kila

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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 *kuɨlð, from Proto-Celtic *kēlyos. Compare Breton kile, Welsh cilydd.

Noun

kila m

  1. companion
Usage notes
  • Only found in the expression y gila and its derivatives.
Derived terms
See also
  • ben (feminine equivalent)

Mutation

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

Czech

Pronunciation

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”).

Verb

kila

  1. to know
Derived terms

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

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

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, portal Fran

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
Participles
Present participle kilande
Past participle kilad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

See also

  • kil (“wedge”)

References

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia