Contionary:maila

Chlouvānem

Etymology

Probably Laifutaši mayla (or maylo)

Pronunciation

(Standard) IPA: [mai̯ɴ̆a], pl. [mai̯ɴ̆usiː]

(Līlasuṃghāṇi) IPA: [mæi̯ɴ̆a], pl. [mæi̯ɴ̆usiː]

Noun

maila (irreg. plur. mailusī)

1. water (liquid H₂O)

   maila molē. — water is drunk.

   jarių : maitų : dašų maila — sea, river, rain water

   tilcēm lā maila (tilcemaila) — soda, carbonated water

   chlærmaila — fresh, clear, clean water

2. (colloquial): a glass containing water

   mailāt gam umulaṃte — I've just drunk two glasses of water.

3. a drink mostly composed of water

   lameṣmaila — coconut water

   humaimaila — herbal tea, herbal infusion (note that tea itself is usually not considered "humaimaila")

4. (plural): bodies of water; an area of water

   babhrām mæn mailusī rāšin gūltyumi tildhā — the region's bodies of water include about a thousand lakes.

   ṣārivāṃbrādhyęs udvī jaryūmi dellā galabhælausirāhe mailusī jali — the areas of water outside control by a country are international waters.

5. (usually plural): water from a certain source

   raisi mailusī : raisi maila — thermal water(s) (e.g. at a geothermal spring)

6. (genitive or compound, adjectival use): water, aquatic, hydro- (using or related to water)

   mailnæljerṣūs — water turbine

   maili kailadaranah — water treatment, water purification

7. (genitive or compound, adjectival use): water, aquatic-, aqua- (related to bodies of water)

   maildårbhas — water transport, transport over water

   mailarašvātrai — water sports

8. (genitive or compound, adjectival use): aquatic, water (living in or near water)

   maili gūṇai — water birds

   mailjunyā — water flower

Inflection

1-h type declension, irregular plural
Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Direct	maila	mailāt	mailusī
Vocative	maile
Accusative	mailu	mailāṣa	mailusaih
Ergative	mailei	mailāra	mailusān
Genitive	maili	maileva	mailūsmi
Translative	mailan	mailarį	mailusmān
Exessive	mailat	mailabhan	mailusnīs
Essive	mailęs	mailanne	mailusāya
Dative	mailom	mailarį	mailussām
Ablative	mailų	mailabhan	mailusnīs
Locative	maile	mailanne	mailusilīm
Instrumental	mailap	mailabhan	mailusnīka

Usage notes

The meaning of "glass of water" is the only one where the dual form is used.

Derived terms

• brausamailenya (Baptist)
• dalgaṣīmaila (alcoholic beverage)
• humaimaila (herbal tea)
• kanamimaila (Kanamimaila, fourth month of the Chlouvānem calendar)
• mailaheirah (Mailaheirah, ninth month of the Chlouvānem calendar)
• mailālairē (climate)
• maildvārma (washing room)
• mailūnima (water route)
• mailsuma (jal tarang)
• šumailandṛke (to drain)
• verkmaila (coffee drink)

Related terms

• ñailūh (ice)
• ghāmias (steam)
• smrāṇa (spring)

Laceyiam

Etymology

Unknown, possibly originally a Nanaklāri term — displaced inherited garṣu (now: liquid), from Proto-Cis-Tahianshima *gro₁rsuk (water, liquid)

Pronunciation

(Laceyiam) IPA: /ˈmai̯ɴ̆a/

Noun

maila

1. water

   maila nąirämur.

   Water is drunk.