camella

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Asturian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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camella f (plural camelles)

  1. camel (beast of burden)

Corsican

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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camella (masculine camellu, plural camelle)

  1. she-camel

References

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Latin

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Etymology

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Diminutive form of camera, i.e. camera +‎ -la with regular assimilation of r to l.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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camella f (genitive camellae); first declension

  1. a kind of drinking vessel: a wine-goblet, wine-cup, cup, or bowl

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative camella camellae
Genitive camellae camellārum
Dative camellae camellīs
Accusative camellam camellās
Ablative camellā camellīs
Vocative camella camellae

Descendants

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  • Ancient Greek: κάμηλα (kámēla)
  • Andalusian Arabic: غَمَالَّة (ḡamālla)
  • Catalan: gamella
  • Portuguese: gamela
  • Spanish: gamella

References

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  • Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “89”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001
  • cămella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • camella”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cămella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 249/3.
  • camella” on page 262/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaˈmeʝa/ [kaˈme.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kaˈmeʎa/ [kaˈme.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˈmeʃa/ [kaˈme.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈmeʒa/ [kaˈme.ʒa]

 

  • Syllabification: ca‧me‧lla

Noun

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camella f (plural camellas)

  1. female equivalent of camello

Further reading

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