kila

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kila"

English

Noun

kila (plural kilas)

  1. Synonym of phurba (Tibetan dagger).

Anagrams

Amal

Numeral

kila

  1. two

References

  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Cornish

Etymology 1

From kil (recess) +‎ -a

Verb

kila

  1. to recede

Etymology 2

From Middle Cornish gyle, from Proto-Brythonic *kilɨð, from Proto-Celtic *keiliyos. Compare Breton kile, Welsh cilydd.

Noun

kila m

  1. companion
Usage notes
  • Only found in the expression y gila and its derivatives.
Derived terms
  • y gila (the other, another)
  • an eyl y gila (one another, mutual)
See also
  • ben (feminine equivalent)

Mutation

Mutation of kila
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
kila gila hila unchanged unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɪla]

Noun

kila

  1. inflection of kilo:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Fijian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Oceanic *kila, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gila (wild, insane).

Adjective

kila

  1. wild animal

Etymology 2

From Proto-Oceanic *kilala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilala, from Proto-Austronesian *kilala (to know, recognize). Cognate with Tagalog kilala (known; recognition).

Verb

kila

  1. to know
Derived terms
  • kilakila

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese aquele + Portuguese la. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ke-la.

Pronoun

kila

  1. that

Lindu

Noun

kila

  1. lightning

Lingala

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *gìd.

Verb

-kila (infinitive kokila)

  1. to abstain from, to pass up
  2. to observe a taboo

Derived terms

Polish

Pronunciation

Determiner

kila

  1. (Near Masovian, Przemyśl, Western Lublin, Eastern Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship) alternative form of kilka

Further reading

  • Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “kila”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 242
  • Aleksander Saloni (1899) “kila”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 239
  • Aleksander Saloni (1908) “kila”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 335
  • Hieronim Łopaciński (1892) “kila”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 205

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kyla.

Noun

kȉla f (Cyrillic spelling ки̏ла)

  1. (pathology) hernia

Declension

Declension of kila
singular plural
nominative kila kile
genitive kile kila
dative kili kilama
accusative kilu kile
vocative kilo kile
locative kili kilama
instrumental kilom kilama

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiɫa/

Noun

kila

  1. genitive singular of kilo

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kyla.

Noun

kíla f

  1. (pathology) hernia

Further reading

  • kila”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Omani Arabic كل (kill), from Arabic كُلّ (kull).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Determiner

kila

  1. each, every

Usage notes

Unlike an adjective, this word is placed before the noun and never inflected.

This word can take the singular Ma-class concords, as in kila la kheri.

See also

Swedish

Verb

kila (present kilar, preterite kilade, supine kilat, imperative kila)

  1. to leave, especially in a hurry
    Jag måste kila!I have to run!
  2. to move (hurriedly) (to somewhere)
    Jag måste kila till affären!I gotta run to the store!
  3. to scurry
    Jag såg en mus kila över golvet.I saw a mouse scurry across the floor.
  4. (reflexive, often with fast) to wedge
    Den hade kilat sig fast
    It had wedged itself in (and gotten stuck)

Conjugation

Conjugation of kila (weak)
active passive
infinitive kila kilas
supine kilat kilats
imperative kila
imper. plural1 kilen
present past present past
indicative kilar kilade kilas kilades
ind. plural1 kila kilade kilas kilades
subjunctive2 kile kilade kiles kilades
present participle kilande
past participle kilad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

See also

  • kil (wedge)

References

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kiˈla/ [kɪˈla]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ki‧la

Preposition

kilá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜎ)

  1. alternative form of kina