ela

• ele (Valencia)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.la]

ela f (plural eles)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.

• ela geminada
• ela palatal

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

ela

1. inflection of elama:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present imperative connegative

From Old Galician-Portuguese ela, from Latin illa (“that”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈela/
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: e‧la

ela f sg (plural elas, masculine el, masculine plural elis)

1. Third person singular feminine nominative pronoun; she

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

From Old Galician-Portuguese ela, from Latin illa (“that”), feminine of ille. The dative is from Old Galician-Portuguese lle, from Latin illī.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛla/ [ˈɛ.lɐ], /ˈela/ [ˈe.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛla, -ela

ela f (accusative a, dative lle)

1. she

The accusative form a has variant forms la and na. These alternative forms appear depending on the ending of the preceding word. The form la is used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s. The na form is used when the preceding word ends in -u or a diphthong. These alternative forms are then suffixed to the preceding word.

The accusative also forms contractions when it immediately follows an indirect object pronoun. For example, Dou che a (“I gave you it”) contracts to Doucha (“I gave her to you”).

• el
• elas
• eles

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Probably from ei (“this”) +‎ bela (“time”).

ela

1. now

• ṣela
• könbela
• zela

ela

1. family

   Synonym: ole dadi

• Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “ela”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 17

elá (plural elá)

1. lie, mistruth

• Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

From Old Occitan ela, from Latin illa, feminine of ille.

• Audio (Languedoc):

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ela

1. she (third-person singular subject pronoun)

Inherited from Latin illa, feminine of ille (“that”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.la/

ela f (plural elas)

1. she
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 3 (facsimile):

     Por ela nos perdõou. / deus o pecado Dadam. / da maçãa que goſtou. per / que ſoffreu muit affan.

     By her, God forgave us of Adam’s sin. Of the apple he tasted, because she felt very anguished.

• Fala: ela
• Galician: ela
• Portuguese: ela

• elha

From Latin illa, feminine of ille.

• IPA^(key): /ˈela/

ela

1. she
   • c. 1130, Marcabru, pastorela:

     «Don, dis ela, qui que·m sia / Ben conosc sen o folia [...].»
     ‘Sir,’ said she, ‘whatever I may be, I can well distinguish sense and folly.’

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• Occitan: ela

• ella (pre-1911/1943)

From Old Galician-Portuguese ela, from Latin illa, feminine of ille. Cognate with Galician ela and Spanish ella.

• Hyphenation: e‧la

• Audio (São Paulo):

  (file)

ela f (plural elas)

2. third-person feminine singular nominative pronoun she; it

   Ela está aqui perto.

   She is nearby.

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 227:

     Pensei que você tivesse dito que ela estava só mandando você escrever!

     I thought that you have said that she was just ordering you to write!

   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 159:

     Ela sorriu encorajando-o.

     She smiled encouraging him.

4. third-person feminine singular prepositional pronoun her

   Dei flores a ela.

   I gave her flowers.

6. (Brazil) third-person feminine singular pronoun used in all positions she; it; her

   A gente encontrou ela.

   We came across her.

The following preposition + ela contractions are mandatory:

• ‎de + ‎ela → ‎dela
• ‎em + ‎ela → ‎nela

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ele.

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number	Person	Nominative (subject)		Accusative (direct object)		Dative (indirect object)	Prepositional		Prepositional with com		Non-declining
		m	f	m	f	m and f	m	f	m	f	m	f
Singular	First	eu		me			mim		comigo
	Second	tu		te			ti		contigo		você
											o senhor	a senhora
	Third	ele	ela	o (lo, no)	a (la, na)	lhe	ele	ela	com ele	com ela	o mesmo	a mesma
				se			si		consigo
Plural	First	nós		nos			nós		connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil)		a gente
	Second	vós		vos			vós		convosco, com vós		vocês
											os senhores	as senhoras
	Third	eles	elas	os (los, nos)	as (las, nas)	lhes	eles	elas	com eles	com elas	os mesmos	as mesmas
				se			si		consigo
Indefinite				se			si		consigo

• ala (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader)

From Latin āla.

ela f (plural elas)

1. (Puter) wing

ela

1. to flow

• elâ

From Ottoman Turkish الا. Doublet of ala.

• IPA^(key): /e.ˈlaː/
• Hyphenation: e‧la

ela

1. Of hazel color.

ela (definite accusative elayı, plural elalar)

1. hazel (refers to the color of eyes).

ela

1. genitive singular of el

• IPA^(key): /e.ˈl̪a/

ela

1. that's why!

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics (as elá)