cila

• silla, cilla, çila, çela, çilja, cilja

Feminine of cili, see there for more details.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sila]

cíla f (masculine cili)

1. (interrogative) which, who (also whom, which one, to whom, to which - for non-nominative forms)

• cilado
• ciladoqoftë
• gjithëcila
• akëcila
• secila
• gjithësecila
• çdocila

e cila m (masculine i cili)

1. (relative) which, who (also whom, to whom, to which - for non-nominative forms)

cila

1. yesterday

From Proto-Oceanic *qusila (compare with Hawaiian uila, Tahitian uira, Maori uira, Tongan ʻuhila and Samoan uila all meaning "lightning"), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *silaq (“outpouring or beam of light”)^[1] related to Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qusilak (“lightning”).^[2]

cila (cilava)

1. to shine

cila (cilava)

1. brilliant

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “cila, cilava”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 47

• cilâ (superseded spelling)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جلا (cilā, “a cleansing, furbishing, burnishing; brightness, gloss, luster, any substance or process that gives luster; a polish; a dispelling grief, anxiety”),^[1][2] from Arabic جَلَاء (jalāʔ), verbal noun of جَلَا (jalā, “to polish, to clear, to remove, to depart”).^[3]

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈlaː/
• Hyphenation: ci‧la

cila (definite accusative cilayı, plural cilalar)

1. A mixture used to give shine to wooden, metallic, leather etc. objects; polish, luster.
2. The state of having shine, lustre.
3. (figuratively) A fake and deceptive appearance; varnish, false front.
4. (figuratively) Unnecessarily or excessively showy appearance.
5. (slang) A softer liquor drunk after a hard liquor.

• “cila”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “cila”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 816