maila

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• IPA^(key): (Southern) /maʎa/, [ma.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /mai̯la/, [mai̯.la]

maila inan

1. level
2. step (of a stair)

• “maila”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “maila”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Probably borrowed from Swedish malj, from French mail, from Latin malleus. Metathesis took place in order to avoid the form *malja, which would have been homonymous with malja (“goblet, bowl, cup, chalice”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑi̯lɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝i̯lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑilɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): mai‧la

maila

1. (sports) an implement used to handle the object being played with, such as a ball or a puck; translation into English depends on the kind of implement and the particular sport
   1. (tennis, squash, badminton) racket
   2. (baseball, cricket, pesäpallo) bat
   3. (field hockey or ice hockey) stick
   4. (golf) club
   5. (table tennis) paddle
   6. (polo, croquet) mallet
2. (pinball) flipper

• “maila”, 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

• ilmaa, limaa, maali, malia

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.la/ ~ /me.la/

maila

1. third-person singular past historic of mailer

• lamai, Lamia

Compound of mai (“hither”) +‎ lā (“there, then”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmai̯.la/, [ˈmɐj.lə], [ˈmɛj.lə] (rapid speech)

maila

1. hither, this way, towards the speaker

• mai

• akula, aku