Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Basque entries#MAILA

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /mai̯la/ [mai̯.la]Category:Basque 2-syllable words#MAILACategory:Basque terms with IPA pronunciation#MAILA
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /maʎa/ [ma.ʎa]Category:Basque 2-syllable words#MAILACategory:Basque terms with IPA pronunciation#MAILA
• Rhymes: -ai̯la, -aCategory:Rhymes:Basque/ai̯la#MAILACategory:Rhymes:Basque/ai̯la/2 syllables#MAILACategory:Rhymes:Basque/a#MAILACategory:Rhymes:Basque/a/2 syllables#MAILA
• Rhymes: -aʎa, -aCategory:Rhymes:Basque/aʎa#MAILACategory:Rhymes:Basque/aʎa/2 syllables#MAILACategory:Rhymes:Basque/a#MAILACategory:Rhymes:Basque/a/2 syllables#MAILA
• Hyphenation: mai‧la

Noun

maila inanCategory:Basque lemmas#MAILACategory:Basque nouns#MAILACategory:Basque entries with incorrect language header#MAILACategory:Basque inanimate nouns#MAILACategory:Pages with entries#MAILACategory:Pages with 5 entries#MAILA

1. level
2. step (of a stair)

Further reading

• “maila”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “maila”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Emilian terms inherited from Latin#MAILACategory:Emilian terms derived from Latin#MAILA māla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmajla/Category:Emilian terms with IPA pronunciation#MAILA

Noun

maila f (plural mail)Category:Emilian lemmas#MAILACategory:Emilian nouns#MAILACategory:Emilian entries with incorrect language header#MAILACategory:Emilian feminine nouns#MAILACategory:Pages with entries#MAILACategory:Pages with 5 entries#MAILA

1. apple

References

Lepri, Luigi; Vitali, Daniele (2002), “maila”, in Dizionario Bolognese-Italiano, Italiano-Bolognese. Dizionèri Bulgnaiṡ-Itagliàn, Itagliàn-Bulgnaiṡ, 2nd edition, Bologna: Pendragon, →ISBN

Etymology

Probably borrowed from SwedishCategory:Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish#MAILACategory:Finnish terms derived from Swedish#MAILA malj, from FrenchCategory:Finnish terms derived from French#MAILA mail, from LatinCategory:Finnish terms derived from Latin#MAILA malleus. MetathesisCategory:Finnish words derived through metathesis#MAILA took place in order to avoid the form *malja, which would have been homonymous with malja (“goblet, bowl, cup, chalice”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑi̯lɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝i̯lɑ̝]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#MAILACategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#MAILA
• Rhymes: -ɑilɑCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/ɑilɑ#MAILACategory:Rhymes:Finnish/ɑilɑ/2 syllables#MAILA
• Syllabification^(key): mai‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): mai‧la

Noun

mailaCategory:Finnish lemmas#MAILACategory:Finnish nouns#MAILACategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#MAILACategory:Pages with entries#MAILACategory:Pages with 5 entries#MAILA

1. (sportsCategory:fi:Sports#MAILA) An implement used to handle the object, such as a ball or a puck, that is played with (translation into English depends on the kind of implement and the particular sport).
   1. (tennisCategory:fi:Tennis#MAILA, squashCategory:fi:Squash#MAILA, badmintonCategory:fi:Badminton#MAILA) racket
   2. (baseballCategory:fi:Baseball#MAILA, cricketCategory:fi:Cricket#MAILA, pesäpalloCategory:fi:Pesäpallo#MAILA) bat
   3. (field hockey or ice hockeyCategory:fi:Field hockey#MAILACategory:fi:Ice hockey#MAILA) stick
   4. (golfCategory:fi:Golf#MAILA) club
   5. (table tennisCategory:fi:Table tennis#MAILA) paddle
   6. (polo, croquetCategory:fi:Croquet#MAILA) mallet
2. (pinballCategory:fi:Pinball#MAILA) flipper

   Synonym: flipperimaila

References

Further reading

• “maila”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• ilmaa, limaa, maali, malia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.la/ ~ /me.la/Category:French 2-syllable words#MAILACategory:French 2-syllable words#MAILACategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#MAILA

Verb

mailaCategory:French non-lemma forms#MAILACategory:French verb forms#MAILACategory:French entries with incorrect language header#MAILACategory:Pages with entries#MAILACategory:Pages with 5 entries#MAILA

1. third-person singular past historic of mailer

Anagrams

• lamai, Lamia

Etymology

Compound of mai (“hither”) +‎ lā (“there, then”)Category:Hawaiian compound terms#MAILA.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmai̯.la/, [ˈmɐj.lə], [ˈmɛj.lə] (rapid speech)Category:Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation#MAILA

Particle

mailaCategory:Hawaiian lemmas#MAILACategory:Hawaiian particles#MAILACategory:Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header#MAILACategory:Pages with entries#MAILACategory:Pages with 5 entries#MAILA

1. hither, this way, towards the speaker