-ella

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin -ella. === Suffix === -ella f (taxonomy) A suffix used to form taxonomic names, of genera of bacteria. ==== Derived terms ==== == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin -ella. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.ʎə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.ʎa] === Suffix === -ella f (noun-forming suffix, plural -elles) forms feminine noun from nouns, indicating a particular kind or class of the root; often, but not always, used to indicate a diminutive form ==== Derived terms ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *-(ë)ldak, from Proto-Uralic *-le-. === Suffix === -ella (front vowel harmony variant -ellä, stem -ele-, linguistic notation -ele- or -ellA) Forms frequentative verbs. The resulting verb often describes a more or less leisurely or long-lasting activity, or an activity that is not overly goal-oriented. ‎käsittää (“to grasp, understand”) + ‎-ella → ‎käsitellä (“to handle, process”) ‎muistaa (“to remember”) + ‎-ella → ‎muistella (“to think back, commemorate”) ‎nostaa (“to lift”) + ‎-ella → ‎nostella (“to lift repeatedly”) ‎ostaa (“to buy”) + ‎-ella → ‎ostella (“to shop”) ‎rakastaa (“to love”) + ‎-ella → ‎rakastella (“to make love”) ‎savuttaa (“to smoke, to produce smoke”) + ‎-ella → ‎savutella (“to smoke, to consume tobacco”) ==== Usage notes ==== Originally in complementary distribution with -illa, but recent coinages may use either (compare nakata → nakella, but hakata → hakkailla). Some frequentative verbs are formed with the suffix -ia. See list of Finnish frequentative verbs for examples. ==== Conjugation ==== Note that if the stem has gradation, it is (almost always) preserved. ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === -illa -skella === Anagrams === alle == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *-(e)ldak. Cognates include Finnish -ella and Estonian -leda. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /-elːɑ/, [-e̞ɫː] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /-elːɑ/, [-e̞ɫːɑ] === Suffix === -ella (front vowel variant -ellä) Used to form frequentative verbs. ‎tappaa (“to kill”) + ‎-ella → ‎tapella (“to fight”) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Italian == === Suffix === -ella f (noun-forming suffix, plural -elle) used with female nouns to form diminutives Synonyms: -cella, -etta, -ina, -uzza ‎busta (“envelope”) + ‎-ella → ‎bustarella (“small envelope, bribe”) ==== Derived terms ==== === Suffix === -ella (non-lemma form of adjective-forming suffix) feminine singular of -ello === Anagrams === alle == Latin == === Pronunciation === -ella: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛl.la] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [el.la] -ellā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛl.laː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [el.la] === Suffix === -ella inflection of -ellus: nominative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural ==== Descendants ==== === Suffix === -ellā ablative feminine singular of -ellus == Portuguese == === Suffix === -ella f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ellas) obsolete spelling of -ela