# -ella
## Translingual
### Etymology

From Latin -ella.

### Suffix

-ella f
* (taxonomy) A suffix used to form taxonomic names, of genera of bacteria.

#### Derived terms

* Averyella
* Buttiauxella
* Ewingella
* Grimontella
* Leminorella
* Rahnella
* Raoultella
* Shewanella
* Tatumella
* Trabulsiella
* Yokenella

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ella.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.ʎə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈe.ʎa]

### Suffix

-ella f (noun-forming suffix, plural -elles)
* forms feminine noun from nouns, indicating a particular kind or class of the root; often, but not always, used to indicate a diminutive form

#### Derived terms
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-(ë)ldak, from Proto-Uralic *-le-.

### Suffix

-ella (front vowel harmony variant -ellä, stem -ele-, linguistic notation -ele- or -ellA)
* Forms frequentative verbs. The resulting verb often describes a more or less leisurely or long-lasting activity, or an activity that is not overly goal-oriented.
    ‎käsittää (“to grasp, understand”) + ‎-ella → ‎käsitellä (“to handle, process”)
    ‎muistaa (“to remember”) + ‎-ella → ‎muistella (“to think back, commemorate”)
    ‎nostaa (“to lift”) + ‎-ella → ‎nostella (“to lift repeatedly”)
    ‎ostaa (“to buy”) + ‎-ella → ‎ostella (“to shop”)
    ‎rakastaa (“to love”) + ‎-ella → ‎rakastella (“to make love”)
    ‎savuttaa (“to smoke, to produce smoke”) + ‎-ella → ‎savutella (“to smoke, to consume tobacco”)

#### Usage notes

Originally in complementary distribution with -illa, but recent coinages may use either (compare nakata → nakella, but hakata → hakkailla).
Some frequentative verbs are formed with the suffix -ia. See list of Finnish frequentative verbs for examples.

#### Conjugation

Note that if the stem has gradation, it is (almost always) preserved.

#### Derived terms

* -elias
* -lma
* -lus

### See also

* -illa
* -skella

### Anagrams

* alle

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-(e)ldak. Cognates include Finnish -ella and Estonian -leda.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /-elːɑ/, [-e̞ɫː]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /-elːɑ/, [-e̞ɫːɑ]

### Suffix

-ella (front vowel variant -ellä)
* Used to form frequentative verbs.
    ‎tappaa (“to kill”) + ‎-ella → ‎tapella (“to fight”)

#### Derived terms
## Italian
### Suffix

-ella f (noun-forming suffix, plural -elle)
* used with female nouns to form diminutives
    Synonyms: -cella, -etta, -ina, -uzza
    ‎busta (“envelope”) + ‎-ella → ‎bustarella (“small envelope, bribe”)

#### Derived terms
### Suffix

-ella (non-lemma form of adjective-forming suffix)
* feminine singular of -ello

### Anagrams

* alle

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* -ella: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈel.la/, [ˈɛlːʲä]
* -ella: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈel.la/, [ˈɛlːä]
* -ellā: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈel.laː/, [ˈɛlːʲäː]
* -ellā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈel.la/, [ˈɛlːä]

### Suffix

-ella
* inflection of -ellus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

#### Descendants

* Asturian: -iella
* Aromanian: -eauã
* Catalan: -ella
* French: -elle
* Italian: -ella
* Occitan: -ela
* Portuguese: -ela
* Romanian: -ea
* Spanish: -illa

### Suffix

-ellā
* ablative feminine singular of -ellus

## Portuguese
### Suffix

-ella f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ellas)
* Obsolete spelling of -ela.