xela

Asturian

Verb

xela

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

Maltese

Root
x-l-j
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from dialectal Arabic. Compare North Levantine Arabic شلي (šili, to speak ill of, to backbite).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛ.la/

Verb

xela (imperfect jixli, past participle mixli, verbal noun xili)

  1. to accuse, indict

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xɛˈlɑː/

Noun

xela f (Arabic spelling خەلا)

  1. famine, hunger, starvation, shortage
    Synonym: nêz

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003), xela”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press

Xhosa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kǁeːla]

Verb

-xela

  1. to confess
  2. to say

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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