# pela
## English
### Etymology

From Chinese 白蠟.

### Noun

pela (uncountable)
* Chinese wax
** 1813, John Mason Good, Olinthus Gilbert Gregory, Pantologia:Thus we have the myrtle wax of America extracted from the berries of the myrica cerifera, and the pela of the Chinese.

### Anagrams

* Alep, LEAP, Lape, Leap, Peal, e-pal, leap, pale, pale-, peal, plea

## Albanian
### Noun

pela
* inflection of pelë:
** definite nominative singular
** indefinite nominative/accusative plural

## Asturian
### Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition per (“by means of, by way of”) + feminine singular article la (“the”).

### Contraction

pela f (masculine pel, neuter pelo, masculine plural pelos, feminine plural peles)
* by means of the

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɛ.lə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpɛ.la]

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from pelar.

#### Noun

pela f (plural peles)
* debarking
* peel, rind (of a fruit or vegetable)
* (colloquial) peseta

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

pela
* inflection of pelar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## French
### Verb

pela
* third-person singular past historic of peler

### Anagrams

* Alep, lape, lapé, pale, pâle

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *pilla, from Latin pilula (“pellet”). In that case, cognate with Spanish pella.

#### Alternative forms

* penla

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛla̝/

#### Noun

pela f (plural pelas)
* lump, dollop, mass (of butter, grease, lard)

### Etymology 2

Deverbal from pelar (“to skin”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛla̝/

#### Noun

pela f (plural pelas)
* peel
* peeling (of skin)

### Etymology 3

From Latin palella (“little shovel”), from pala (“shovel”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛla̝/

#### Noun

pela f (plural pelas)
* trowel; small shovel
** 1373, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 191:Item enna cosina hua caldeyra de cobre con seus ferros et hua peellaItem, in the kitchen a cooper cauldron with its irons [for hanging] and a spatula
* vanes or blades of a water wheel

### Etymology 4

From Latin per + illa.

#### Contraction

pela f sg (plural pelas, masculine pelo, masculine plural pelos)
* contraction of por (“by; through”) and a (“the”) (archaic)

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

pela
* inflection of pelar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “peella”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pela”, 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), “pela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “pelota”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpe.la/
* Rhymes: -ela
* Hyphenation: pé‧la

### Verb

pela
* inflection of pelare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* Pale, alpe, pale

## Northern Sotho
### Noun

pela
* hyrax

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese pela, from Vulgar Latin *per (“by; through”) + *la (“the”).

#### Alternative forms

* pêla (pre-reform spelling)
* pella (archaic)

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pe.lɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /pe.lɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pe.la/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pe.lɐ/, (with syncope) /plɐ/
* Hyphenation: pe‧la

#### Contraction

pela f sg
* Contraction of per a (“by/through the (feminine singular)”): feminine singular of pelo

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Alternative forms

* péla (pre-1990 spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛ.lɐ/

#### Verb

pela
* inflection of pelar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Sotho
### Noun

pela class 9/10 (plural dipela)
* hyrax

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpela/ [ˈpe.la]
* Rhymes: -ela
* Syllabification: pe‧la

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from pelar.

#### Noun

pela f (plural pelas)
* hit, beating
    Coordinate terms: golpe, paliza
* (Spain, colloquial, historical) one peseta (former currency of Spain)
    Coordinate term: duro
** 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter V, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 75:Y te corto porque no tengo más pelas y estoy en una cabina. Cuelgo.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

pela
* inflection of pelar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “pela”, 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

## Swazi
### Verb

-péla
* to spell

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Tswana
### Noun

pela (plural dipela)
* hyrax

## Zulu
### Etymology

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### Verb

-péla
* to spell