chela

From Latin chele, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkilə/

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chela (plural chelae)

1. A pincer-like claw of a crustacean or arachnid. [from 17th c.]
   • 1646, Thomas Browne, chapter III, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 5:

     It happeneth often, I confess, that a lobster hath the chely or great claw of one side longer than the other […]

   • 1993, The Encyclopedia of Land Invertebrate Behaviour, page 232:

     The tail is curved up over the body and the pedipalps held forwards with the tip of the movable finger of the chela in contact with the sand.

   • 2004, Raymond T. Bauer, Remarkable Shrimps: Adaptations and Natural History of the Carideans, page 26:

     The two brushes on each chela snap open into semicircular fans, forming fine-mesh baskets that passively filter water.

Borrowed from Hindi चेला (celā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeɪ.lə/

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chela (plural chelas or chele)

1. A pupil or disciple, especially in Hinduism. [from 19th c.]
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 184:

     In fact, Gilgamesh's instructions are still-valid directions from the guru to the chela.

   • 1987, Phirozshah Dorabji Mehta, The Heart of Religion, page 36:

     The guru had insight. He understood his chela. The relationship between a guru and his chela was as a father to a son, as a whole person to a whole person, individual and unique.

   • 2002, Warrior of Light: The Life of Nicholas Roerich: Artist, Himalayan Explorer, and Visionary, page 52:

     The guru-chela relationship was a theme in many of Nicholas's paintings. In Pearl of Searching, the guru is looking thoughtfully at a pearl necklace with his chela. This symbolizes the "pearl of great price" that gives purpose to life.

   • 2007, Michael Bertiaux, The Voudon Gnostic Workbook: Expanded Edition, page 455:

     This, of course, is done by the guru as the result of a long process in which his consciousness must merge with that of the chela and wherein the chela is absorbed essentially into the guru.

• chelaship

• Hecla, Leach, leach

From Latin chele, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Hyphenation: chè‧la

chela f (plural chele)

1. pincer (of a crustacean)

chela f sg

1. feminine singular of chel

From Yucatec Maya chel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃela/ [ˈt͡ʃe.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: che‧la

chela f (plural chelas)

1. (Mexico, Peru, Chile, El Salvador, slang) beer

   Synonyms: cerveza, cheve

   Vamos a tomar unas chelas.

   Let's go drink some brews.

chela f (plural chelas)

1. female equivalent of chelo

chela

1. feminine singular of chelo

• “chelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

-chela

1. to spray, to sprinkle

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “chela”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “chela (6.3)”