nila

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni ida, from Proto-Austronesian *ida (“they, them”).

• IPA^(key): /niˈla/ [n̪ɪˈl̪a]
• Hyphenation: ni‧la

nilá

1. their (postposed)

   Synonym: (preposed) ila

   ang kuwarto nila

   their room

nilá

1. Ergative preposed third-person plural pronoun: they

   Gilimpiyohan nila ang kuwarto.

   They cleaned the room.

From Proto-Finnic *nila, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńila. Cognate with Karelian nila, Veps nila, Lule Sami njalle, Erzya нола (nola, “juice”), Northern Khanty ньел (n’jel) and Northern Mansi няль (nâlʹ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnilɑ/, [ˈnilɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ilɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ni‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): ni‧la

nila

1. phloem

• “nila”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• alin, lain, lian

• IPA^(key): /ni.la/
• Hyphenation: ni‧la

From Malay nila, from Pali nīla (“blue”), from Sanskrit नील (nīla, “dark color”).

nila

1. a plant which produce blue color, Indigofera suffruticosa
2. blue color
3. indigo: a purplish-blue color

   nila:  

   Synonym: ungu lembayung

4. alternative form of nilam (“sapphire”)

Colors in Indonesian · warna (layout · text)

putih	abu-abu, kelabu	hitam
merah; kirmizi	jingga; cokelat, pirang tua	kuning; krem
hijau pupus, hijau limau	hijau	hijau pudina; hijau tua
nilangsuka, sian; hijau laut	biru langit, nilakandi	biru
lembayung; nila	patma; ungu	merah jambu, merah muda

nila (plural nila-nila)

1. Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

   Coordinate term: mujair

• “nila” 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.

nila

1. romanization of ꦤꦶꦭ

Borrowed from Burmese နီလာ (nila) likely via Shan ၼီႇလႃႇ (nìi làa).

nila

1. sapphire

• Kurabe, Keita (31 December 2016) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎^[2], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

nīla

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of nīlum

From Sanskrit नील (nīla). Doublet of nilam.

• IPA^(key): [nilə]
• Rhymes: -ilə, -lə, -ə
• Rhymes: -a

nila (Jawi spelling نيلا)

1. indigo (coloured indigo)

nila (Jawi spelling نيلا, plural nila-nila)

1. indigo (colour; the dye from the indigo plant)

Native nila dye is made by cutting up the leaves of tarum (“indigo plant”), steeping them in water, and finally boiling them with lime or chalk.

• Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 1994, →ISBN, page 127
• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “نيل nila”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 141
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “نيل nila”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 676
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “nila”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 173

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

• IPA^(key): /nɪ̀lɑ̀/

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nila

1. "it’s up to you"; "you decide"

• nílááh

• tʼáá hó ájítʼéégóó

From Pali nīla (“blue”), from Sanskrit नील (nīla, “dark color”).

• IPA^(key): /ni.la/
• Hyphenation: ni‧la

nila (Sundanese script ᮔᮤᮜ)

1. blue dye taken from the tarum plant
2. indigo: a purplish-blue colour.

   nila:  

• Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni ida, from Proto-Austronesian *ida (“they, them”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /niˈla/ [n̪ɪˈla]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ni‧la

nilá (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜎ)

1. their (postposed)

   Synonym: (preposed) kanila

   ang kuwarto nila ― their room

nilá (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜎ)

1. they

   Nilinis nila ang kwarto.

   They cleaned the room.

Borrowed from Sanskrit नील (nī́la). Compare Malay nila / nilam. Doublet of anyil and lila.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnilaʔ/ [ˈn̪iː.lɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ilaʔ
• Syllabification: ni‧la

nilà (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜎ)

1. indigo (color/colour)

nilà (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜎ)

1. true indigo (Indigofera tinctoria)

   Synonyms: tayom, tina-tinaan, anyil

2. indigo (color/colour)

   Synonym: tayom

Colors in Tagalog · kulay (layout · text)

puti	abo, gris	itim
pula; krimson, pulang-pula	kahel; kayumanggi	dilaw; krema
kulay-dayap	lungti, lungtian, berde
turkesa	bughaw-langit, asul	bughaw, asul
lila, biyoleta; nila, tayom	mahenta; ube, morado, haban, purpura	rosas, kalimbahin

• lain, alin, Lina, inla, ilan