1. cell (unit of life)

Old Dutch

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *saiwalō.

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sēla f

  1. soul
    • Irlosin sol an frithe sela mina fan then thia ginacont mi, wanda under managon he was mit mi.
      He shall deliver in peace my soul from those who attack me, for amongst many he was with me.

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Descendants

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  • Middle Dutch: siele
    • Dutch: ziel
    • Limburgish: zeel

Further reading

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  • siela”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Norse

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Noun

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sela

  1. inflection of seli m (harness)
    1. oblique singular indefinite of seli
      1. accusative singular indefinite of seli
      2. dative singular indefinite of seli
      3. genitive singular indefinite of seli
    2. accusative plural indefinite of seli
    3. genitive plural indefinite of seli
  2. inflection of selr m (seal)
    1. accusative plural indefinite of selr
    2. genitive plural indefinite of selr

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Verb

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-séla

  1. to drink

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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese sela, from Latin sella, from Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

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Noun

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sela f (plural selas)

  1. saddle

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sela

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

Southern Ndebele

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Verb

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-séla

  1. to drink

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsela/ [ˈse.la]
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Syllabification: se‧la

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sela

  1. inflection of ser:
    1. second-person singular imperative combined with la
    2. second-person singular voseo imperative combined with la

Swedish

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Etymology

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sele (harness) +‎ -a

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sela (present selar, preterite selade, supine selat, imperative sela)

  1. (sometimes with ) to harness (put a harness on (a horse or other draft animal))
    sela (på) en häst
    harness a horse
    en (på)selad häst
    a harnessed horse

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English sailor.

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sela

  1. sailor

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic صَلَاة (ṣalāh).

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sela (definite accusative selayı, plural selalar)

  1. A prayer recited by a muezzin before a funeral prayer or the call to prayer on an Eid or on Fridays.

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Inflection
Nominative sela
Definite accusative selayı
Singular Plural
Nominative sela selalar
Definite accusative selayı selaları
Dative selaya selalara
Locative selada selalarda
Ablative seladan selalardan
Genitive selanın selaların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular selam selalarım
2nd singular selan selaların
3rd singular selası selaları
1st plural selamız selalarımız
2nd plural selanız selalarınız
3rd plural selaları selaları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular selamı selalarımı
2nd singular selanı selalarını
3rd singular selasını selalarını
1st plural selamızı selalarımızı
2nd plural selanızı selalarınızı
3rd plural selalarını selalarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular selama selalarıma
2nd singular selana selalarına
3rd singular selasına selalarına
1st plural selamıza selalarımıza
2nd plural selanıza selalarınıza
3rd plural selalarına selalarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular selamda selalarımda
2nd singular selanda selalarında
3rd singular selasında selalarında
1st plural selamızda selalarımızda
2nd plural selanızda selalarınızda
3rd plural selalarında selalarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular selamdan selalarımdan
2nd singular selandan selalarından
3rd singular selasından selalarından
1st plural selamızdan selalarımızdan
2nd plural selanızdan selalarınızdan
3rd plural selalarından selalarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular selamın selalarımın
2nd singular selanın selalarının
3rd singular selasının selalarının
1st plural selamızın selalarımızın
2nd plural selanızın selalarınızın
3rd plural selalarının selalarının

References

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  • sela”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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-séla

  1. (transitive) to drink

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