spela

See also: spelâ and Špela

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspe.la/
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Hyphenation: spé‧la

Verb

spela

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German spelen, spillen.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²speːlɑ/

Verb

spela (present tense spelar/speler, past tense spela/spelte, past participle spela/spelt, passive infinitive spelast, present participle spelande, imperative spela/spel)

  1. to play
Derived terms

Noun

spela n

  1. definite plural of spel

References


Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse spila, borrowed from Middle Low German spillen, from Old Saxon spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn. Equivalent to spel + -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /speːla/
  • (file)

Verb

spela (present spelar, preterite spelade, supine spelat, imperative spela)

  1. to play; a game, a tune, a melody, an instrument or a role
  2. to gamble
  3. to wind (ropes and such)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Finnish: pelata

See also


Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse spila.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [²spɪːlɐ], [(²)spelɐ]

Verb

spela (preterite spela, supine spela)

  1. To sing[1]
    Han spela heelä vajen han for
    He sang throughout the entire journey.
  2. To be about; deal with.[1]
    spela óm livä
    It is vital.
    Hä jär ospela óm hä
    That has not been settled.
  3. To winch.[2]

References

  1. Rietz, Johan Ernst, “spela”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 655
  2. Sandberg Herny, Sandberg Ingrid, ed., I åol leist: ordlista på kalixmål, sådant det talades på 1990-talet, p. 100
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