tella

See also: Tella and -tella

English

Alternative forms

• talla

Etymology

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Noun

tella (uncountable)

1. A traditional beer from Ethiopia and Eritrea, brewed from various grains.

Galician

Alternative forms

• telha (reintegrationist)

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese tella, from Vulgar Latin *tegla, from Latin tēgula. Cognate with Portuguese telha and Spanish teja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteʎa̝/

Noun

tella f (plural tellas)

1. roof tile

Derived terms

• tellado
• tellar
• telleira

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tella”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tella”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tella”, 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), “tella”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tella”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

tella

1. inflection of tellar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tella

1. split infinitive of telle (non-standard since 2005)