ile

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ile"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Interlingue.

Symbol

ile

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Interlingue.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Interlingue terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪl/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪl
• Homophones: aisle, I'll, isle

Etymology 1

Noun

ile

1. Alternative form of ail (“awn”).

Etymology 2

Noun

ile (plural iles)

1. Obsolete form of aisle.
   • 1779, Henry Swinburne, Travels through Spain, 1775 and 1776:

     A couple of arches , one above the other , rising from the columns , run along the rows ; and from the same basis springs an arch that forms the roof of each ile

Etymology 3

Noun

ile (plural iles)

1. Obsolete form of isle.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     or spread his aerie flight / Upborn with indefatigable wings / Over the vast abrupt, ere he arrive / The happy Ile

Anagrams

• EIL, lie, Eli, Lie, Lei, LIE, ELI, -lie, lei, Lei.

Basque

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ile/ [i.le]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /iʎe/ [i.ʎe]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ile, -e
• Rhymes: -iʎe, -e
• Hyphenation: i‧le

Noun

ile inan

1. hair

Declension

Declension of ile (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	ile	ilea	ileak	ileok
ergative	ilek	ileak	ileek	ileok
dative	ileri	ileari	ileei	ileoi
genitive	ileren	ilearen	ileen	ileon
comitative	ilerekin	ilearekin	ileekin	ileokin
causative	ilerengatik	ilearengatik	ileengatik	ileongatik
benefactive	ilerentzat	ilearentzat	ileentzat	ileontzat
instrumental	ilez	ileaz	ileez	ileotaz
inessive	iletan	ilean	ileetan	ileotan
locative	iletako	ileko	ileetako	ileotako
allative	iletara	ilera	ileetara	ileotara
terminative	iletaraino	ileraino	ileetaraino	ileotaraino
directive	iletarantz	ilerantz	ileetarantz	ileotarantz
destinative	iletarako	ilerako	ileetarako	ileotarako
ablative	iletatik	iletik	ileetatik	ileotatik
partitive	ilerik	—	—	—
prolative	iletzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• artile
• betile

Further reading

• “ile”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “ile”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Crimean Tatar

Conjunction

ile

1. and

Preposition

ile

1. with

References

• “ile”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German īlen, from Old Saxon ilian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiːlə]
• Homophone: igle
• Rhymes: -iːlə

Verb

ile (past tense ilede, past participle ilet)

1. to hurry, hasten

Conjugation

Conjugation of ile

active passive present iler iles past ilede (rare) iledes infinitive ile iles imperative il — participle present ilende past ilet (auxiliary verb have or være) gerund ilen

Derived terms

• ilbud
• tililende

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /il/

• Audio:

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Noun

ile f (plural iles)

1. post-1990 spelling of île

Further reading

• “ile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Isoko

Noun

ile

1. plural of ole (“song”).

Derived terms

• ọsuile (“singer”)

Latin

Alternative forms

• īleum, īlium

Etymology

Most likely from Ancient Greek εἰλεός (eileós, “colic”), from εἰλέω (eiléō, “throng, press”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“turn, wind, round”), same source as with Old Armenian գելում (gelum).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.ɫɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.le]

Noun

īle n (genitive īlis); third declension

1. (chiefly in the plural, anatomy) the part of the abdomen extending from the lowest ribs to the pubes; the groin, flank

   Synonym: inguen

2. (chiefly in the plural, anatomy, zootomy) intestines, guts, entrails
3. (chiefly in the plural) the belly or body of a vessel
4. (in the singular) private parts, genitals

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	īle	īlia
genitive	īlis	īlium
dative	īlī	īlibus
accusative	īle	īlia
ablative	īlī	īlibus
vocative	īle	īlia

Related terms

• īleos
• īliacus
• īliōsus

Descendants

Descendants

• Balkano-Romance:
  • ⇒ Romanian: ie
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *iliarica
  • Galician: illarga
  • Portuguese: ilharga
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *iliaris
  • Galician: illar
  • Old French: illier
  • Old Spanish: ixar
    • Spanish: ijar, ijal
  • Portuguese: ilhal
  • Sardinian: iğğáre, illári
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *iliata
  • Catalan: illada
  • Spanish: ijada
    • → French: jade
      • → Catalan: jade
      • → English: jade
      • → German: Jade
      • → Italian: giada
      • → Portuguese: jade
      • → Romanian: jad
      • → Spanish: jade

Borrowings:

• ⇒ Albanian: ijë
• ⇒ French: iles
• → Italian: ile

References

• “ile”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ile”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ile”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “ile”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ile”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Lucumí

Etymology 1

From Yoruba ilé.

