adela

See also: adelã, Adela, Adéla, and Adelą

Ewe

Etymology

From ade (“hunting”) +‎ -la (agent suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.dè.lá/, [à.d̪è.lá]

Noun

àdèlá (definite singular àdèlá lá or àdèláá, plural àdèláwó, definite plural àdèlááwó)

1. hunter

Related terms

• ade

References

• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905), “adela”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎ (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 42
• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906), “adela”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎ (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, page 101
• Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N.; Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017), “adela”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 8

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *adal, from Proto-Germanic *adalaz, *adalô (“cattle urine, liquid manure”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.de.lɑ/

Noun

adela m

1. filth
2. a filthy place; a sewer

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	adela	adelan
accusative	adelan	adelan
genitive	adelan	adelena
dative	adelan	adelum

Descendants

• English: addle

Portuguese

Noun

adela f (plural adelas)

1. female equivalent of adelo

Further reading

• “adela”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “adela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025