sela

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sela"

English

Noun

sela

1. plural of selo

Anagrams

• ASLE, Ales, ELAS, Elsa, LAEs, LEAs, SEAL, Sale, Salé, Seal, aels, ales, lase, leas, sale, seal

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛla]
• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Hyphenation: se‧la

Participle

sela

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

Noun

sela

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

Anagrams

• Elsa
• lesa

Galician

Sela ("saddle")

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛlɐ]

Noun

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

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Indonesian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈla/ [səˈla]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: se‧la

Noun

sêla (plural sela-sela)

1. interval, break (time in between two events)
2. cleft, crack, crevice

   Synonym: celah

3. interim, provisional

   Synonym: selang

Derived terms

• bersela
• disela
• menyela
• penyela
• penyelaan
• sela-menyela
• sela-sela

 

Compounds

• pemilihan sela
• putusan sela

 

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sela (plural sela-sela)

1. (archaic) saddle (a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

   Synonym: pelana

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sela (plural sela-sela)

1. (chiefly obsolete) stone

   Synonym: batu

Etymology 4

Perhaps from Borrowed from Minangkabau

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈla/ [səˈla]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: se‧la

Adjective

sela

1. (dialectal) squint

   Synonym: juling

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

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

Verb

sela

1. Alternative form of sila (“to sit cross-legged”)

Further reading

• “sela” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

sela

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

Malagasy

Etymology

Borrowed from English cell.

Noun

sela

1. cell (unit of life)

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *saiwalō.

Noun

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.

Alternative forms

• siela

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “siela”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Norse

Noun

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

Phuthi

Verb

-séla

1. to drink

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.lɐ/

• Homophone: cela
• Hyphenation: se‧la

Noun

sela f (plural selas)

1. saddle

Etymology 2

Verb

sela

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

Southern Ndebele

Verb

-séla

1. to drink

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

sela

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

Swedish

Etymology

sele (“harness”) +‎ -a

Verb

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

1. (sometimes with på) 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

Conjugation

Conjugation of sela (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	sela		selas
Supine	selat		selats
Imperative	sela		—
Imper. plural1	selen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	selar	selade	selas	selades
Ind. plural1	sela	selade	selas	selades
Subjunctive2	sele	selade	seles	selades
	Participles
Present participle	selande
Past participle	selad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• sela in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sela in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sela in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English sailor.

Noun

sela

1. sailor

Turkish

Alternative forms

• sala

Etymology

From Arabic صَلَاة (ṣalāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈlɑː/

Noun

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.

Declension

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

• “sela”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Xhosa

Etymology

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

Verb

-séla

1. (transitive) to drink

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.