bila

From bilatu (“to search, to look for”).

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• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /bila/ [bi.la]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /biʎa/ [bi.ʎa]
• Rhymes: -ila, -a
• Rhymes: -iʎa, -a
• Hyphenation: bi‧la

bila (not comparable)

1. [with absolutive or genitive] looking for, in search of

Indefinite noun phrases can be in any of the two cases, definite ones (singular or plural) have to be in the genitive.

bila

1. Short form of bilatu (“to search”).

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

Compare Choctaw bila, Alabama bila.

• IPA^(key): /bi.lá/

bila

1. (stative, intransitive) to melt, to be melted, to thaw, to dissolve

• IPA^(key): /bilá/

bila (alienable)

1. fat, grease, oil

bila (active intransitive)

1. to thaw, to melt

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪla]
• Rhymes: -ɪla
• Hyphenation: bi‧la
• Homophone: byla

bila

1. inflection of bít:
   1. feminine singular past active participle
   2. neuter plural past active participle

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bila m (plural bila's, diminutive bilaatje n)

1. (office slang) clipping of bilateraal

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *pir¹ (“to fly”).

bila

1. (intransitive) to fly (of both animate and inanimate entities)
2. (intransitive) to jump

bila

1. (transitive) to dig out (e.g. tubers)
2. to uncover

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎^[2], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 134

bil (“interval; damage”) +‎ -a (“verbal suffix”), of the same origin as Etymology 2.

bila (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bilaði, supine bilað)

1. to break, to break down

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bila

1. indefinite genitive plural of bil

• “bila” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

From Malay bila, from Old Malay vela, from Sanskrit वेला (velā).

• IPA^(key): /bi.la/

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bila (used in the compounds apabila and bilamana)

1. when

bila

1. if

• “bila” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

bila m (plural bilaawee f)

1. cliff, ravine

• Mous, Maarten, Qorro, Martha, Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 13

• bile (SMS slang)

Borrowed from Sanskrit वेला (velā).

• IPA^(key): /bila/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [bilə]
• Rhymes: -la, -a

bila (Jawi spelling بيلا)

1. (interrogative) when

   Bila kau pergi sekolah?

   When did you go to school?

2. a certain time; when

   Sampai bila kau nak meniru-niru jawapan orang lain?

   Until when do you want to keep on copying other people's answers?

• Indonesian: bila

bila (Jawi spelling بيلا)

1. (proscribed) alternative form of apabila

   Bila dia gelak, dia mesti tersenyum lebar.

   When he laughs, he always has a wide smile.

• “bila” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

bila f (plural bilas)

1. village

bila

1. mouth

bila m

1. (dialectal, Trøndersk) indefinite plural of bil
2. (dialectal, Trøndersk) dative singular of bil

   Nøklan ligg i bila

   The keys are in the car

bila n

1. den
2. hole
3. portion

Borrowed from French bille. First attested in 1837.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.la/

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• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: bi‧la

bila f

1. (billiards) billiard ball

   Synonym: kula bilardowa

   biała bila ― a white billiard ball

   czarna bila ― a black billiard ball

   kolorowa bila ― a colored billiard ball

   bila uderza o coś/w coś ― a billiard ball hits against something

   uderzyć (w) bilę ― to hit a billiard ball

• bila in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bila in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): [ˈbila]

bila f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of bilă

bila (Cyrillic spelling била)

1. inflection of biti:
   1. feminine singular active past participle
   2. neuter plural active past participle

From Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́da.

-bila

1. to boil

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Arabic بِلَا (bilā, “without”).^[1]

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bila

1. without

From Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́da.

-bila

1. to boil

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Old Swedish bila, ultimately from *bʰeid.

bila c

1. a broadaxe

   Synonyms: bilyxa, skrädyxa

2. the blade of a guillotine

bila (present bilar, preterite bilade, supine bilat, imperative bila)

1. (jargon) to use a broadaxe

bil (“car”) +‎ -a

bila (present bilar, preterite bilade, supine bilat, imperative bila)

1. (colloquial) to commute by car

   Många bilar till jobbet varje dag

   Many people drive to work every day

2. (colloquial) to drive long distances

   Vi bilade ner till Spanien förra sommaren

   We drove down to Spain last summer

• bila in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bila in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bila in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bilaq (“part split off”). Compare Maranao bila' (“brittleness; crispness”), Malay bilah (“thin strip or lath”) and Javanese ꦮꦶꦭꦃ (wilah, “long thin stick”).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /biˈlaʔ/ [bɪˈlaʔ], /ˈbilaʔ/ [ˈbiː.lɐʔ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -aʔ, -ilaʔ
  • IPA^(key): /biˈlaʔ/ [bɪˈlaʔ] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: bi‧la

bilâ or bilà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎ)

1. bamboo splits fastened horizontally along the length of a bamboo fence to reinforce it

   Synonyms: sapi, salo, patigas

bilâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎ)

1. nicked at the corner or edge

   Synonyms: pingas, bingas, bingaw

• pila

• “bila”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[3] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

• labi, bali

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪla/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbiːla/, /ˈbɪla/

bila

1. soft mutation of pila

From Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́da.

-bila

1. (intransitive) to boil

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• -bilisa

From Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́da.

-bila

1. (intransitive) to boil, to be boiling
2. (intransitive) to ferment
3. (intransitive) to be enraged

• -bilisa