# nila
## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni ida, from Proto-Austronesian *ida (“they, them”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /niˈla/ [n̪ɪˈl̪a]
* Hyphenation: ni‧la

### Determiner

nilá
* their (postposed)
    Synonym: (preposed) ila
    ang kuwarto nilatheir room

### Pronoun

nilá
* Ergative preposed third-person plural pronoun: they
    Gilimpiyohan nila ang kuwarto.They cleaned the room.

#### See also

$^1$ Forms in this column are placed after the verb or predicate they modify, and never used at the start of sentences. $^2$ Forms in this column are literary and rarely used colloquially. $^3$ Ta is used over nako or ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nila, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ńila. Cognate with Karelian nila, Veps nila, Lule Sami njalle, Erzya нола (nola, “juice”), Northern Khanty ньел (n’jel) and Northern Mansi няль (nâlʹ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnilɑ/, [ˈnilɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ilɑ
* Hyphenation: ni‧la

### Noun

nila
* phloem

#### Declension

Possessive forms of nila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nilani
nilani
accusative
nom.
nilani
nilani
gen.
nilani
genitive
nilani
nilojeni nilaini $^{rare}$
partitive
nilaani
nilojani
inessive
nilassani
niloissani
elative
nilastani
niloistani
illative
nilaani
niloihini
adessive
nilallani
niloillani
ablative
nilaltani
niloiltani
allative
nilalleni
niloilleni
essive
nilanani
niloinani
translative
nilakseni
niloikseni
abessive
nilattani
niloittani
instructive
comitative
—niloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nilasi
nilasi
accusative
nom.
nilasi
nilasi
gen.
nilasi
genitive
nilasi
nilojesi nilaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
nilaasi
nilojasi
inessive
nilassasi
niloissasi
elative
nilastasi
niloistasi
illative
nilaasi
niloihisi
adessive
nilallasi
niloillasi
ablative
nilaltasi
niloiltasi
allative
nilallesi
niloillesi
essive
nilanasi
niloinasi
translative
nilaksesi
niloiksesi
abessive
nilattasi
niloittasi
instructive
comitative
—niloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nilamme
nilamme
accusative
nom.
nilamme
nilamme
gen.
nilamme
genitive
nilamme
nilojemme nilaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
nilaamme
nilojamme
inessive
nilassamme
niloissamme
elative
nilastamme
niloistamme
illative
nilaamme
niloihimme
adessive
nilallamme
niloillamme
ablative
nilaltamme
niloiltamme
allative
nilallemme
niloillemme
essive
nilanamme
niloinamme
translative
nilaksemme
niloiksemme
abessive
nilattamme
niloittamme
instructive
comitative
—niloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nilanne
nilanne
accusative
nom.
nilanne
nilanne
gen.
nilanne
genitive
nilanne
nilojenne nilainne $^{rare}$
partitive
nilaanne
nilojanne
inessive
nilassanne
niloissanne
elative
nilastanne
niloistanne
illative
nilaanne
niloihinne
adessive
nilallanne
niloillanne
ablative
nilaltanne
niloiltanne
allative
nilallenne
niloillenne
essive
nilananne
niloinanne
translative
nilaksenne
niloiksenne
abessive
nilattanne
niloittanne
instructive
comitative
—niloinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nilansa
nilansa
accusative
nom.
nilansa
nilansa
gen.
nilansa
genitive
nilansa
nilojensa nilainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
nilaansa
nilojaan nilojansa
inessive
nilassaan nilassansa
niloissaan niloissansa
elative
nilastaan nilastansa
niloistaan niloistansa
illative
nilaansa
niloihinsa
adessive
nilallaan nilallansa
niloillaan niloillansa
ablative
nilaltaan nilaltansa
niloiltaan niloiltansa
allative
nilalleen nilallensa
niloilleen niloillensa
essive
nilanaan nilanansa
niloinaan niloinansa
translative
nilakseen nilaksensa
niloikseen niloiksensa
abessive
nilattaan nilattansa
niloittaan niloittansa
instructive
comitative
—niloineen niloinensa :

#### Derived terms

* Nilakka
* nilakerros

### Further reading

* “nila”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* alin, lain, lian

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay nila, from Pali nīla (“blue”), from Sanskrit नील (nīla, “dark color”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ni.la/
* Hyphenation: ni‧la

