# sela
## English
### Noun

sela
* plural of selo

### Anagrams

* ASLE, Ales, ELAS, Elsa, LAEs, LEAs, SEAL, Sale, Salé, Seal, aels, ales, lase, leas, sale, seal

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɛla]
* Rhymes: -ɛla
* Hyphenation: se‧la

### Participle

sela
* inflection of sít:
** feminine singular past active participle
** neuter plural past active participle

### Noun

sela
* inflection of selo:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative plural

### Anagrams

* Elsa
* lesa

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sela, from Latin sella. Cognate with Portuguese sela and Spanish silla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛla/ [ˈs̺ɛ.lɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɛla
* Hyphenation: se‧la

### Noun

sela f (plural selas)
* saddle
** 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 117:Nota que esta door, que chaman corno, desarreigase çedo se caualgaren en el con sella posta ante cada hũa das meezjnasNote that this ache, which they call horn, is soon removed if they ride [the horse] with the saddle on before each one of the medicines
* (archaic) throne; chair
    Synonyms: trono, cadeira

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sela”, 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), “sela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /səˈla/ [səˈla]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: se‧la

#### Noun

sêla (plural sela-sela)
* interval, break (time in between two events)
* cleft, crack, crevice
    Synonym: celah
* interim, provisional
    Synonym: selang

##### Derived terms

* bersela
* disela
* menyela
* penyela
* penyelaan
* sela-menyela
* sela-sela

##### Compounds

* pemilihan sela
* putusan sela

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese sela, from Old Galician-Portuguese sela, from Latin sella, from Proto-Italic *sedlā.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈsela/ [ˈse.la]
* Rhymes: -ela
* Syllabification: se‧la

#### Noun

sela (plural sela-sela)
* (archaic) saddle (a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)
    Synonym: pelana

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦺꦭ (séla, “stone, precious stone, benzoin resin”), from Old Javanese śilā (“stone”), from Sanskrit शिला (śilā, “stone, rock”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈsela/ [ˈse.la]
* Rhymes: -ela
* Syllabification: se‧la

#### Noun

sela (plural sela-sela)
* (chiefly obsolete) stone
    Synonym: batu

### Etymology 4

Perhaps from Borrowed from Minangkabau

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /səˈla/ [səˈla]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: se‧la

#### Adjective

sela
* (dialectal) squint
    Synonym: juling

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈsela/ [ˈse.la]
* Rhymes: -ela
* Syllabification: se‧la

#### Verb

sela
* Alternative form of sila (“to sit cross-legged”)

### Further reading

* “sela” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

sela
* romanization of ꦱꦼꦭ
* dated spelling of séla, romanization of ꦱꦺꦭ

## Malagasy
### Etymology

Borrowed from English cell.

### Noun

sela
* cell (unit of life)

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *saiwalō.

### Noun

sēla f
* soul
** Irlosin sol an frithe sela mina fan then thia ginacont mi, wanda under managon he was mit mi.He shall deliver in peace my soul from those who attack me, for amongst many he was with me.

#### Alternative forms

* siela

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: siele
** Dutch: ziel
*** Afrikaans: siel
** Limburgish: zeel

#### Further reading

* “siela”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old Norse
### Noun

sela
* inflection of seli m (“harness”)
** oblique singular indefinite of seli
*** accusative singular indefinite of seli
*** dative singular indefinite of seli
*** genitive singular indefinite of seli
** accusative plural indefinite of seli
** genitive plural indefinite of seli
* inflection of selr m (“seal”)
** accusative plural indefinite of selr
** genitive plural indefinite of selr

## Phuthi
### Verb

-séla
* to drink

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese sela, from Latin sella, from Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛ.lɐ/
* Homophone: cela
* Hyphenation: se‧la

#### Noun

sela f (plural selas)
* saddle

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

sela
* inflection of selar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Southern Ndebele
### Verb

-séla
* to drink

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsela/ [ˈse.la]
* Rhymes: -ela
* Syllabification: se‧la

### Verb

sela
* inflection of ser:
** second-person singular imperative combined with la
** second-person singular voseo imperative combined with la

## Swedish
### Etymology

sele (“harness”) +‎ -a

### Verb

sela (present selar, preterite selade, supine selat, imperative sela)
* (sometimes with på) to harness (put a harness on (a horse or other draft animal))
    sela (på) en hästharness a horse
    en (på)selad hästa harnessed horse

#### Conjugation

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

### References

* sela in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* sela in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* sela in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English sailor.

### Noun

sela
* sailor

## Turkish
### Alternative forms

* sala

### Etymology

From Arabic صَلَاة (ṣalāh).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seˈlɑː/

### Noun

sela (definite accusative selayı, plural selalar)
* A prayer recited by a muezzin before a funeral prayer or the call to prayer on an Eid or on Fridays.

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
sela
selalar
definite accusative
selayı
selaları
dative
selaya
selalara
locative
selada
selalarda
ablative
seladan
selalardan
genitive
selanın
selaların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
selam
selalarım
2nd singular
selan
selaların
3rd singular
selası
selaları
1st plural
selamız
selalarımız
2nd plural
selanız
selalarınız
3rd plural
selaları
selaları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
selamı
selalarımı
2nd singular
selanı
selalarını
3rd singular
selasını
selalarını
1st plural
selamızı
selalarımızı
2nd plural
selanızı
selalarınızı
3rd plural
selalarını
selalarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
selama
selalarıma
2nd singular
selana
selalarına
3rd singular
selasına
selalarına
1st plural
selamıza
selalarımıza
2nd plural
selanıza
selalarınıza
3rd plural
selalarına
selalarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
selamda
selalarımda
2nd singular
selanda
selalarında
3rd singular
selasında
selalarında
1st plural
selamızda
selalarımızda
2nd plural
selanızda
selalarınızda
3rd plural
selalarında
selalarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
selamdan
selalarımdan
2nd singular
selandan
selalarından
3rd singular
selasından
selalarından
1st plural
selamızdan
selalarımızdan
2nd plural
selanızdan
selalarınızdan
3rd plural
selalarından
selalarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
selamın
selalarımın
2nd singular
selanın
selalarının
3rd singular
selasının
selalarının
1st plural
selamızın
selalarımızın
2nd plural
selanızın
selalarınızın
3rd plural
selalarının
selalarının :

### References

* “sela”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

## Xhosa
### Etymology

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

### Verb

-séla
* (transitive) to drink

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.