kila
English edit
Noun edit
kila (plural kilas)
- Synonym of phurba (“Tibetan dagger”)
Anagrams edit
Amal edit
Numeral edit
kila
References edit
- transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kila
- inflection of kilo:
Fijian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Oceanic *kila, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gila (“wild, insane”).
Adjective edit
kila
- wild animal
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Oceanic *kilala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilala, from Proto-Austronesian *kilala (“to know, recognize”).
Verb edit
kila
- to know
Derived terms edit
Guinea-Bissau Creole edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese aquele + Portuguese la. Cognate with Kabuverdianu ke-la.
Pronoun edit
kila
Lindu edit
Noun edit
kila
Lingala edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *gìd.
Verb edit
-kila (infinitive kokila)
Derived terms edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kyla.
Noun edit
kȉla f (Cyrillic spelling ки̏ла)
Declension edit
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kila
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *kyla.
Noun edit
kíla f
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “kila”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Omani Arabic كل (kill), from Arabic كُلّ (kull).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Determiner edit
kila
Usage notes edit
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 edit
Swedish edit
Verb edit
kila (present kilar, preterite kilade, supine kilat, imperative kila)
- to leave, especially in a hurry
- Jag måste kila! ― I have to run!
- to move (hurriedly) (to somewhere)
- Jag måste kila till affären! ― I gotta run to the store!
- to scurry
- Jag såg en mus kila över golvet. ― I saw a mouse scurry across the floor.
- (reflexive, often with fast) to wedge
- Den hade kilat sig fast
- It had wedged itself in (and gotten stuck)
Conjugation edit
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 edit
See also edit
- kil (“wedge”)