chila

Eastern Bontoc

Noun

chila

1. (anatomy) tongue

Lower Tanana

Etymology

Congate with Ahtna ciił. The final /ɬ/ was apparently voiced by the presence of the nominalizing suffix -a (variant of -i).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃʰilæ/

Noun

chila (plural chiɬkayi)

1. boy, young man

Related terms

• -chila' (“male parallel cousin”)

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 454

Piedmontese

Pronoun

chila

1. she

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈxi.la]

Noun

chila f

1. (Near Masovian, Wągrodno, Prażmów) alternative form of chwila

Further reading

• Jan Karłowicz (1900), “chwila”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 210

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.la/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.lɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.lɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: chi‧la

Etymology 1

Ellipsis of chila-caiota.

Alternative forms

• gila

Noun

chila f (plural chilas)

1. (botany) fig-leaf gourd, Malabar gourd (Cucurbita ficifolia)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

chila

1. inflection of chilar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “chila”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “chila”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “chila”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Adjective

chila f

1. feminine singular of chilo