hella

== English == === Etymology 1 === Related to "a hell of a". Originally Northern California slang. Compare helluv, helluva. ==== Pronunciation ==== (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɛl.ə/ Rhymes: -ɛlə ==== Determiner ==== hella (slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier, signifies an abundance of a thing; much or many. ===== Synonyms ===== (intensifier; much or many): bare, mad ==== Pronoun ==== hella (slang, chiefly Northern California) A lot; very much. ==== Adverb ==== hella (not comparable) (slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier, modifying verbs; to a large extent; totally; very much. (slang, potentially considered vulgar, chiefly regional US, African-American Vernacular and Internet slang) Intensifier, modifying adjectives; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly. ===== Synonyms ===== (extremely, modifies adjectives): wicked (especially northeastern US) ==== Interjection ==== hella (slang, chiefly Northern California) For sure; totally; hell yeah; used as a strong affirmation of something that was just said, accomplished, or revealed. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:hella. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== hecka (euphemism) helluv helluva === Etymology 2 === Shortened form, or elision, of phrases like "hell have", approximating casual speech in writing. ==== Contraction ==== hella (nonstandard) Contraction of Hell +‎ have. === References === Waksler, Rachelle (San Francisco State University), "A HELLA New Specifier". [2] === Anagrams === Halle == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Old Swedish häll, häl (compare Swedish häll). First attested in 1380 (in Hellajoenhara). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhelːɑ/, [ˈhe̞lːɑ̝] Rhymes: -elːɑ Syllabification(key): hel‧la Hyphenation(key): hel‧la === Noun === hella range, stove (for cooking, sometimes specifically a wood-powered stove) Synonym: liesi (colloquial) oven Synonym: uuni ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “hella”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛtla/ Rhymes: -ɛtla === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== hella f (genitive singular hellu, nominative plural hellur) paving stone, slab, paver ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== hella (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hellti, supine hellt) to pour [with dative] to pour out [with dative] ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === hellen === Noun === hella m or f definite feminine singular of helle == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === hella f definite singular of helle == Old Dutch == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō. === Noun === hella f hell underworld ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: helleDutch: helAfrikaans: helLimburgish: hel === References === “hella”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 == Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *hallijǭ. Related to hallr. ==== Noun ==== hella f (genitive hellu) flat stone, slab of rock ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== hellnagrjót n hellusteinn m ===== Related terms ===== hallr m (“rock”) hellir m (“cavern”) ===== Descendants ===== Icelandic: hella Norwegian Nynorsk: helle Norwegian Bokmål: helle === Etymology 2 === From the adjective hallr (“sloping”). ==== Verb ==== hella to pour out ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== hella accusative plural and genitive plural of hellir === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hella”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive