silla

See also: sillä and Silla

Estonian

Noun

silla

1. genitive singular of sild

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Finnish

Etymology

Shortened from selluvilla. First attested in 1938.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsilːɑ/, [ˈs̠ilːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ilːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): sil‧la

Noun

silla

1. (textiles, dated) A synthetic fabric similar to rayon.

Declension

Inflection of silla (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		silla	sillat
genitive		sillan	sillojen
partitive		sillaa	silloja
illative		sillaan	silloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		silla	sillat
accusative	nom.	silla	sillat
	gen.	sillan
genitive		sillan	sillojen sillainrare
partitive		sillaa	silloja
inessive		sillassa	silloissa
elative		sillasta	silloista
illative		sillaan	silloihin
adessive		sillalla	silloilla
ablative		sillalta	silloilta
allative		sillalle	silloille
essive		sillana	silloina
translative		sillaksi	silloiksi
instructive		—	silloin
abessive		sillatta	silloitta
comitative		—	silloineen

Possessive forms of silla (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	sillani	sillamme
2nd person	sillasi	sillanne
3rd person	sillansa

See also

• säteri
• viskoosi

Anagrams

• Salli, salli

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Galician

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish silla; compare Portuguese silha. Cf. also Galician sela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiʎa̝/

Noun

silla f (plural sillas)

1. chair

   Synonym: cadeira

Usage notes

Its use — especially in written form — is considered incorrect.

Etymology 2

From Latin sedilia (“seat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiʎa̝/

Noun

silla f (plural sillas)

1. raised stone for installing a hive

References

• “silla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “silla” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “silla” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Maltese

Alternative forms

• sulla (uncommon)

Etymology

From Arabic سِلَّة‎ (silla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪl.la/

Noun

silla f (plural silel)

1. French honeysuckle (Hedysarum coronarium)

Derived terms

• silla qatranija (silla salvaġġa)
• silla tal-blat (silla salvaġġa)
• sillet il-mogħoż (silla tal-gidien)

 

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish siella, from Latin sella (“seat”), from Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiʝa/ [ˈsi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈsiʝa/ [ˈsi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈsiʎa/ [ˈsi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈsiʃa/ [ˈsi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈsiʒa/ [ˈsi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

• Hyphenation: si‧lla

Noun

silla f (plural sillas)

1. chair

   Synonym: asiento

2. saddle

   Synonym: silla de montar

Hyponyms

• silla de oficina (“office chair, desk chair”)
• silla de rodilla (“ergonomic kneeling chair”)
• silla de montar
• silla de ruedas
• silla eléctrica

Derived terms

Diminutives

• sillita f

 

Augmentatives

• sillón m

 

Nouns

• juego de las sillas
• silla de la reina
• silla de montar f
• sillería f
• sillero m
• sillín m

 

Verbs

• ensillar

 

Phrases

• el que fue a Melipilla perdió su silla
• quien va a Sevilla pierde su silla

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: síya
• → Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: siya
• → Galician: silla
• → Hiligaynon: siya
• → Ladino: siya
• → Portuguese: silha
• → Southeastern Tepehuan: xiir
• → Tagalog: silya, siya
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: siya

Further reading

• “silla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014