gila

See also: Gila

English

Etymology

From Malay gila.

Adjective

gila (not comparable)

  1. (Singlish) Mad; crazy; insane.
    • 2006, Elangovan, Smegma, →ISBN, page 31:
      You gila (mad) or what? Our government good government okay?

Synonyms

Anagrams

Fula

Alternative forms

Preposition

gila

  1. (Pular, Pulaar) since, from (a place in time or space) onward
    Synonyms: ɓori, gibi, ibi, ittanndema, iwde, joŋi, kabii, ƴettanndema
    Koli Teŋella dahi leyɗe heewɗe gila e Fuuta Tooro haa yottoyii Fuuta Jaloo.
    Koli Tengella conquered several territories, from Fouta-Toro to Fouta-Jallon

See also

References

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay gila, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gila (wild; skittish; insane).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡila/ [ˈɡi.la]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ila
  • Syllabification: gi‧la

Adjective

gila (comparative lebih gila, superlative paling gila)

  1. crazy, insane
    Synonym: (dialectal) sarap
    Antonym: waras
  2. extraordinary
    Antonym: biasa
  3. illogical
  4. (colloquial) wonderful
    Synonyms: hebat, kagum

Verb

gila

  1. (intransitive) to obsess
    Synonyms: tergila-gila, terobsesi

Derived terms

  • gila-gila
  • gila-gilaan
  • kegila-gilaan
  • kegilaan
  • menggila
  • menggilakan
  • penggila
  • tergila-gila
  • gila anjing
  • gila api
  • gila babi
  • gila bayang-bayang
  • gila bola
  • gila harta
  • gila hormat
  • gila pangkat
  • gila perempuan
  • gila renang
  • gila sasar
  • gila uang

Further reading

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin illa, feminine of ille. Compare Piedmontese chila, Dalmatian jala.

Pronoun

gila

  1. she

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gila (wild; skittish; insane).[1]

First attested in the Kota Kapur inscription, 686 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (gīla).

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [ɡi.lə]
    • Rhymes: -lə,
  • (Baku) IPA(key): [ɡi.la]
    • Rhymes: -la, -a
  • Hyphenation: gi‧la

Adjective

gila (Jawi spelling ݢيلا)

  1. Mad, crazy.
    Synonyms: sasar, sasau
    Antonyms: siuman, waras
    Kau gila ke?!
    Are you crazy?!
  2. Having a brain condition or illness (related to thought or memory).
  3. (informal) Not normal, crazy.
    Antonym: biasa
    harga gilacrazy price

Verb

gila (Jawi spelling ݢيلا)

  1. To obsess over.
    gila keretato obsess over cars

Derived terms

Affixations
  • bergila-gila
  • gila-gila
  • gila-gilaan
  • gilai
  • gilakan
  • kegila-gilaan
  • kegilaan
  • menggila
  • pergilakan
  • tergila-gila
  • tergila-gilakan
Compounds
  • anjing gila
  • anyam gila
  • gila angau
  • gila anjing
  • gila asyik
  • gila babi
  • gila bahasa
  • gila bayang
  • gila bayang-bayang
  • gila gadis
  • gila hormat
  • gila isim
  • gila judi
  • gila kebangsaan
  • gila kuasa
  • gila pangkat
  • gila perempuan
  • gila politik
  • gila renang
  • gila seks
  • gila talak
  • gila urat
  • gila-gila air
  • harga gila
  • main gila
  • rumah gila
Proverbs
  • tiap gila tiap berkongkong, tiap mandi tiap bergosok

Descendants

  • Indonesian: gila
  • English: gila

Adverb

gila (Jawi spelling ݢيلا)

  1. (colloquial) Used as an intensifier.
    Synonyms: -nya, bapak, nak mampus, nak mati
    Hebat gila pelari tu!
    That runner is so good!

References

  1. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*gila”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡi.la/
  • Rhymes: -ila
  • Syllabification: gi‧la

Noun

gila m animal

  1. genitive/accusative singular of gil

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʒi.lɐ/

  • Hyphenation: gi‧la

Noun

gila f (plural gilas)

  1. alternative form of chila

Spanish

Noun

gila f (plural gilas)

  1. female equivalent of gil

Adjective

gila f

  1. feminine singular of gil

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡi.la/

Verb

gila

  1. (stative) to be long
    gumi ge igilathat rope is long
  2. (intransitive) to elongate, grow

Conjugation

Conjugation of gila
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person togila fogila migila
2nd person nogila nigila
3rd
person
masculine ogila igila
yogila (archaic)
feminine mogila
neuter igila

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Xhosa

Verb

-gila?

  1. knock down

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.