hela

See also: Hela, HeLa, helá, and héla

Esperanto

Etymology

From German hell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhela]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Hyphenation: he‧la

Adjective

hela (accusative singular helan, plural helaj, accusative plural helajn)

  1. clear, bright
    • 1997, Henrik Ibsen, Odd Tangerud, transl., John Gabriel Borkman:
      Li estas juna homo kun helaj, bravaj okuloj.
      He is a young man with bright, brave eyes.

Finnish

Etymology

A word from the same stem as heleä (bright (e.g. of a sound)) and helistä (to clink, jingle, tingle);[1] thus a sound-symbolic word. Morphologically possibly a back-formation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhelɑ/, [ˈhe̞lɑ]
  • Rhymes: -elɑ
  • Syllabification(key): he‧la

Noun

hela

  1. mounting, fitting, bushing
  2. bolster (on a knife)

Declension

Inflection of hela (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative hela helat
genitive helan helojen
partitive helaa heloja
illative helaan heloihin
singular plural
nominative hela helat
accusative nom. hela helat
gen. helan
genitive helan helojen
helainrare
partitive helaa heloja
inessive helassa heloissa
elative helasta heloista
illative helaan heloihin
adessive helalla heloilla
ablative helalta heloilta
allative helalle heloille
essive helana heloina
translative helaksi heloiksi
instructive heloin
abessive helatta heloitta
comitative heloineen
Possessive forms of hela (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person helani helamme
2nd person helasi helanne
3rd person helansa

References

  1. Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from German hell. Not inherited from Esperanto hela, but could be influenced. The native word is klara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhela/

Adjective

hela

  1. (neologism, of colors) light
    Synonym: klara

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay hela, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hilah (drag, pull). Cognate with Tagalog hila.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhela]
  • Hyphenation: hé‧la

Verb

héla

  1. (transitive) to pull, to drag, to haul

Derived terms

References


Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hilah (drag, pull). Cognate with Tagalog hila.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hela/
  • Rhymes: -ela, -la

Verb

héla (Jawi spelling هيلا)

  1. (transitive) to drag, to haul

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: hela
  • Ternate: hela

References


Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • helet
  • helte (simple past, Etymology 4)
  • helt (past participle, Etymology 4)

Verb

hela

  1. past tense of hele
  2. past participle of hele

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

hela (present tense helar, past tense hela, past participle hela, passive infinitive helast, present participle helande, imperative hela/hel)

  1. alternative form of hele

Noun

hela f (definite singular hela, indefinite plural heler or helor, definite plural helene or helone)

  1. definite singular of hele
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of hele

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz. Cognate with Middle Dutch hiele (Dutch hiel), Old Frisian hēla, Old Norse hæll (Danish hæl, Swedish häl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxeː.lɑ/, [ˈheː.lɑ]

Noun

hēla m (nominative plural hēlan)

  1. heel (of the foot)
    Synonym: hōh
Descendants

Etymology 2

Variant of ēalā, equivalent to *hē + .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxeː.lɑː/, [ˈheː.lɑː]

Interjection

hēlā

  1. Alternative form of ēalā

Old Frisian

Ēn hēla (1.1).

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hil. Cognates include Old English hēla and Old Saxon hēla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheːla/, [ˈheːla]

Noun

hēla m

  1. heel
Descendants
  • North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: haiel

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *hailijan. Cognate with Old English hǣlan, Old Saxon hēlian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheːla/, [ˈhɛːla]

Verb

hēla

  1. (transitive) to heal
Descendants
  • Saterland Frisian: heila
  • West Frisian: hielje

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 26, 28

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse heila, from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną.

Verb

hēla

  1. to heal, to cure
  2. to save (in religious sense)

Conjugation

or

Descendants


Spanish

Verb

hela

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

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from German Heller, which was introduced in 1904 at the value of 1/100 rupee.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

hela (n class, plural hela)

  1. money
    Synonym: pesa
  2. (historical) heller

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

hela

  1. absolute singular definite and plural form of hel.

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish hēla, from Old Norse heila, from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną. Equivalent to Swedish hel + -a.

Verb

hela (present helar, preterite helade, supine helat, imperative hela)

  1. to heal; especially through faith
Conjugation

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay hela.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhe.la/

Verb

hela

  1. (transitive) to pull

Conjugation

Conjugation of hela
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tohela fohela mihela
2nd nohela nihela
3rd Masculine ohela ihela, yohela
Feminine mohela
Neuter ihela
- archaic

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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