tela

Learned borrowing from Latin tēla (“web”). Doublet of toile.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːlə/
• Rhymes: -iːlə

tela (plural telas or telae)

1. (anatomy) A thin, web-like structure or membrane.

• teal, tael, et. al, atel-, LATE, late, TEAl, Elta, et al., TEAL, et al, Teal, leat, EATL, ETLA, tale

tela

1. land

• Jacques Arends, Pieter Muysken, Norval Smith, editors (1994), Pidgins and Creoles: an introduction (in Annobonese)
• John H. McWhorter (2005) Defining Creole (in Annobonese)

Borrowed from Spanish tela.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtela/ [ˈte.l̪a]
• Hyphenation: te‧la

tela (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜎ)

1. fabric; textile
2. cloth

   Synonym: henero

3. fiber/fibre

   Synonyms: torsido, ilo

Inherited from Old Catalan tela, from Latin tēla.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈtɛ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈtə.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɛ.la]

tela f (plural teles)

1. cloth, fabric
2. canvas (cloth on which one may paint)

   Synonym: llenç

• “tela” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tela”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “tela” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tela” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Proto-Finnic *tëla (compare Ingrian tela, Karelian tela, Veps tela), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þelą. Doublet of teli.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtelɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -elɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): te‧la

tela

1. a log or other piece of wood used as support to keep something, such as a boat or a pile of firewood from directly touching the ground
2. (by extension) a place where something is left or stored (usually in adessive, ablative or allative plural)
3. roller (one of a set of round logs used to help move a large object by rolling it over the logs)
4. roller, cylinder (rotating cylindrical part of a machine)
5. track; Ellipsis of telaketju (“caterpillar track”).
6. platen (part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made)
7. platen, carriage (part of a typewriter or printer on which the paper rests to receive an impression)

• (round log used as support): telapuu

• “tela”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• alet, laet

Borrowed from English tailor.

• IPA^(key): /téː.là/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [téː.lə̀]

tēlà m (plural tēlōlī, possessed form tēlàn)

1. tailor

tela

1. Niʻihau form of kēlā (“that”)

   He keiti tela.

   That (far away) is a child.

• In Niihau, diacritics are omitted. If one were to use them, the spelling would be tēlā.

From Proto-Finnic *tëla. Cognates include Finnish tela and Veps tela.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtelɑ/, [ˈte̞ɫɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtelɑ/, [ˈte̞ɫɑ]
• Rhymes: -elɑ
• Hyphenation: te‧la

tela

1. ship cradle (structure used to hold a ship or boat on dry land)

Declension of tela (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	tela	telat
genitive	telan	telloin
partitive	tellaa	teloja
illative	tellaa	telloi
inessive	telas	telois
elative	telast	teloist
allative	telalle	teloille
adessive	telal	teloil
ablative	telalt	teloilt
translative	telaks	teloiks
essive	telanna, tellaan	teloinna, telloin
exessive1)	telant	teloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 580

From Latin tēla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.la/
• Rhymes: -ela
• Hyphenation: té‧la

tela f (plural tele)

1. cloth

   Synonyms: stoffa, tessuto

2. canvas
3. curtain (theatre)

• telaio

• alte, late, tale

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈteː.la/, [ˈt̪eːɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈte.la/, [ˈt̪ɛːlä]

Inherited from Proto-Italic *tekslā, formed to the root of texō (“I weave”).

tēla f (genitive tēlae); first declension

1. web
2. warp (threads that run lengthwise in a loom)
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.261–264:

     [...] atque illī stēllātus iaspide fulvā
     ēnsis erat, Tyriōque ārdēbat mūrice laena
     dēmissa ex umerīs, dīves quae mūnera Dīdō
     fēcerat, et tenuī tēlās discrēverat aurō.

     And [Mercury saw] that [Aeneas’s] sword was starred with tawny jasper, and a cloak ablaze with Tyrian purple hung from his shoulders – splendid gifts which Dido had made – and its warp-threads were highlighted with thin gold.

3. loom
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.699–700:

     et tamen assiduīs exercet brāchia tēlīs
     ādversusque minās frīgoris arma parat.

     And yet she keeps her arms busy at the looms,
     and so prepares armor (having been) set against the threats of winter.

First-declension noun.

• subtīlis

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tēla n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of tēlum

• “tela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tela”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tela in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be exposed to the assaults of fate: fortunae telis propositum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to discharge missiles: tela iacere, conicere, mittere
    
  • (ambiguous) to expose oneself to missiles: se obicere telis
    
  • (ambiguous) to discharge showers of missiles: tela ingerere, conicere
    
• “tela”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “tela”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “tela”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Borrowed from Portuguese telha

tela

1. brick

• teala, teola, telo, tiolo

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.lɑ/

tela

1. well, rightly
2. completely, thoroughly, certainly
3. happily, prosperously, pleasantly
4. very

tela

1. well! good!

