sila

• IPA^(key): /silə/
• Hyphenation: si‧la

From Malay sila or Old Javanese śīla, from Sanskrit शील (śīla, “conduct, morality”).

sila (Balinese script ᬲᬶᬮ)

1. cross-legged seating position

From Old Javanese śīla, from Sanskrit शील (śīla, “conduct, morality”). Cognate of Indonesian sila (“rule, conduct, custom”).

sila (Balinese script ᬰᬶᬮ)

1. conduct

From Old Javanese śilā (“stone”), from Sanskrit शिला (śilā, “stone”).

sila (Balinese script ᬰᬶᬮᬵ)

1. stone

• “sila” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *si-ida, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ida.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsila/ [ˈs̪i.l̪ɐ]
• Hyphenation: si‧la

sila (Badlit spelling ᜐᜒᜎ)

1. they
2. them

• alis, lisa

• sela (part)

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪla]

sila

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

sila

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

sila

1. maize, corn

• Gatty, Ronald (2009) “bitu”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 229

Borrowed from Old Swedish sili.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsilɑ/, [ˈs̠ilɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ilɑ
• Syllabification^(key): si‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): si‧la

sila

1. (usually in the plural) harness saddle

• selustin
• setolkka

• valjaat

• “sila”, 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 1 December 2023

• -lias, lasi, sali

sila

1. third-person singular past historic of siler

• ails, lias, Lisa, sali

From Proto-Inuit *cila (“universe, atmosphere, weather, outside world”), from Proto-Eskimo *cǝla (“universe, atmosphere, weather”). Compare silaannaq (“atmosphere, air”).

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /sila/, [sɪ.la]

sila

1. weather
2. world
3. consciousness, intellect

• IPA^(key): /sí.làː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sɪ́.làː]

silā̀ f (possessed form silàr̃)

1. cause

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *si-ida, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ida.

sila

1. they, them

From Malay sila, from Classical Malay sila, from Sanskrit शील (śīla, “conduct, beauty, form, virtue”). Doublet of selak.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsila]
• Hyphenation: si‧la

sila

1. moral principle

   Synonyms: dasar, adab, akhlak, moral

sila

1. to sit cross-legged

• sela

sila

1. please, used as an affirmative to an offer or a request

• silah

• “sila” 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.

sila

1. Latin spelling of ᓯᓚ (sila)

siḷa

sila

1. air, atmosphere, weather

   Silagiktuq.

   The weather is nice.

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kɪ́dà.

sîla

1. tail

sila m

1. genitive singular of sils

silâ

1. fish

Borrowed from Sanskrit शील (śīla, “conduct, morality”).

• IPA^(key): /si.la/
• Rhymes: -la
• Homophones: sila, śila, śilā, śīla
• Hyphenation: si‧la

sila

1. to sit cross-legged

• Javanese: ꦱꦶꦭ (sila, “(to sit) cross-legged”)
• → Balinese: ᬲᬶᬮ (sila, “(to sit) cross-legged”)

• "sila" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sila, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *séiˀlāˀ.

• IPA^(key): /sîla/
• Hyphenation: si‧la

sȉla f (Cyrillic spelling си̏ла)

1. force
2. strength
3. power
4. violence

   Neka sila bude s tobom. ― May the Force be with you. (Star Wars)

• sȋlan
• silòvit

• snaga

• “sila”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From Proto-Slavic *sila, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *séiˀlāˀ.

• IPA^(key): /sìːla/

síla f

1. force (anything that is able to make a big changes in person or thing)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	síla
gen. sing.	síle
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	síla	síli	síle
genitive (rodȋlnik)	síle	síl	síl
dative (dajȃlnik)	síli	sílama	sílam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	sílo	síli	síle
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	síli	sílah	sílah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	sílo	sílama	sílami

• “sila”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “sila”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

sila

1. romanization of 𒋻 (sila)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *si-ida, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ida. Compare Bikol Central sinda, Cebuano sila, Kapampangan ila, Chamorro siha, Hiligaynon sila, Inonhan sanda, Malay sida, Maranao siran, Ratagnon sanda, Tetum sira, West Albay Bikol sinra, Yami sira, and Yogad sira.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈla/ [sɪˈla]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: si‧la

silá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎ)

1. they

• sila-sila

silá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎ)

1. (colloquial) plural direct marker placed before names or terms of address of people

   Synonym: sina

   Nandiyan na sila Pedro at Juan. ― Pedro and Juan is already there.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsilaʔ/ [ˈsiː.lɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ilaʔ
• Syllabification: si‧la

silà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎ)

1. attack of a predatory animal on its animal prey

• sali, lisa, alis, isla

-síla

1. to brew
2. to grind

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