dila

See also: díla and dila'

Languages (29)

Alangan • Bikol Central • Capiznon • Cebuano • Dibabawon Manobo • Dupaningan Agta • Garo • Higaonon • Ilocano • Kagayanen • Kankanaey • Kituba • Kongo • Limos Kalinga • Lindu • Maguindanao • Mansaka • Masbatenyo • Northern Catanduanes Bicolano • Pangasinan • Ratagnon • Sambali • Spanish • Swahili • Tagalog • Tiruray • Volapük • West Albay Bikol • Yogad

---

Page categories

Alangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun

dila

1. (anatomy) tongue

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈdilaʔ/ [ˈd̪i.l̪aʔ]
• Hyphenation: di‧la

Noun

dilà (Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜎ)

1. (anatomy) tongue

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /diˈlaʔ/ [d̪iˈl̪aʔ]
• Hyphenation: di‧la

Noun

dilâ (Basahan spelling ᜇᜒᜎ)

1. a lick; a stroke with a tongue

   Synonym: dilot

Derived terms

• dila-dila
• dilaan
• magdila

 

Capiznon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun

dila

1. (anatomy) tongue

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522..

Sense 3, semantic loan from English tongue.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: di‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˈdilaʔ/ [ˈd̪i.l̪ɐʔ]

Noun

dilà (Badlit spelling ᜇᜒᜎ)

1. (anatomy) tongue
2. tongue (of a shoe)
3. (metonymically) language

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:dila.

Anagrams

• dali, ilad, liad

Dibabawon Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun

dilà

1. (anatomy) tongue

Dupaningan Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun

dila

1. (anatomy) tongue

Garo

Verb

dila

1. to lead, to guide

Higaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun

dila

1. tongue

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (compare Indonesian lidah, Kiput deleiʔ, Malay lidah, Tagalog dila).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˌla/ [diˌla]
• Hyphenation: di‧la

Noun

dilà (Kur-itan spelling ᜇᜒᜎ)

1. tongue
2. arrowhead
3. needle or tab on a balance
4. clapper; tongue of a bell
5. native language

Kagayanen

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun

dila

1. (anatomy) tongue

Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ˈdila/ [ˈdiː.lʌ]
• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: di‧la

Noun

díla

1. (anatomy) tongue

Kituba

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀da.

Verb

dila

1. to cry, to weep

Kongo

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀da.

Verb

-dila

1. to cry, to weep

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun

dila

1. (anatomy) tongue

Lindu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun

dila

1. (anatomy) tongue

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun

dila

1. tongue

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun

dila

1. tongue

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun

dilà

1. (anatomy) tongue

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun

dilà

1. (anatomy) tongue

Pangasinan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun

dilá

1. (anatomy) tongue

Ratagnon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun

dila

1. (anatomy) tongue

Sambali

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun

dilà

1. (anatomy) tongue

Spanish

Verb

dila

1. second-person singular imperative of decir combined with la

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دِلَاء (dilāʔ), plural of دَلْو (dalw).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

dila (n class, plural dila)

1. a dipper for pumping water into a boat

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq. Compare Ibanag zila, Ilocano dila, Kiput deleiʔ, Malay lidah, and Tsat la⁵⁵. Also possibly from a metathesis of Sanskrit लीढ (līḍha, “licked”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdilaʔ/ [ˈd̪iː.lɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ilaʔ
• Syllabification: di‧la

Noun

dilà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎ)

1. (anatomy) tongue

   Synonym: lengguwa

2. sticking out of one's tongue

   Synonyms: pagdila, dilaan

3. lick; lap (with one's tongue)

   Synonyms: lamir, himod, himurin

4. tongue of a shoe (flap under the laces)
5. (music) reed (of a woodwind instrument)
6. long, narrow flame

Derived terms

• balarila
• bulaklak ng dila
• dila-dila
• dilaan
• diladila
• dilambaka
• dilambutiki
• dilambuwaya
• dilang ginto
• dilang matigas
• dilang-anghel
• dilang-aso
• dilang-usa
• dumila
• ipadila
• lamang-dila
• lawit na ang dila
• madila
• madilaan
• mahabang-dila
• maikling-dila
• makati ang dila
• mandila
• matamis ang dila
• nasa dulo ng dila
• pagdidilaan
• walang-dila

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /diˈlaʔ/ [d̪ɪˈlaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: di‧la

Determiner

dilâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎ)

1. Alternative form of dilan

Pronoun

dilâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜎ)

1. Alternative form of dilan

Further reading

• “dila”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• dali

Tiruray

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun

dila

1. (anatomy) tongue

Volapük

Noun

dila

1. genitive singular of dil

West Albay Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun

dila

1. (anatomy) tongue

Yogad

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq.

Noun

dilá

1. (anatomy) tongue