Inherited from Sanskrit तैल (tailá), itself from Sanskrit तिल (tila), cognate with Pali tila (“sesame”)

tela n^[1]

1. oil (particularly from sesame)^[1]

• telaghaṭa

• Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
• Hyphenation: te‧la

Borrowed from Latin tēla (“web; loom”). Doublet of inherited teia (“web”).

tela f (plural telas)

1. canvas (piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint)
2. (by extension) painting (an illustration or artwork using paint)

   Synonyms: pintura, quadro

3. screen (viewing area of a movie, slide presentation, etc.)
4. (by extension) cinema

   Synonym: (Portugal) ecrã

5. (Brazil) screen (viewing area of electronic output devices)

   Synonym: (Portugal) ecrã

6. (biology) a very thin tissue

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tela

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

• taila (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader)
• teila (Sursilvan, Surmiran)

From Latin tēla.

tela f (plural telas)

1. (textiles, Sutsilvan) material, textile, canvas

• tela filient (“spiderweb”)

• tyla

Inherited from Old Polish tyle, tele.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Syllabification: te‧la

tela

1. this much, this many; as many as; as much as

• tela in silling.org

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɛɫa/

tela

1. genitive singular of telo

Inherited from Old Spanish tela, from Latin tēla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtela/ [ˈt̪e.la]

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• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: te‧la

tela f (plural telas)

1. (clothing) cloth, fabric (woven material made of fibers)

   Synonym: género

2. (colloquial) difficult task (difficult or tedious undertaking, especially as part of one's duties)

   Limpiar el garaje es mucha tela.

   Cleaning the garage is tough work.

3. (colloquial) cash, dosh (money)

   Synonyms: pasta, plata

4. (colloquial, without article, followed by "de") plenty; shedload

   Synonyms: cantidad, mogollón, montón

tela

1. (Spain, colloquial) loads; lots; a shedload; extremely

   Es un chico tela de gracioso.

   He's a really funny fella.

• “tela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Borrowed from English trailer.

tela (n class, plural tela)

1. trailer (unpowered wheeled vehicle that is towed behind another)
2. trailer (preview of a film)

Borrowed from Spanish tela.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtela/ [ˈt̪ɛː.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: te‧la

tela (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜎ)

1. cloth; fabric; textile

   Synonyms: kayo, damit

• “tela”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Given by Hayami-Allen to be from Portuguese [Term?].

• IPA^(key): [ˈte.la]

tela

1. maize, corn

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Borrowed from Italian tela.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /teˈla/
• Hyphenation: te‧la

tela (definite accusative telayı, plural telalar)

1. (textiles) A piece of starched cloth placed between the main fabric and the lining for support; interlining.

Inflection
Nominative	tela
Definite accusative	telayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tela	telalar
Definite accusative	telayı	telaları
Dative	telaya	telalara
Locative	telada	telalarda
Ablative	teladan	telalardan
Genitive	telanın	telaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular telam telalarım 2nd singular telan telaların 3rd singular telası telaları 1st plural telamız telalarımız 2nd plural telanız telalarınız 3rd plural telaları telaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular telamı telalarımı 2nd singular telanı telalarını 3rd singular telasını telalarını 1st plural telamızı telalarımızı 2nd plural telanızı telalarınızı 3rd plural telalarını telalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular telama telalarıma 2nd singular telana telalarına 3rd singular telasına telalarına 1st plural telamıza telalarımıza 2nd plural telanıza telalarınıza 3rd plural telalarına telalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular telamda telalarımda 2nd singular telanda telalarında 3rd singular telasında telalarında 1st plural telamızda telalarımızda 2nd plural telanızda telalarınızda 3rd plural telalarında telalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular telamdan telalarımdan 2nd singular telandan telalarından 3rd singular telasından telalarından 1st plural telamızdan telalarımızdan 2nd plural telanızdan telalarınızdan 3rd plural telalarından telalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular telamın telalarımın 2nd singular telanın telalarının 3rd singular telasının telalarının 1st plural telamızın telalarımızın 2nd plural telanızın telalarınızın 3rd plural telalarının telalarının

• “tela”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tela”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4704

From Proto-Finnic *tëla, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *þelą. Cognates include Finnish tela.

tela

1. (clarification of this definition is needed) roller

Inflection of tela (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	tela
genitive sing.	telan
partitive sing.	telad
partitive plur.	teloid
	singular	plural
nominative	tela	telad
accusative	telan	telad
genitive	telan	teloiden
partitive	telad	teloid
essive-instructive	telan	teloin
translative	telaks	teloikš
inessive	telas	teloiš
elative	telaspäi	teloišpäi
illative	telaha telha	teloihe
adessive	telal	teloil
ablative	telalpäi	teloilpäi
allative	telale	teloile
abessive	telata	teloita
comitative	telanke	teloidenke
prolative	teladme	teloidme
approximative I	telanno	teloidenno
approximative II	telannoks	teloidennoks
egressive	telannopäi	teloidennopäi
terminative I	telahasai telhasai	teloihesai
terminative II	telalesai	teloilesai
terminative III	telassai	—
additive I	telahapäi telhapäi	teloihepäi
additive II	telalepäi	teloilepäi

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “каток”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika