kila

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kila"

English

Noun

kila (plural kilas)

1. Synonym of phurba (“Tibetan dagger”)

Anagrams

• kali, Lika, Kali, ilka, Kail, kail, laik, Laki, Akil

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 *kilɨð, from Proto-Celtic *keiliyos. Compare Breton kile, Welsh cilydd.

Noun

kila m

1. companion

Usage notes

• Only found in the expression y gila and its derivatives.

Derived terms

• y gila (“the other, another”)
• an eyl y gila (“one another, mutual”)

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪla]

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

• kilakila

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

• bokili
• bokilisi
• ekila
• kilama
• kilisa
• kilisa
• kilola
• makilá

 

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈki.la/

Determiner

kila

1. (Near Masovian) Alternative form of kilka

Further reading

• Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “kila”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 242

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiɫa/

Noun

kila

1. genitive singular of kilo

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kyla.

Noun

kíla f

1. (pathology) hernia

Related terms

• kilen

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):

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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

• lisilo

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

• kila stadigt

See also

• kil (“wedge”)

References

• kila in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kila in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kila in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)