English

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Noun

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kila (plural kilas)

  1. Synonym of phurba (Tibetan dagger)

Anagrams

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Amal

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Numeral

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kila

  1. two

References

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  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Cornish

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Etymology 1

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From kil (recess) +‎ -a

Verb

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kila

  1. to recede

Etymology 2

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From Middle Cornish gyle, from Proto-Brythonic *kilɨð, from Proto-Celtic *keiliyos. Compare Breton kile, Welsh cilydd.

Noun

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kila m

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

Mutation

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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kila

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

Fijian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Oceanic *kila, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gila (wild, insane).

Adjective

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kila

  1. wild animal

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Oceanic *kilala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilala, from Proto-Austronesian *kilala (to know, recognize).

Verb

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kila

  1. to know
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Guinea-Bissau Creole

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Etymology

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From Portuguese aquele + Portuguese la. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ke-la.

Pronoun

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kila

  1. that

Lindu

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Noun

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kila

  1. lightning

Lingala

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *gìd.

Verb

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-kila (infinitive kokila)

  1. to abstain from, to pass up
  2. to observe a taboo

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kyla.

Noun

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kȉla f (Cyrillic spelling ки̏ла)

  1. (pathology) hernia

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Slovak

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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kila

  1. genitive singular of kilo

Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *kyla.

Noun

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kíla f

  1. (pathology) hernia
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Further reading

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  • kila”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Omani Arabic كل (kill), from Arabic كُلّ (kull).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Determiner

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kila

  1. each, every

Usage notes

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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.

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Swedish

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Verb

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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

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Derived terms

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See also

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  • kil (wedge)

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