camella

Asturian

Etymology

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Noun

camella f (plural camelles)

1. camel (beast of burden)

Corsican

Alternative forms

• camedda

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmelːa/

Noun

camella (masculine camellu, plural camelle)

1. she-camel

References

• “camella, camedda” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈmel.la/, [käˈmɛlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈmel.la/, [käˈmɛlːä]

Noun

camella f (genitive camellae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	camella	camellae
genitive	camellae	camellārum
dative	camellae	camellīs
accusative	camellam	camellās
ablative	camellā	camellīs
vocative	camella	camellae

Descendants

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

References

• Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “89”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎ (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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmeʝa/ [kaˈme.ʝa]

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

 

• Rhymes: -eʝa

• Rhymes: -eʝa
• Rhymes: -eʎa
• Rhymes: -eʃa
• Rhymes: -eʒa

• Syllabification: ca‧me‧lla

Noun

camella f (plural camellas)

1. female equivalent of camello

Verb

camella

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

Further reading

• “camella”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10