Noun

ile

1. house; home; community

Etymology 2

From Yoruba ilẹ̀.

Noun

ile

1. land; country

Middle English

Noun

ile

1. alternative form of ele (“aisle”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German īlen, from Proto-West Germanic *īlijan (“to make haste, hasten”).

Alternative forms

• ila (a infinitive)

Verb

ile (present tense iler, past tense ilte, past participle ilt, passive infinitive ilast, present participle ilande, imperative il)

1. (intransitive) to hurry, haste, hasten

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to Middle Low German ilen or German eilen.

Noun

ile f (definite singular ila, indefinite plural iler, definite plural ilene)

1. a spring, well

Etymology 3

From Old Norse íli.

Noun

ile m (definite singular ilen, indefinite plural ilar, definite plural ilane)

1. (fishing) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• “ile” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• lei

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ili, from Proto-Germanic *ili (“sole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.le/
• Rhymes: -i.le

Noun

ile m

1. the sole of the foot
2. callosity, corn

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ile	ilas
accusative	ile	ilas
genitive	iles	ila
dative	ile	ilum

Related terms

• ill n

Descendants

• Middle English: ile, yle, ylle

Old Polish

Alternative forms

• jele

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jelě. First attested in c. 1408.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /ilʲɛ/, /jilʲɛ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ilʲɛ/, /jilʲɛ/

Pronoun

ile

1. (attested in Masovia, Greater Poland, interrogative, relative) how much, how many; as much as, as many as
   • 1913-2024 [1429], Język Polski‎^[1], volume XXXVI, Warsaw: Organ Towarzystwa Miłośników Języka Polskiego, page 34:

     Thiyles s[k]odi, gyle i gisti[n]y

     [Tyleż sz[k]ody, jile i jiści[n]y]

   • 1895 [1448–1450], Mikołaj Suled, edited by Franciszek Piekosiński, Tłumaczenia polskie statutów ziemskich, Kodeks Świętosławów, Warka, page 61:

     A myalby przeth thym volą kylo lath, tylesz lath panv svemv slvzycz ma, oth nyego nye wychodzącz, gyle lath volą szą weszelyl

     [A miałby przedtym wolą kilo lat, tyleż lat panu swemu służyć ma, ot niego nie wychodząc, jile lat wolą się weselił]

   • 1885-2024 [c. 1450], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne‎^[2], volume IV, page 570:

     Ilesz tu maal slych luboszcz[i], telecz tam *daczø møk y szylnych przeczywnoszczy

     [Ileś tu mial złych lubośc[i], teleć tam dadzą mąk i silnych przeciwności]

   • 1884 [c. 1455-1460], “Die Magdeburger Urtheile. Ein Deutschen Rechtes in polnischer Sprache aus der Mitte des XV Jahrhunderts”, in Aleksander Brückner, editor, Archiv für slavische Philologie, pages 53, 4:

     Kaszdemv przyszasznykowy odlyczycz trzydzesczy szelągow ma y odlozycz albo pokupycz woythowy thele wyny, gele wam wszythkym przepadl

     [Każdemu przysiężnikowi odliczyć trzydzieści szelągow ma i odłożyć albo pokupić, [a] wojtowi tele winy, jele wam wszytkim przepadł]

   • 1858 [c. 1408], Wojciech Szurkowski z Ponieca, “Wyroki sądów miejskich czyli ortyle [Urban court rulings i.e. "Ortyls"]”, in Wacław Aleksander Maciejowski, editor, Historia prawodawstw słowiańskich [History of Slavic lawmaking], volume 6, Poniec, page 108:

     Ten czlek, ktory laye ten ortel, ma pokupycz kaszdemu przyszyąsznykowy, czo k temu przyszwolyl ortelowy, a woythowy thylesz, yle wszyszthkem przyszyasznykom

     [Ten człek, ktory łajał ten ortel, ma pokupić każdemu przyzsiężnikowi, co k temu przyzwolił ortelowi, a wojtowi tyleż, ile wszystkiem przysiężnikom]

