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English
Pronunciation
Noun
hila
- plural of hilum
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Cebuano
Pronunciation
Verb
hila
- to do something slowly
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Finnish
Etymology
Unknown. Originally meant "wicket, gate" (in western Savonian and Ostrobothnian dialects).
Pronunciation
Noun
hila
- (dialectal, Ostrobothnia, Central Finland) wicket, gate
- grate, grating
- (mathematics, sciences) lattice
- (optics) diffraction grating
- (electronics) gate (in a field effect transistor)
- (electronics) grid (in a vacuum tube)
- (cricket) wicket
- (computing) Synonym of rasteri (“raster”)
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Latin
Noun
hīla
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of hīlum
Spanish
Verb
hila
- inflection of hilar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حِيلَة (ḥīla).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
hila class IX (plural hila class X)
- deceit
- trick
References
- ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 84 No. 750
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hilah (“drag, pull”). Cognate with Indonesian and Malay hela.
Pronunciation
Noun
hila (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎ)
- pull; pulling
- Synonyms: higit, hatak, batak
- tow; towing; haul; hauling
- Synonyms: arastre, remolke
- drag; dragging
- Synonyms: kaladkad, pagkaladkad, pagkakaladkad
- object being pulled, hauled, or towed
- Synonyms: kargada, kargamento
- (colloquial) act of persuading someone (to join or go somewhere)
- Synonyms: yaya, pagyaya, kayag, pagkayag, hikayat, paghikayat
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