nila

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

• IPA^(key): /niˈla/, [n̪ɪˈl̪a]
• Hyphenation: ni‧la

nilá

1. their (postposed)

   Synonym: (preposed) ila

   ang kuwarto nila

   their room

nilá

1. Ergative preposed third-person plural pronoun: they

   Gilimpiyohan nila ang kuwarto.

   They cleaned the room.

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).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnilɑ/, [ˈnilɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ilɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ni‧la

nila

1. phloem

• “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

• alin, lain, lian

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

• IPA^(key): /ni.la/
• Hyphenation: ni‧la

nila

1. blue
2. a plant which produce blue colour, Indigofera suffruticosa
3. alternative form of nilam (“sapphire”)

• “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.

nila

1. Romanization of ꦤꦶꦭ

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

nila

1. sapphire

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

nīla

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of nīlum

From Sanskrit नील (nīla). Doublet of nilam.

• IPA^(key): [nilə]
• Rhymes: -ilə, -lə, -ə
• Rhymes: -a

nila (Jawi spelling نيلا)

1. indigo (coloured indigo)

nila (Jawi spelling نيلا, plural nila-nila, informal 1st possessive nilaku, 2nd possessive nilamu, 3rd possessive nilanya)

1. indigo (colour; the dye from the indigo plant)

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.

• 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

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

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nila

1. "it’s up to you"; "you decide"

• nílááh

• tʼáá hó ájítʼéégóó

nila

1. Romanization of ᮔᮤᮜ

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /niˈla/ [nɪˈla]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ni‧la

nilá (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜎ)

1. their (postposed)

   Synonym: (preposed) kanila

   ang kuwarto nila

   their room

nilá (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜎ)

1. they

   Nilinis nila ang kwarto.

   They cleaned the room.

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnilaʔ/ [ˈni.lɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ilaʔ
• Syllabification: ni‧la

nilà (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜎ)

1. indigo (color/colour)

nilà (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜎ)

1. true indigo (Indigofera tinctoria)

   Synonym: tayom

2. indigo (color/colour)