   • 1858 [c. 1408], Wojciech Szurkowski z Ponieca, “Wyroki sądów miejskich czyli ortyle [Urban court rulings i.e. "Ortyls"]”, in Wacław Aleksander Maciejowski, editor, Historia prawodawstw słowiańskich [History of Slavic lawmaking], volume 6, Poniec, page 114:

     Tho mogą u[ka]zacz szwem gospoda­rzem y s tako wyelye ludzmy, gyle my gych bądzye potrzebyszna ku prawu memu

     [To mogę ukazać swem gospodarzem i z tago wiele ludźmi, jile mi jich będzie potrzebizna ku prawu memu]

   • 1874-1891 [XV p. pr.], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności‎^{[3], [4], [5]}, volume XVI, page 338:

     Ergo decus cleri, quantum, yele, tibi constat honoris, ferre simul... decet

     [Ergo decus cleri, quantum, jele, tibi constat honoris, ferre simul... decet]

   • 1884 [c. 1455-1460], “Die Magdeburger Urtheile. Ein Deutschen Rechtes in polnischer Sprache aus der Mitte des XV Jahrhunderts”, in Aleksander Brückner, editor, Archiv für slavische Philologie, pages 59, 3:

     Czlowyek moze szwe... gymyenye... oddacz, gelye personam chcze

     [Człowiek może swe... jimienie... oddać, jele personam chce]

Conjunction

ile

1. (sometimes repeated) used to list possibilities; and ... or, or ... or
   • 1884 [c. 1455-1460], “Die Magdeburger Urtheile. Ein Deutschen Rechtes in polnischer Sprache aus der Mitte des XV Jahrhunderts”, in Aleksander Brückner, editor, Archiv für slavische Philologie, pages 50, 1:

     Mayaly ony... nathychmyasth odpowyedzecz... bandz o dlug, yle czo szlego nyeszprawnego, yle czokoly albo ocz bandz?

     [Mająli oni... natychmiast odpowiedzieć... bądź o dług, ile co złego niesprawnego, ile cokoli albo ocz bądź]

   • 1972 [15th century], Józef Reczek, Wacław Twardzik, editors, Najstarsze staropolskie tłumaczenie ortyli magdeburskich wg rkpsu nr 50, pages 60, 1:

     Mozely mnych, yle thych, czo szebrzą, yle tesz tych, czo nye szebrzą, yle tych, czo vczynyly poszelstwo albo poszluszenstwo, yle thych, czo nye vczynyly poszluszenstwa, wzancz... cząscz oczczyszny?

     [Możeli mnich ile tych, co żebrzą, ile też tych, co nie żebrzą, ile tych, co uczynili poselstwo albo posłuszeństwo, ile tych, co nie uczynili posłuszeństwa, wziąć... część oćczyzny?]

   • 1886 [c. 1455-1460], Emil Kałużniacki, editor, Die polnische Recension der Magdeburger Urtheile und die einschlägigen deutschen, lateinischen und czechischen Sammlungen, page 181:

     Wszda-ly gey tesz czo szwego yle stoyączego, yle nye stoyączego gymyenya przed gayonym sząndem, to tesz gey przydze

     [Wzda-li jej też co swego ile stojącego ile niestojącego jimienia przed gajonym sądem, to też jej przydzie]

   • 1886 [c. 1455-1460], Emil Kałużniacki, editor, Die polnische Recension der Magdeburger Urtheile und die einschlägigen deutschen, lateinischen und czechischen Sammlungen, page 201:

     Daley pitalysczye nasz o wszyelkye wyny y o zaplathą za kaszdą rzecz yle o rany, o glową albo oczkoly bąndze wyączey

     [Dalej pytaliście nasz o wszelkie winy i o zapłatę za każdą rzecz ile o rany, o głowę, albo oczkoli będzie więcej]

   • 1886 [c. 1455-1460], Emil Kałużniacki, editor, Die polnische Recension der Magdeburger Urtheile und die einschlägigen deutschen, lateinischen und czechischen Sammlungen, page 204:

     Kaszdy woyth, bandz kupny, dzyedzyczszky, yle kto nayąl, ma ku *prawo tako przyszancz

     [Każdy wojt bądź kupny, dzyedzyczszky, ile kto najął, ku prawu tako przysiąc]

   1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.
      • 1884 [c. 1455-1460], “Die Magdeburger Urtheile. Ein Deutschen Rechtes in polnischer Sprache aus der Mitte des XV Jahrhunderts”, in Aleksander Brückner, editor, Archiv für slavische Philologie, volume VI, page 346:

        Mayąly gosczom podrosznym albo myesczanom... gorączy sąnd oszandzyczy, yle bandze w zapowyedany czasch?

