# kila
## English
### Noun

kila (plural kilas)
* Synonym of phurba (“Tibetan dagger”)

### Anagrams

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

## Amal
### Numeral

kila
* 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
* to recede

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

kila m
* 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
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɪla]

### Noun

kila
* inflection of kilo:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative plural

## Fijian
### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

kila
* wild animal

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Oceanic *kilala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilala, from Proto-Austronesian *kilala (“to know, recognize”). Cognate with Tagalog kilala (“known; recognition”).

#### Verb

kila
* to know

##### Derived terms

* kilakila

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

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

### Pronoun

kila
* that

## Lindu
### Noun

kila
* lightning

## Lingala
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *gìd.

### Verb

-kila (infinitive kokila)
* to abstain from, to pass up
* to observe a taboo

#### Derived terms

* bokili
* bokilisi
* ekila
* kilama
* kilisa
* kilola
* makilá

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* (Masovia):
** (Near Masovian) IPA: /ˈki.la/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Przemyśl) IPA: [ˈki.lʲa]

### Determiner

kila
* (Near Masovian, Przemyśl) 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
* Aleksander Saloni (1899) “kila”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 239
* Aleksander Saloni (1908) “kila”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 335

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kyla.

### Noun

kȉla f (Cyrillic spelling ки̏ла)
* (pathology) hernia

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkiɫa/

### Noun

kila
* genitive singular of kilo

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kyla.

### Noun

kíla f
* (pathology) hernia

#### Related terms

* kilen

### Further reading

* “kila”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Swahili
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Determiner

kila
* 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)
* 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 fastIt had wedged itself in (and gotten stuck)

#### Conjugation

$^1$ 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)

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /kiˈla/ [kɪˈla]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ki‧la

### Preposition

kilá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜎ)
* Alternative form of kina