sila

See also: Sila, síla, silá, silã, silā, silă, siła, siłą, Siła, Sıla, sīla, šila, and шила

Balinese

Romanization

sila

1. Romanization of ᬲᬶᬮ
2. Romanization of ᬰᬶᬮ
3. Romanization of ᬰᬶᬮᬵ

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si‧la

Pronoun

sila

1. they
2. them

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:sila.

Anagrams

• alis, lisa

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Czech

Alternative forms

• sela (participle)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪla]

Verb

sila

1. inflection of sít:
   1. feminine singular past participle
   2. neuter plural past participle

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Finnish

Noun

sila

1. harness saddle

Declension

Inflection of sila (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		sila	silat
genitive		silan	silojen
partitive		silaa	siloja
illative		silaan	siloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		sila	silat
accusative	nom.	sila	silat
	gen.	silan
genitive		silan	silojen silainrare
partitive		silaa	siloja
inessive		silassa	siloissa
elative		silasta	siloista
illative		silaan	siloihin
adessive		silalla	siloilla
ablative		silalta	siloilta
allative		silalle	siloille
essive		silana	siloina
translative		silaksi	siloiksi
instructive		—	siloin
abessive		silatta	siloitta
comitative		—	siloineen

Possessive forms of sila (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	silani	silamme
2nd person	silasi	silanne
3rd person	silansa

Synonyms

• selustin
• setolkka

Hypernyms

• valjaat

Anagrams

• -lias, lasi, sali

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French

Verb

sila

1. third-person singular past historic of siler

Anagrams

• ails, lias, Lisa, sali

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Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *cila (“universe, atmosphere, weather, outside world”), from Proto-Eskimo *cǝla (“universe, atmosphere, weather”). Compare silaannaq (“atmosphere, air”).

Noun

sila

1. weather
2. world
3. consciousness, intellect

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Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sí.làː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sɪ́.làː]

Noun

silā̀ f (possessed form silàr̃)

1. cause

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Hiligaynon

Pronoun

sila

1. they

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sila, from Classical Malay sila, from Sanskrit शील (śīla, “conduct, beauty, form, virtue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsila]
• Hyphenation: si‧la

Noun

sila

1. moral principle.

   Synonyms: dasar, adab, akhlak, moral

Related terms

• susila

 

Verb

sila

1. to sit cross-legged

Alternative forms

• sela

Derived terms

• bersila
• menyilakan

 

Verb

sila

1. please, used as an affirmative to an offer or a request

Alternative forms

• silah

Derived terms

• mempersilakan
• menyilakan
• silakan
• tersila

 

Further reading

• “sila” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Inuktitut

Noun

sila

1. Latin spelling of ᓯᓚ (sila)

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Inupiaq

Alternative forms

siḷa

Noun

sila

1. air, atmosphere, weather

   Silagiktuq.

   The weather is nice.

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Lala (South Africa)

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kɪ́dà.

Noun

sîla

1. tail

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Latvian

Noun

sila m

1. genitive singular form of sils

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Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Noun

silâ

1. fish

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sîla/
• Hyphenation: si‧la

Noun

sȉla f (Cyrillic spelling си̏ла)

1. force
2. strength
3. power
4. violence

   Neka sila bude s tobom - May the Force be with you (Star Wars)

Declension

Declension of sila

	singular	plural
nominative	sȉla	sile
genitive	sile	sȋlā
dative	sili	silama
accusative	silu	sile
vocative	silo	sile
locative	sili	silama
instrumental	silom	silama

Derived terms

• sȋlan
• silòvit

Related terms

• snaga

References

• “sila” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sìːla/

Noun

síla f

1. force (anything that is able to make a big changes in person or thing)

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	síla
gen. sing.	síle
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	síla	síli	síle
accusative	sílo	síli	síle
genitive	síle	síl	síl
dative	síli	sílama	sílam
locative	síli	sílah	sílah
instrumental	sílo	sílama	sílami

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Sumerian

Romanization

sila

1. Romanization of 𒋻 (sila)

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *si-ida, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ida. Compare Bikol Central sinda, Cebuano sila, Chamorro siha, Hiligaynon sila, Inonhan sanda, Malay sida, Maranao siran, Ratagnon sanda, Tetum sira, West Albay Bikol sinra, Yami sira, and Yogad sira.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si‧la
• IPA^(key): /siˈla/, [sɪˈla]

Pronoun

silá

1. they

Derived terms

• sila-sila

See also

Tagalog personal pronouns

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

Article

silá

1. (colloquial) plural direct marker placed before names or terms of address of people

   Synonym: sina

   Nandiyan na sila Pedro at Juan. ― Pedro and Juan is already there.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˈsilaʔ/, [ˈsilɐʔ]

Noun

silà

1. attack of a predatory animal on its animal prey

Derived terms

• manila
• maninila
• paninila
• silain
• sumila

 

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Xhosa

Verb

-síla

1. to brew
2. to grind

Inflection

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