        [Mająli gościom podrożnym albo mieszczanom... gorący sąd osadzici, ile bądź[e] w zapowiedany czas?]

      • 1884 [c. 1455-1460], “Die Magdeburger Urtheile. Ein Deutschen Rechtes in polnischer Sprache aus der Mitte des XV Jahrhunderts”, in Aleksander Brückner, editor, Archiv für slavische Philologie, page 27,3:

        Podrosznym lu­dzem, yako gosczom... albo myesczanom... maya gorączy sand osąndzycz o dlug albo o gydacze gymyenye sandzycz, yle w zapowyedny czasz prawa

        [Podrożnym ludziem, jako gościom... albo9 mieszczanom... mają gorący sąd osądzić o dług albo o jidacie jimienie sądzić, ile w zapowiedni czas prawa]

Derived terms

prepositions

• ile ku

Descendants

• Polish: ile
• Silesian: ile

References

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “ile”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Mańczak, Witold (2017), “ile”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “ile”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965), “ile”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
• S. Urbańczyk, editor (1960), “ile, jele”, in Słownik staropolski (in Polish), volume 3, Wrocław, Kraków, Warsaw: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 13
• Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur, et al., editors (2011–2015), “ile, jele”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.lɛ/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈi.lɛ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ilɛ
• Syllabification: i‧le

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *jelě

Old Polish ile

Polish ile

Inherited from Old Polish ile.

Alternative forms

• jele (Middle Polish)
• chylo (Western Lublin, Gałęzów, Godziszów)
• hila (Łowicz, Bąków Górny, Bąków Dolny, Bogoria Górna, Bogoria Dolna, Szczudłów, Domaniewice, Skaratki, Rogóźno, Sapy, Chruślin, Piotrowice, Łowicz County)

Pronoun

ile

1. (interrogative) denotes amount; how much, how many

   Ile to kosztuje? ― How much is it?

   Ile masz lat? ― How old are you?

2. (relative) denotes amount; as much as, as many as

   Weź tyle, ile chcesz. ― Take as much as you want.

3. how long

   Ile jeszcze będę żył? ― How much longer will I live?

4. (relative) denotes intensity; how much

Declension

Declension of ile (irregular)

plural
	virile (= masculine personal)	non-virile
nominative	ilu	ile
genitive	ilu
dative	ilu
accusative	ilu	ile
instrumental	ilu, iloma1
locative	ilu

¹Rare.

Derived terms

nouns

• ilość

Conjunction

ile

1. (obsolete) synonym of o ile
2. (obsolete) synonym of jako że
3. (Middle Polish) synonym of lub ... lub (“and ... or, or ... or”)
4. (Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain.
   • 1588, Acta primi regiminis Sigismundi III‎^[6], page 80:

     50000 złotych zostanę winien ktore cum summa dificultate ile y zal in Magistratu przydzie płacić.

     [50000 złotych zostanę winien ktore cum summa dificultate ile i żal in Magistratu przydzie płacić.]

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ile m

1. locative/vocative singular of ił

Further reading

• “ile”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[7] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “ile”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[8] (in Polish)
• Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “ile”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “ILE”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 19.08.2019
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “ile”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “ile”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “ile”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 77
• Jan Karłowicz (1901), “ile”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 2: F do K, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 205

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ilu
• elo
• elu
• ili

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: i‧le

Pronoun

ile (plural iles)

1. (gender-neutral, neologism, informal) they, them (singular). A gender-neutral or genderqueer singular third-person personal pronoun.
   • 2021 March 17, André Fischer, “Linguagem neutra [Neutral language]”, in Manual ampliado de linguagem inclusiva [Extended inclusive language manual]‎^[9], Matrix Editora:

     […] sistemas que usam diferentes pronomes - principalmente ile, ili, elo e elu. O mais usado atualmente é o sistema ile*, […]

     […] systems that use different pronouns, - mainly ile, ili, elo and elu. The most used currently is the ile* system, […]

Swahili

Adjective

ile

1. mi class_(IV) inflected form of -le
2. n class_(IX) inflected form of -le

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ایله (ile, “with”), from Proto-Turkic *bile (“with; together, also”). Doublet of bile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈle/

• Audio:

  (file)

Postposition

ile

1. with

   Arkadaşımla dışarı çıkıyorum. ― I am going out with my friend.

