# dela
## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Spanish dela, contraction of ‘de la.’

### Particle

dela
* (obsolete) of the, from the (only in names with Spanish origins or in phrases with Spanish construction)
* particle found in Spanish-derived surnames when originally spelled with de la, such as dela Cruz or dela Peña (from earlier de la Cruz and de la Peña)

#### Related terms

* del
* delas
* delos

## Galician
### Etymology

From contraction of preposition de (“of, from”) + third-person feminine singular pronoun ela (“she, her, it”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛlɐ/

### Contraction

dela f (masculine del, masculine plural deles, feminine plural delas)
* of her, of it, from her, from it

### Further reading

* “del”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Garo
### Etymology

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

### Verb

dela (dela)
* to sting

## Kapampangan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deˈla/ [dɛˈlä]
* Hyphenation: de‧la

### Etymology 1

Vowel shift in dala in perfective conjugation.

#### Verb

délá
* perfective aspect of dalan

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish de la, from the American colonial era.

#### Particle

dela
* particle found in Spanish-derived surnames when originally spelled with de la, such as dela Cruz (from earlier de la Cruz

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈde.lɑ/

### Noun

dela
* nominative/accusative/genitive plural of delu

## Old Frisian
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dailijaną.

### Verb

dēla
* to distribute

#### Descendants

* Saterland Frisian: deele
* West Frisian: diele

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse deila, from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną.

### Verb

dēla
* to divide, to share, to deal
* to argue, to dispute
* to judge

#### Descendants

* Swedish: dela

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* della (pre-standardization spelling)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɛ.lɐ/

### Contraction

dela f sg
* Contraction of de ela (“of her; her (possessive)”): feminine singular of dele
** 2005, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe, Rocco, page 308:Você notou os cabelos dela, são negros e brilhantes e macios...You noticed her hair, it's dark and brilliant and soft...

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dele.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Verb

dela (Cyrillic spelling дела)
* third-person singular present of delati

## Spanish
### Etymology

From preposition de + article la.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdela/ [ˈd̪e.la]
* Rhymes: -ela
* Syllabification: de‧la

### Contraction

dela
* (obsolete) of the, from the (followed by feminine noun)

#### Related terms

* del
* delas
* delos

### Verb

dela
* third-person singular imperative of dar combined with la

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish dēla, from Old Norse deila, from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deːla/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

dela (present delar, preterite delade, supine delat, imperative dela)
* to deal, share; divide something between recipients
* to share; to have in common
    De delar ett språkThey share a language
* to split; divide something in different parts
    Dela tårtan i lika stora delarCut the cake in equal parts

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Synonyms

* klyva

#### Related terms

* avdela
* dela in
* dela med sig
* dela upp
* dela ut
* delare
* delning
* fördela
* indela
* tilldela
* tudela
* uppdela
* utdela

### Further reading

* dela in Svensk ordbok.

### Anagrams

* Edla, adel, lade, leda

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dela, from de la. Its use as a contraction of de la in Spanish-origin surnames is from the American colonial era, possibly by influence of Italian della.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /deˈla/ [d̪ɛˈla]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: de‧la

### Particle

delá (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎ)
* particle found in Spanish-derived surnames when originally spelled with de la, such as dela Cruz (from earlier de la Cruz

#### Related terms

* del
* delas
* delos

### Anagrams

* dale, Dale

## Volapük
### Noun

dela
* genitive singular of del

## Xhosa
### Verb

-dela$^?$
* to despise

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Zulu
### Verb

-déla
* (transitive) to abandon, to give up, to sacrifice

#### Inflection
### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “dela”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “dela (3.9)”