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Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niˈla/,
  • Hyphenation: ni‧la

Determiner

nilá

  1. their (postposed)
    Synonym: (preposed) ila
    ang kuwarto nila
    their room

Pronoun

nilá

  1. Ergative preposed third-person plural pronoun: they
    Gilimpiyohan nila ang kuwarto.
    They cleaned the room.

See also

Cebuano personal pronouns
Person Number Absolute (ang/si) Ergative (sa/ni) Ergative (preposed) Oblique (sa/og)
Length Full Short Full Short Full Full Short
First singular ako ko* nako ko ako/akoa kanako nako
plural inclusive kita ta nato ta ato/atoa kanato nato
plural exclusive kami mi namo mo amo/amoa kanamo namo
Second singular ikaw ka nimo mo imo/imoha kanimo nimo
plural kamo ka ninyo inyo/inyoha kaninyo ninyo
Third singular siya niya iya/iyaha kaniya niya
plural sila nila ila/ilaha kanila nila
*Ta is used over ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.


Finnish

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Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

Noun

nila

  1. phloem

Declension

Inflection of nila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative nila nilat
genitive nilan nilojen
partitive nilaa niloja
illative nilaan niloihin
singular plural
nominative nila nilat
accusative nom. nila nilat
gen. nilan
genitive nilan nilojen
nilainrare
partitive nilaa niloja
inessive nilassa niloissa
elative nilasta niloista
illative nilaan niloihin
adessive nilalla niloilla
ablative nilalta niloilta
allative nilalle niloille
essive nilana niloina
translative nilaksi niloiksi
abessive nilatta niloitta
instructive — niloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of nila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative nilani nilani
accusative nom. nilani nilani
gen. nilani
genitive nilani nilojeni
nilainirare
partitive nilaani nilojani
inessive nilassani niloissani
elative nilastani niloistani
illative nilaani niloihini
adessive nilallani niloillani
ablative nilaltani niloiltani
allative nilalleni niloilleni
essive nilanani niloinani
translative nilakseni niloikseni
abessive nilattani niloittani
instructive — —
comitative — niloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative nilasi nilasi
accusative nom. nilasi nilasi
gen. nilasi
genitive nilasi nilojesi
nilaisirare
partitive nilaasi nilojasi
inessive nilassasi niloissasi
elative nilastasi niloistasi
illative nilaasi niloihisi
adessive nilallasi niloillasi
ablative nilaltasi niloiltasi
allative nilallesi niloillesi
essive nilanasi niloinasi
translative nilaksesi niloiksesi
abessive nilattasi niloittasi
instructive — —
comitative — niloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative nilamme nilamme
accusative nom. nilamme nilamme
gen. nilamme
genitive nilamme nilojemme
nilaimmerare
partitive nilaamme nilojamme
inessive nilassamme niloissamme
elative nilastamme niloistamme
illative nilaamme niloihimme
adessive nilallamme niloillamme
ablative nilaltamme niloiltamme
allative nilallemme niloillemme
essive nilanamme niloinamme
translative nilaksemme niloiksemme
abessive nilattamme niloittamme
instructive — —
comitative — niloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative nilanne nilanne
accusative nom. nilanne nilanne
gen. nilanne
genitive nilanne nilojenne
nilainnerare
partitive nilaanne nilojanne
inessive nilassanne niloissanne
elative nilastanne niloistanne
illative nilaanne niloihinne
adessive nilallanne niloillanne
ablative nilaltanne niloiltanne
allative nilallenne niloillenne
essive nilananne niloinanne
translative nilaksenne niloiksenne
abessive nilattanne niloittanne
instructive — —
comitative — niloinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative nilansa nilansa
accusative nom. nilansa nilansa
gen. nilansa
genitive nilansa nilojensa
nilainsarare
partitive nilaansa nilojaan
nilojansa
inessive nilassaan
nilassansa 		niloissaan
niloissansa
elative nilastaan
nilastansa 		niloistaan
niloistansa
illative nilaansa niloihinsa
adessive nilallaan
nilallansa 		niloillaan
niloillansa
ablative nilaltaan
nilaltansa 		niloiltaan
niloiltansa
allative nilalleen
nilallensa 		niloilleen
niloillensa
essive nilanaan
nilanansa 		niloinaan
niloinansa
translative nilakseen
nilaksensa 		niloikseen
niloiksensa
abessive nilattaan
nilattansa 		niloittaan
niloittansa
instructive — —
comitative — niloineen
niloinensa

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nila

  1. blue
  2. a plant which produce blue colour, Indigofera suffruticosa
  3. alternative form of nilam (“sapphire”)

Related terms

See also

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

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

nila

  1. Romanization of ꦤꦶꦭ

Jingpho

Etymology

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

Noun

nila

  1. sapphire

References

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

Latin

Noun

nīla

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of nīlum

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit नील (nīla). Doublet of nilam.

Pronunciation

Adjective

nila (Jawi spelling نيلا)

  1. indigo (coloured indigo)

Noun

nila (Jawi spelling نيلا, plural nila-nila, informal 1st possessive nilaku, 2nd possessive nilamu, 3rd possessive nilanya)

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

Usage notes

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.

References

  • 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

Further reading

Navajo

Pronunciation

  • Audio (NV)(file)

Interjection

nila

  1. "it’s up to you"; "you decide"

Synonyms

See also

Sundanese

Romanization

nila

  1. Romanization of ᮔᮤᮜ

Tagalog

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niˈla/,
  • Hyphenation: ni‧la

Determiner

nilá (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜎ)

  1. their (postposed)
    Synonym: (preposed) kanila
    ang kuwarto nila
    their room

Pronoun

nilá (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜎ)

  1. they
    Nilinis nila ang kwarto.
    They cleaned the room.
See also
Tagalog personal pronouns
Person Number Direct (ang) Indirect (ng) Oblique (sa)
First singular ako ko akin
dual* kita, kata nita, nata, ta kanita, kanata, ata
plural inclusive tayo natin atin
plural exclusive kami namin amin
First & Second singular kita**
Second singular ikaw, ka mo iyo
plural kayo, kamo ninyo, niyo inyo
Third singular siya niya kaniya
plural sila nila kanila
* First person dual pronouns are not commonly used.
** Replaces "ko ikaw".

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit नील (nī́la). Doublet of lila.

Pronunciation

Adjective

nilà (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜎ)

  1. indigo (color/colour)

Noun

nilà (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜎ)

  1. true indigo (Indigofera tinctoria)
    Synonym: tayom
  2. indigo (color/colour)
Derived terms
See also
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
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