chila

chila

1. (anatomy) tongue

Congate with Ahtna ciił. The final /ɬ/ was apparently voiced by the presence of the nominalizing suffix -a (variant of -i).

• IPA^(key): /tʃʰilæ/

chila (plural chiɬkayi)

1. boy, young man

• -chila' (“male parallel cousin”)

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 454

chila

1. she

• Hyphenation: chi‧la

Ellipsis of chila-caiota.

• gila

chila f (plural chilas)

1. (botany) fig-leaf gourd, Malabar gourd (Cucurbita ficifolia)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

chila

1. inflection of chilar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “chila”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “chila”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “chila”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

chila f

1. feminine singular of chilo