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From English fella.[1]
-pela
- added to adjectives to mark that the adjective is modifying or counting a noun
- ^ Wurm, S.A., Mühlhäusler, P (1985) Handbook of Tok Pisin (New Guinea Pidgin) (Pacific Linguistics; Series C, no. 70)[1], Canberra: Australian National University, →DOI, page 93