quil

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χυλός (khulós, “juice”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈkil]

quil m (plural quils)

1. chyle

• “quil”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Vulgar Latin *(ec)cu illu, contracted from the accusative of Vulgar Latin *eccum ille. Compare Italian quello, Venetan cuel, cuelo.

quil m sg (feminine quila or quilla, masculine plural quili or quii, feminine plural quile or quille)

1. that
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:

     Caro, cun quil visito bianco e russo.

     Dear, with that little white and red face.

• q̃l (manuscripts)
• qu'il (majority of facsimiles)

quil

1. Contraction of que + il (that he, that it)