maila

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See also: Maila, mäila, and māʻila

Basque

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Southern) /maʎa/, [ma.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /mai̯la/, [mai̯.la]

Noun

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maila inan

  1. level
  2. step (of a stair)

Declension

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Further reading

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

Finnish

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Swedish malj, from French mail, from Latin malleus. Metathesis took place in order to avoid the form *malja, which would have been homonymous with malja (goblet, bowl, cup, chalice).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯lɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝i̯lɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑilɑ
  • Syllabification(key): mai‧la

Noun

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maila

  1. (sports) an implement used to handle the object being played with, such as a ball or a puck; translation into English depends on the kind of implement and the particular sport
    1. (tennis, squash, badminton) racket
    2. (baseball, cricket, pesäpallo) bat
    3. (field hockey or ice hockey) stick
    4. (golf) club
    5. (table tennis) paddle
    6. (polo, croquet) mallet
  2. (pinball) flipper

Declension

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Inflection of maila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative maila mailat
genitive mailan mailojen
partitive mailaa mailoja
illative mailaan mailoihin
singular plural
nominative maila mailat
accusative nom. maila mailat
gen. mailan
genitive mailan mailojen
mailain rare
partitive mailaa mailoja
inessive mailassa mailoissa
elative mailasta mailoista
illative mailaan mailoihin
adessive mailalla mailoilla
ablative mailalta mailoilta
allative mailalle mailoille
essive mailana mailoina
translative mailaksi mailoiksi
abessive mailatta mailoitta
instructive mailoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of maila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mailani mailani
accusative nom. mailani mailani
gen. mailani
genitive mailani mailojeni
mailaini rare
partitive mailaani mailojani
inessive mailassani mailoissani
elative mailastani mailoistani
illative mailaani mailoihini
adessive mailallani mailoillani
ablative mailaltani mailoiltani
allative mailalleni mailoilleni
essive mailanani mailoinani
translative mailakseni mailoikseni
abessive mailattani mailoittani
instructive
comitative mailoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mailasi mailasi
accusative nom. mailasi mailasi
gen. mailasi
genitive mailasi mailojesi
mailaisi rare
partitive mailaasi mailojasi
inessive mailassasi mailoissasi
elative mailastasi mailoistasi
illative mailaasi mailoihisi
adessive mailallasi mailoillasi
ablative mailaltasi mailoiltasi
allative mailallesi mailoillesi
essive mailanasi mailoinasi
translative mailaksesi mailoiksesi
abessive mailattasi mailoittasi
instructive
comitative mailoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mailamme mailamme
accusative nom. mailamme mailamme
gen. mailamme
genitive mailamme mailojemme
mailaimme rare
partitive mailaamme mailojamme
inessive mailassamme mailoissamme
elative mailastamme mailoistamme
illative mailaamme mailoihimme
adessive mailallamme mailoillamme
ablative mailaltamme mailoiltamme
allative mailallemme mailoillemme
essive mailanamme mailoinamme
translative mailaksemme mailoiksemme
abessive mailattamme mailoittamme
instructive
comitative mailoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mailanne mailanne
accusative nom. mailanne mailanne
gen. mailanne
genitive mailanne mailojenne
mailainne rare
partitive mailaanne mailojanne
inessive mailassanne mailoissanne
elative mailastanne mailoistanne
illative mailaanne mailoihinne
adessive mailallanne mailoillanne
ablative mailaltanne mailoiltanne
allative mailallenne mailoillenne
essive mailananne mailoinanne
translative mailaksenne mailoiksenne
abessive mailattanne mailoittanne
instructive
comitative mailoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative mailansa mailansa
accusative nom. mailansa mailansa
gen. mailansa
genitive mailansa mailojensa
mailainsa rare
partitive mailaansa mailojaan
mailojansa
inessive mailassaan
mailassansa
mailoissaan
mailoissansa
elative mailastaan
mailastansa
mailoistaan
mailoistansa
illative mailaansa mailoihinsa
adessive mailallaan
mailallansa
mailoillaan
mailoillansa
ablative mailaltaan
mailaltansa
mailoiltaan
mailoiltansa
allative mailalleen
mailallensa
mailoilleen
mailoillensa
essive mailanaan
mailanansa
mailoinaan
mailoinansa
translative mailakseen
mailaksensa
mailoikseen
mailoiksensa
abessive mailattaan
mailattansa
mailoittaan
mailoittansa
instructive
comitative mailoineen
mailoinensa

Derived terms

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compounds

References

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  1. ^ Koivulehto, Jorma & Kallio, Petri: Lainaetymologioita neljältä vuosikymmeneltä (2016). SUST 274.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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French

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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maila

  1. third-person singular past historic of mailer

Anagrams

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Hawaiian

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Etymology

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Compound of mai (hither) +‎ (there, then).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmai̯.la/, [ˈmɐj.lə], [ˈmɛj.lə] (rapid speech)

Particle

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maila

  1. hither, this way, towards the speaker

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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