### Noun

nila
* a plant which produce blue colour, Indigofera suffruticosa
* blue color
* indigo: a purplish-blue colour.
    nila:
    Synonym: ungu lembayung
* alternative form of nilam (“sapphire”)

#### Related terms

* nilam

### See also

Colors in Indonesian · warna (layout · text) :
| putih | abu-abu, kelabu | hitam |
| merah; kirmizi | jingga; cokelat, pirang tua | kuning; krem |
| hijau pupus, hijau limau | hijau | hijau pudina; hijau tua |
| nilangsuka, sian; hijau laut | biru langit, nilakandi | biru |
| lembayung; nila | patma; ungu | merah jambu, merah muda |

### Further reading

* “nila” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

nila
* Romanization of ꦤꦶꦭ

## Jingpho
### Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese နီလာ (nila) likely via Shan ၼီႇလႃႇ (nìi làa).

### Noun

nila
* sapphire

### References

* Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎, volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

## Latin
### Noun

nīla
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of nīlum

## Malay
### Etymology

From Sanskrit नील (nīla). Doublet of nilam.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nilə]
* Rhymes: -ilə, -lə, -ə
* Rhymes: -a

### Adjective

nila (Jawi spelling نيلا)
* indigo (coloured indigo)

### Noun

nila (Jawi spelling نيلا, plural nila-nila, informal 1st possessive nilaku, 2nd possessive nilamu, 3rd possessive nilanya)
* indigo (colour; the dye from the indigo plant)

#### Usage notes

Native nila dye is made by cutting up the leaves of tarum (“indigo plant”), steeping them in water, and finally boiling them with lime or chalk.

### References

* Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 1994, →ISBN, page 127
* Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “نيل nila”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 141
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “نيل nila”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 676
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “nila”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 173

### Further reading

* “nila” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Navajo
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Interjection

nila
* "it’s up to you"; "you decide"

#### Synonyms

* nílááh

#### See also

* tʼáá hó ájítʼéégóó

## Sundanese
### Etymology

From Pali nīla (“blue”), from Sanskrit नील (nīla, “dark color”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ni.la/
* Hyphenation: ni‧la

### Noun

nila (Sundanese script ᮔᮤᮜ)
* blue dye taken from the tarum plant
* indigo: a purplish-blue colour.
    nila:

#### Related terms

* nilakandi
* nilem

### Further reading

* Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ni ida, from Proto-Austronesian *ida (“they, them”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /niˈla/ [n̪ɪˈla]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ni‧la

#### Determiner

nilá (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜎ)
* their (postposed)
    Synonym: (preposed) kanila
    ang kuwarto nila ― their room

##### Derived terms

* anila

#### Pronoun

nilá (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜎ)
* they
    Nilinis nila ang kwarto.They cleaned the room.

##### See also

| Person | Number | Direct (ang) | Indirect (ng) | Oblique (sa) |
| First | singular | ako | ko | akin |
| First | dual$^1$ | kita, kata | nita, nata, ta | kanita, kanata, ata |
| First | plural inclusive | tayo | natin | atin |
| First | plural exclusive | kami | namin | amin |
| First & Second | singular | kita$^2$ | kita$^2$ | |
| Second | singular | ikaw, ka | mo | iyo |
| Second | plural | kayo, kamo | ninyo, niyo | inyo |
| Third | singular | siya | niya | kaniya |
| Third | plural | sila | nila | kanila |
| $^1$ First person dual pronouns are not commonly used in Standard Tagalog. $^2$ Replaces ko ikaw. |||||

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit नील (nī́la). Doublet of anyil and lila.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈnilaʔ/ [ˈn̪iː.lɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -ilaʔ
* Syllabification: ni‧la

#### Adjective

nilà (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜎ)
* indigo (color/colour)

#### Noun

nilà (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜎ)
* true indigo (Indigofera tinctoria)
    Synonyms: tayom, tina-tinaan, anyil
* indigo (color/colour)
    Synonym: tayom

##### Related terms

* Maynila

##### See also

Colors in Tagalog · kulay (layout · text) :
| puti | abo, gris | itim |
| pula; krimson, pulang-pula | kahel; kayumanggi | dilaw; krema |
| kulay-dayap | lungti, lungtian, berde | |
| turkesa | bughaw-langit, asul | bughaw, asul |
| lila, biyoleta; nila, tayom | mahenta; ube, morado, haban, purpura | rosas, kalimbahin |

### Anagrams

* lain, alin, Lina, inla, ilan