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

   kaminæne mailyūri umuleṃte — 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 galabhælausirena 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

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.