# stela
## English
### Etymology

From Latin stēla, from Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē). Doublet of stele.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈstiːlə/
* Rhymes: -iːlə
* Hyphenation: ste‧la

### Noun

stela (plural stelas or stelae or steles)
* (archaeology) an obelisk or upright stone pillar, usually as a primitive commemoration or gravestone
** 1776, R. Chandler, Trav. Greece, VIII 35:In the courts of the houses lie many round stelæ, or pillars, once placed on the graves of the Athenians.
** 1837, J. G. Wilkinson, Manners & Customs of the Anc. Egyptians, I ii 101:He erected a stela, with an inscription in the sacred character, to commemorate his successes.
** 1876, S. Manning, Land of Pharaohs, section 203:The upright blocks or stelas are among the most curious parts of the present ruin.
** 1893, E. A. T. W. Budge, Mummy, section 30:Thothmes I. set up two stelæ near the Euphrates.
** 1966, Paul Bowles, Up Above the World:A shore excursion had been arranged for the passengers who were interested in visiting the stelae of San Ignacio.

#### Synonyms

* stele

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* setal, steal, ETLAs, tesla, telas, Astle, tales, least, Tesla, salet, slate, Teals, Slate, Sleat, lates, leats, 'least, laste, teals, stale, taels

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈstɛla]

### Verb

stela
* masculine singular present transgressive of stlát

#### Related terms

* stelouc

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse stela, from Proto-Germanic *stelaną.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

stela (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative stal, third-person plural past indicative stálu, supine stolið)
* to steal [with dative]
    Hver stal kökunni úr krúsinni í gær?Who stole the cookie from the jar last night?

#### Derived terms

* stela frá (“to rob someone”)
* stela undan (“to misappropriate, to embezzle”)
* stelast
* stelast burt
* stelast til

#### Related terms

* stuldur

#### See also

* þjófur
* þjófóttur
* þýfi

## Latin
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē, “block of stone”).

#### Noun

stēla f (genitive stēlae); first declension
* column, pillar

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

##### Descendants

* → English: stela (learned)
* → Galician: estela (learned)
* → Italian: stela (learned)
* → Polish: stela (learned)
* → Portuguese: estela (learned)
* → Spanish: estela (learned)

#### References

* “stela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* stela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

### Etymology 2

Derived from simplification of the geminate ll due to the preceding long vowel. Attested in the Anonymous Valesianus II.

#### Noun

stēla f (genitive stēlae); first declension (Late Latin)
* Alternative form of stēlla (“star”)

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

##### Descendants

* see: stēlla

#### References

* Adams, James Noel. 1976. The text and language of a Vulgar Latin chronicle (Anonymous Valesianus II). London: Institute of Classical Studies. Page 34.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* stele
* stållå (Trøndelag dialect)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse stela, from Proto-Germanic *stelaną. Compare Icelandic stela, Danish stjæle, Norwegian Bokmål stjele, Swedish stjäla, Faroese stjala.

### Verb

stela (present tense stel, past tense stal, past participle stole, passive infinitive stelast, present participle stelande, imperative stel)
* to steal (illegally take possession of)
    Nokon har stole bilen min!Someone has stolen my car!
* to consume, take
    Dette arbeidet stel all fritida mi.This work takes all of my spare time.
* to achieve or gain something by tricking someone or something

#### Synonyms

* knabba
* naska
* rappa

### References

* “stela” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈste.lɑ/

### Noun

stela m
* stalk (of a plant)

#### Declension

Weak:

### References

* Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “stela”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

## Old Frisian
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stelan, whence also Old English stelan, Old Saxon stelan, Old High German stelan, from Proto-Germanic *stelaną, whence Old Norse stela.

### Verb

stela
* to steal

#### Descendants

* West Frisian: stelle

## Old Norse
### Alternative forms

* stjala

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stelaną, whence also Old English stelan, Old Frisian stela, Old Saxon stelan, Old High German stelan, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (stilan).

### Verb

stela (singular past indicative stal, plural past indicative stálu, past participle stolinn)
* to steal [with dative]
* to rob [with accusative]
** 9th century, Þrymskviða
*** áss es stolinn hamrithe god has been robbed of his hammer

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: stela
* Faroese: stjala
* Norwegian Nynorsk: stela, stele
* Jamtish: stjæła
* Elfdalian: stjälå
* Old Swedish: stiæla, stæla, stiala
** Swedish: stjäla
* Old Danish: stælæ, stialæ, stiælæ
** Danish: stjæle
*** Norwegian Bokmål: stjele
** Scanian: stjæla
* Gutnish: stjäle

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “stela”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈstɛ.la/
* (Masovia):
** (Near Masovian) IPA: /ˈstɛ.la/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛla
* Syllabification: ste‧la
* Homophone: Stela

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin stēla.

#### Noun

stela f
* (archaeology, sculpture) stele, stela (tall, slender stone monument)
* (botany) stele (central core of the root and shoot system)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “compare the t- in stela for answer words to k- question words”)
Compare Silesian stela.

#### Adverb

stela (not comparable)
* (Near Masovian) Synonym of stamtąd
    Coordinate term: stamtela
* (Far Masovian) Synonym of stąd
    Coordinate term: stela
    Nie można stela zaczynać. ― You can't start from here.

### Further reading

* stela in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “stela”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 247

## Silesian
### Etymology

Perhaps a univerbation of s +‎ tela. Compare Masovian Polish stela.
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈstɛ.la/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛla
* Syllabification: ste‧la

### Adverb

stela (not comparable)
* (Cieszyn) Synonym of stōnd
    Synonyms: tustela, samstōnd

#### Related terms

* potela
* tamstela
* tustela

### Further reading

* Eugeniusz Kosmała (2023) “stela”, in Dykcjōnôrz Polsko-Ślonskiy (in Silesian), s, pages 4,125-126
* stela in silling.org

## Swedish
### Adjective

stela
* inflection of stel:
** definite singular
** plural

## Venetan
### Noun

stela f (plural stele)
* Obsolete spelling of steła (“star”).