See also: díla

Alangan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun edit

dila

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Bikol Central edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Pronunciation 1 edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdilaʔ/, [ˈd̪i.l̪aʔ]
  • Hyphenation: di‧la

Noun edit

dilà (Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜎ)

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Pronunciation 2 edit

  • IPA(key): /diˈlaʔ/, [d̪iˈl̪aʔ]
  • Hyphenation: di‧la

Noun edit

dilâ (Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜎ)

  1. a lick; a stroke with a tongue
    Synonym: dilot
Derived terms edit

Capiznon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun edit

dila

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Cebuano edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522..

Sense 3, semantic loan from English tongue.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: di‧la
  • IPA(key): /ˈdilaʔ/, [ˈd̪i.l̪ʌʔ]

Noun edit

dilà (Badlit spelling ᜇᜒᜎ)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
  2. tongue (of a shoe)
  3. (metonymically) language

Quotations edit

Anagrams edit

Dibabawon Manobo edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun edit

dilà

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Dupaningan Agta edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun edit

dila

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Garo edit

Verb edit

dila

  1. to lead, to guide

Higaonon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun edit

dila

  1. tongue

Ilocano edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (compare Indonesian lidah, Kiput deleiʔ, Malay lidah, Tagalog dila).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: di‧la
  • IPA(key): /ˈdila/

Noun edit

dila

  1. tongue
  2. arrowhead
  3. needle or tab on a balance
  4. clapper; tongue of a bell
  5. native language

Kagayanen edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun edit

dila

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Kankanaey edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun edit

dila

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Kituba edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀da.

Verb edit

dila

  1. to cry, to weep

Limos Kalinga edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun edit

dila

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Lindu edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun edit

dila

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Maguindanao edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun edit

dila

  1. tongue

Mansaka edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun edit

dila

  1. tongue

Masbatenyo edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun edit

dilà

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun edit

dilà

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Pangasinan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun edit

dilá

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Ratagnon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun edit

dila

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Sambali edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun edit

dilà

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Spanish edit

Verb edit

dila

  1. second-person singular imperative of decir combined with la

Swahili edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic دِلَاء (dilāʔ), plural of دَلْو (dalw).

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Noun edit

dila (n class, plural dila)

  1. a dipper for pumping water into a boat

Tagalog edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq. Compare Ibanag zila, Ilocano dila, Kiput deleiʔ, Malay lidah, and Tsat la⁵⁵. Also possibly from a metathesis of Sanskrit लीढ (līḍha, licked).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdilaʔ/, [ˈdi.lɐʔ]
  • Hyphenation: di‧la

Noun edit

dilà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎ)

  1. (anatomy) tongue
    Synonym: lengguwa
  2. sticking out of one's tongue
    Synonym: pagdila
  3. lick; lap (with one's tongue)
    Synonym: himod
  4. tongue of a shoe (flap under the laces)
  5. (music) reed (of a woodwind instrument)
  6. long, narrow flame
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /diˈlaʔ/, [dɪˈlaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: di‧la

Determiner edit

dilâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎ)

  1. Alternative form of dilan

Pronoun edit

dilâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎ)

  1. Alternative form of dilan

Further reading edit

  • dila”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams edit

Tausug edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun edit

dila

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Tiruray edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun edit

dila

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Volapük edit

Noun edit

dila

  1. genitive singular of dil

West Albay Bikol edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun edit

dila

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Yogad edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun edit

dilá

  1. (anatomy) tongue