sila

See also: Sila, síla, silá, silã, silā, silă, siła, and Sıla

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *si-ida.

Pronoun

sila

1. (possessive) they;them

See also

Cebuano personal pronouns

Person	Number	Absolute (ang/si)		Ergative (sa/ni)		Ergative (preposed)	Oblique (sa/og)
Length		Full	Short	Full	Short	Full	Full	Short
First	singular	ako	ko*	nako	ko	ako/akoa	kanako	nako
	plural inclusive	kita	ta	nita	ta	ato/atoa	kanato	nato
	plural exclusive	kami	mi	namo	mo	amo/amoa	kanamo	namo
Second	singular	ikaw	ka	nimo	mo	imo/imoha	kanimo	nimo
	plural	ikaw	ka	ninyo		inyo/inyoha	kaninyo	ninyo
Third	singular	siya		niya		iya/iyaha	kaniya	niya
	plural	sila		nila		ila/ilaha	kanila	nila
*Ta is used over ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.

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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

Synonyms

• selustin
• setolkka

Hypernyms

• valjaat

Anagrams

• 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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Hausa

Noun

silā̀ f (possessed form silàr̃)

1. cause

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Inuktitut

Noun

sila

1. Latin spelling of ᓯᓚ (sila)

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Latvian

Noun

sila m

1. genitive singular form of sils

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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, 2006–2018

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsìːla/
• Tonal orthography: síla

Noun

síla f (genitive síle, nominative plural síle)

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

Declension

Declension of síla (feminine, a-stem)

	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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Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *si-ida, from Proto-Austronesian *si-da.

Pronoun

silá

1. they

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	inyo
Third	singular	siya	niya	kaniya
	plural	sila	nila	kanila
*not commonly used

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Xhosa

Verb

-sila^?

1. to brew

Inflection

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