Contionary:maila

Chlouvānem

Etymology

Probably Laifutaši mayla (or maylo)

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

maila (irreg. plur. mailtvąa)

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

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

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

   raisi mailtvąa : 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	mailtvąa
Vocative	maile
Accusative	mailu	mailāṣa	mailtvąu
Ergative	mailei	mailāra	mailtvahei
Genitive	maili	maileva	mailtvąi
Translative	mailan	mailarį	mailtvąn
Exessive	mailat	mailabhan	mailtvąt
Essive	mailęs	mailanne	mailtvahęs
Dative	mailom	mailarį	mailtvahom
Ablative	mailų	mailabhan	mailtvahų
Locative	maile	mailanne	mailtvahe
Instrumental	mailap	mailabhan	mailtvąp

Usage notes

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

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.