sila

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Balinese

Romanization

sila

  1. Romanization of ᬲᬶᬮ
  2. Romanization of ᬰᬶᬮ
  3. Romanization of ᬰᬶᬮᬵ

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: si‧la

Pronoun

sila

  1. they
  2. them

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:sila.

Anagrams

Czech

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

sila

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

Etymology 2

Participle

sila

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

Fijian

Noun

sila

  1. maize, corn

References

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

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Swedish sili.

Pronunciation

Noun

sila

  1. (usually in the plural) harness saddle

Declension

Inflection of sila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative sila silat
genitive silan silojen
partitive silaa siloja
illative silaan siloihin
singular plural
nominative sila silat
accusative nom. sila silat
gen. silan
genitive silan silojen
silain rare
partitive silaa siloja
inessive silassa siloissa
elative silasta siloista
illative silaan siloihin
adessive silalla siloilla
ablative silalta siloilta
allative silalle siloille
essive silana siloina
translative silaksi siloiksi
abessive silatta siloitta
instructive siloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of sila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative silani silani
accusative nom. silani silani
gen. silani
genitive silani silojeni
silaini rare
partitive silaani silojani
inessive silassani siloissani
elative silastani siloistani
illative silaani siloihini
adessive silallani siloillani
ablative silaltani siloiltani
allative silalleni siloilleni
essive silanani siloinani
translative silakseni siloikseni
abessive silattani siloittani
instructive
comitative siloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative silasi silasi
accusative nom. silasi silasi
gen. silasi
genitive silasi silojesi
silaisi rare
partitive silaasi silojasi
inessive silassasi siloissasi
elative silastasi siloistasi
illative silaasi siloihisi
adessive silallasi siloillasi
ablative silaltasi siloiltasi
allative silallesi siloillesi
essive silanasi siloinasi
translative silaksesi siloiksesi
abessive silattasi siloittasi
instructive
comitative siloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative silamme silamme
accusative nom. silamme silamme
gen. silamme
genitive silamme silojemme
silaimme rare
partitive silaamme silojamme
inessive silassamme siloissamme
elative silastamme siloistamme
illative silaamme siloihimme
adessive silallamme siloillamme
ablative silaltamme siloiltamme
allative silallemme siloillemme
essive silanamme siloinamme
translative silaksemme siloiksemme
abessive silattamme siloittamme
instructive
comitative siloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative silanne silanne
accusative nom. silanne silanne
gen. silanne
genitive silanne silojenne
silainne rare
partitive silaanne silojanne
inessive silassanne siloissanne
elative silastanne siloistanne
illative silaanne siloihinne
adessive silallanne siloillanne
ablative silaltanne siloiltanne
allative silallenne siloillenne
essive silananne siloinanne
translative silaksenne siloiksenne
abessive silattanne siloittanne
instructive
comitative siloinenne

Synonyms

Hypernyms

Derived terms

(compounds):

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Verb

sila

  1. third-person singular past historic of siler

Anagrams

Greenlandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

sila

  1. weather
  2. world
  3. consciousness, intellect

Declension

Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

silā̀ f (possessed form silàr̃)

  1. cause

Hiligaynon

Pronoun

sila

  1. they

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: si‧la

Noun

sila

  1. moral principle.
    Synonyms: dasar, adab, akhlak, moral

Verb

sila

  1. to sit cross-legged

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Verb

sila

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

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Further reading

Inuktitut

Noun

sila

  1. Latin spelling of ᓯᓚ (sila)

Inupiaq

Alternative forms

siḷa

Noun

sila

  1. air, atmosphere, weather
    Silagiktuq.
    The weather is nice.

Lala (South Africa)

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kɪ́dà.

Noun

sîla

  1. tail

Latvian

Noun

sila m

  1. genitive singular of sils

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Noun

silâ

  1. fish

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

sila

  1. to sit cross-legged

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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)

Declension

Derived terms

References

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

Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

síla f

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

Inflection

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

Further reading

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

Sumerian

Romanization

sila

  1. Romanization of 𒋻 (sila)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

silá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎ)

  1. they
Derived terms
See also

Article

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.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

silà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎ)

  1. attack of a predatory animal on its animal prey
Derived terms

Anagrams

Xhosa

Verb

-síla

  1. to brew
  2. to grind

Inflection

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