tilla

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiʎa̝/

Etymology 1

From Latin tigilla (small piece of wood).[1]

Noun

tilla f (plural tillas)

  1. linchpin (wedge used to reinforce the union of the wheel and the axle's extreme) of a traditional Galician cart

Etymology 2

From Old French, from Old Norse þilja (board, plank). Cognate of French tillac (upper deck) and English thill.[2]

Noun

tilla f (plural tillas)

  1. (nautical) storeroom; berth
  2. (nautical) deck

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Noun

tilla f (plural tillas)

  1. a heap of bush and leaf litter
  2. ashes produced by the combustion of bush and leaf litter

Etymology 4

Verb

tilla

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

References

  1. ^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. tilla 1.
  2. ^ Joan Coromines; José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991), “tilla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tilla

  1. simple past of tillegge

Uzbek

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic тилла
Latin tilla
Afghan Uzbek طلا

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian طلا (tilā).

Noun

tilla (plural tillalar)

  1. gold
    Synonym: oltin
  • tillakor (gilder)
  • tillakori (gilding)