simila

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈmila/

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Adjective

simila (accusative singular similan, plural similaj, accusative plural similajn)

1. similar

Derived terms

• malsimila
• simileco
• malsimileco

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Ido

Adjective

simila

1. similar

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Italian

Adjective

simila f sg

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine singular of adjective simile.

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Latin

Etymology 1

Appears first in the first century AD, at the height of expansion of the Empire. Also exists a Ancient Greek σεμίδᾱλις (semídālis), this presumably directly borrowed from Aramaic סְמִידָא /‎ ܣܡܻܝܕܳܐ (səmīḏā), from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯 (/⁠samīdu⁠/, “a type of fine groats, coarse flour, semolina”), related to Akkadian 𒀀𒊏𒄯𒄯 (/⁠samādu⁠/, “to grind fine”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.mi.la/, [ˈs̠ɪmɪɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.mi.la/, [ˈsiːmilä]

Noun

simila f (genitive similae); first declension

1. (finest) wheat flour

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	simila	similae
Genitive	similae	similārum
Dative	similae	similīs
Accusative	similam	similās
Ablative	similā	similīs
Vocative	simila	similae

Derived terms

• similāgō
  • similāgineus
  • similāginārius
• similāceus

Descendants

• French: semoule
• Italian: semola
  • → English: semola (archaic)
  • ⇒ Italian: semolino
    • → English: semolino (archaic)
      • ⇒ English: semolina
• Portuguese: sêmola
• Spanish: sémola
• → Old High German: simila, semala
  • Middle High German: semele
    • German: Semmel
    • Yiddish: זעמל (zeml)
    • → Hungarian: zsemle
• → Old Swedish: sembla
  • → Finnish: sämpylä
  • Swedish: semla, temla (humorous)
    • → Belarusian: се́мла (sjémla)
    • → Dutch: semla
    • → English: semla
    • → French: semla
    • → German: Semla
    • → Russian: се́мла (sémla)
    • → Spanish: semla

See also

• farīna
• pollen
• silīgō

References

• “simila”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• simila in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• simila in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “smyd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “simila”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎^[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 626
• Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎^[2], Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 90
• Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “simila”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 538

Etymology 2

Verb

(deprecated template usage) similā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of similō