sela

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sela"

English

Noun

sela

1. plural of selo

Anagrams

• ASLE, Ales, ELAS, Elsa, LAEs, LEAs, SEAL, Sale, Salé, Seal, aels, ales, lase, leas, sale, seal

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛla]
• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Hyphenation: se‧la

Participle

sela

1. inflection of sít:
   1. feminine singular past active participle
   2. neuter plural past active participle

Noun

sela

1. inflection of selo:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Anagrams

• Elsa
• lesa

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sela, from Latin sella. Doublet of silla. Cognate with Portuguese sela and Spanish silla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛla/ [ˈs̺ɛ.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Hyphenation: se‧la

Noun

sela f (plural selas)

1. saddle
2. (archaic) throne; chair

   Synonyms: trono, cadeira

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Indonesian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈla/ [səˈla]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: se‧la

Noun

sêla (plural sela-sela)

1. interval, break (time in between two events)
2. cleft, crack, crevice

   Synonym: celah

3. interim, provisional

   Synonym: selang

Derived terms

• bersela
• disela
• menyela
• penyela
• penyelaan
• sela-menyela
• sela-sela

Compounds

• pemilihan sela
• putusan sela

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese sela, from Old Galician-Portuguese sela, from Latin sella, from Proto-Italic *sedlā.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsela/ [ˈse.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: se‧la

Noun

sela (plural sela-sela)

1. (archaic) saddle (a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

   Synonym: pelana the

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsela/ [ˈse.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: se‧la

Verb

sela

1. alternative form of sila (“to sit cross-legged”)

Further reading

• “sela”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

sela

1. romanization of ꦱꦼꦭ
2. dated spelling of séla, romanization of ꦱꦺꦭ

Malagasy

Etymology

Borrowed from English cell.

Noun

sela

1. cell (unit of life)

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

• siela, *sēola, *siola

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *saiwalō.

Noun

sēla f

1. soul
   • Irlosin sol an frithe sela mina fan then thia ginacont mi, wanda under managon he was mit mi.

     He shall deliver in peace my soul from those who attack me, for amongst many he was with me.

Inflection

Declension of sēla (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	sēla	sēla, sēlon
accusative	sēla, sēlon	sēla, sēlon
genitive	sēlon	sēlono
dative	sēlon	sēlon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: siele
  • Dutch: ziel
    • Afrikaans: siel
  • Limburgish: zeel

Further reading

• “siela”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• seela, seella, sella, ssela, ssella

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̺ɛla/
• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Hyphenation: se‧la

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin sella, from Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

Noun

sela f (plural selas)

1. saddle (seat placed on the back of an animal)
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 117:

     Nota que esta door, que chaman corno, desarreigase çedo se caualgaren en el con sella posta ante cada hũa das meezjnas

     Note that this ache, which they call horn, is soon removed if they ride [the horse] with the saddle on before each one of the medicines

2. seat; chair

   Synonym: cadeira

3. throne

   Synonym: trono

4. pedestal

   Synonym: basa

Derived terms

• selar

Descendants

• Galician: sela
• Portuguese: sela

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sela

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

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “sela”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2025), “sela”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2025), “sela”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “s?e?l?a”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Norse

Noun

sela

1. inflection of seli m (“harness”)
   1. oblique singular indefinite of seli
      1. accusative singular indefinite of seli
      2. dative singular indefinite of seli
      3. genitive singular indefinite of seli
   2. accusative plural indefinite of seli
   3. genitive plural indefinite of seli
2. inflection of selr m (“seal”)
   1. accusative plural indefinite of selr
   2. genitive plural indefinite of selr

Phuthi

Verb

-séla

1. to drink

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛlɐ
• Homophone: cela
• Hyphenation: se‧la

Etymology 1

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

sela

Wikipedia ^pt

From Old Galician-Portuguese sela, from Latin sella, from Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

Noun

sela f (plural selas)

1. saddle (seat placed on the back of an animal)

Derived terms

• selar
• selim
• selote

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sela

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

Further reading

• “sela”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “sela”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “sela”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “sela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “sela”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN

Anagrams

• lesa

Southern Ndebele

Verb

-séla

1. to drink

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsela/ [ˈse.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: se‧la

Verb

sela

1. inflection of ser:
   1. second-person singular imperative combined with la
   2. second-person singular voseo imperative combined with la

Swedish

Etymology

sele (“harness”) +‎ -a

Verb

sela (present selar, preterite selade, supine selat, imperative sela)

1. (sometimes with på) to harness (put a harness on (a horse or other draft animal))

   sela (på) en häst

   harness a horse

   en (på)selad häst

   a harnessed horse

Conjugation

Conjugation of sela (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	sela		selas
supine	selat		selats
imperative	sela		—
imper. plural1	selen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	selar	selade	selas	selades
ind. plural1	sela	selade	selas	selades
subjunctive2	sele	selade	seles	selades
present participle		selande
past participle		selad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• sela in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sela in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sela in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English sailor.

Noun

sela

1. sailor

Turkish

Alternative forms

• sala

Etymology

From Arabic صَلَاة (ṣalāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈlɑː/

Noun

sela (definite accusative selayı, plural selalar)

1. A prayer recited by a muezzin before a funeral prayer or the call to prayer on an Eid or on Fridays.

Declension

Declension of sela

singular plural nominative sela selalar definite accusative selayı selaları dative selaya selalara locative selada selalarda ablative seladan selalardan genitive selanın selaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular selam selalarım 2nd singular selan selaların 3rd singular selası selaları 1st plural selamız selalarımız 2nd plural selanız selalarınız 3rd plural selaları selaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular selamı selalarımı 2nd singular selanı selalarını 3rd singular selasını selalarını 1st plural selamızı selalarımızı 2nd plural selanızı selalarınızı 3rd plural selalarını selalarını dative singular plural 1st singular selama selalarıma 2nd singular selana selalarına 3rd singular selasına selalarına 1st plural selamıza selalarımıza 2nd plural selanıza selalarınıza 3rd plural selalarına selalarına locative singular plural 1st singular selamda selalarımda 2nd singular selanda selalarında 3rd singular selasında selalarında 1st plural selamızda selalarımızda 2nd plural selanızda selalarınızda 3rd plural selalarında selalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular selamdan selalarımdan 2nd singular selandan selalarından 3rd singular selasından selalarından 1st plural selamızdan selalarımızdan 2nd plural selanızdan selalarınızdan 3rd plural selalarından selalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular selamın selalarımın 2nd singular selanın selalarının 3rd singular selasının selalarının 1st plural selamızın selalarımızın 2nd plural selanızın selalarınızın 3rd plural selalarının selalarının

References

• “sela”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Xhosa

Etymology

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

Verb

-séla

1. (transitive) to drink

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.