   Müsadenizle. ― With your permission.

Conjunction

ile

1. and (joining two noun phrases)

   Ateşle barut yan yana durmaz. ― Fire and gunpowder, side by side, do not last.

Usage notes

These usage notes apply equally to the use of ile as a postposition and as a conjunction.

The term can be used as a stand-alone word, but usually takes the form of an enclitic, that is, it is suffixed to the preceding word as -la / -yla or -le / -yle. Which form is used depends on the affixed word's dominant vowel, and whether the word ends in a vowel or a consonant.

• -le — with a dominant front-vowel (i, e, ü, ö) and a consonant ending
  • kardeşin (“your brother”) — kardeşinle (“with your brother”)
  • düşünceleriniz (“your ideas”) — düşüncelerinizle (“with your ideas”)
• -yle — with a dominant front-vowel (i, e, ü, ö) and a vowel ending
  • battaniye (“blanket”) — battaniyeyle (“with a/the blanket”)
  • üyeleri (“their members”) — üyeleriyle (“with their members”)
• -la — with a dominant back-vowel (ı, a, u, o) and a consonant ending
  • arkadaşım (“my friend”) — arkadaşımla (“with my friend”)
  • akrabalarımız (“our relatives”) — akrabalarımızla (“with our relatives”)
  • yanlışlık (“mistake”) - yanlışlıkla (“by mistake”, literally “with a mistake”)
• -yla — with a dominant back-vowel (ı, a, u, o) and a vowel ending
  • arkadaşı (“his friend”) — arkadaşıyla (“with his friend”)
  • oyuncakları (“their toys”) — oyuncaklarıyla (“with their toys”)

An apostrophe is required when suffixed to a proper noun:

• Şebnem'le
• Ali'yle
• Barış'la
• Beyza'yla

Generally, the stress in a Turkish word goes to the last syllable, but, when used as an enclitic, (y)le / (y)la is unstressed and leaves the stress of the preceding word to which it is suffixed unchanged.

In a curious exception to vowel harmony, the suffix -yla raises a preceding back vowel ı to a front vowel i. For example, the word dolayısıyla (“consequently”, “therefore”) is pronounced /doɫɑjɯˈsɯjɫɑ/.

The dual role of the term can occasionally result in an ambiguity. The saying bir taşla iki kuş vurmak, literally “to hit two birds with one stone”, can (theoretically) also mean “to hit one stone and two birds”.

Yoruba

Etymology

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-lí. Cognates include Ifè ilé, Itsekiri ulí, Igala únyí, Ede Ije ńné, Olukumi ulé. Many dialects of Southeast Yoruba retain the form ulí.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.lé/

Noun

ilé • (Ajami Spelling اِلعِ)

1. home, house, abode
2. household
3. place, area
4. (soccer, sports) goal (an area into which the players attempt to put an object)

   Synonym: àwọ̀n

Synonyms

Yoruba varieties and languages: ilé (“house”)
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Language family	Variety group	Variety/language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ào			ulí
			Ìdóàní		ulí
		Eastern Àkókó			ulí
			Ìkàrẹ́	Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó (Ùkàrẹ́)	ulí
			Àkùngbá	Àkùngbá Àkókó	ulí
			Ọ̀bà	Ọ̀bà Àkókó	ulí
		Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)			ulé, ulí
			Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)		ulé, ulí
		Ìjẹ̀bú			ulé
			Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	ulé
				Àgọ́ Ìwòyè	ulé
				Ìjẹ̀bú Igbó	ulé
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	ulé
				Ìkòròdú	ulé
				Ṣágámù	ulé
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)			ulí
			Òkìtìpupa		ulí
		Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)			ulí
			Mahin		ulí
		Oǹdó			ulí
			Oǹdó		ulí
		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)			ulí
			Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)		ulí
		Usẹn			ulí
			Usẹn		ulí
	Ìtsẹkírì				ulí, inọ́lí
		Ìwẹrẹ			ulí, inọ́lí
	Olùkùmi				ulé
		Ugbódù			ulé
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ulé
				Ìfàkì Èkìtì	ulé
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	ulé
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	ulé
		Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀)			ulé
			Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀)		ulé
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà)			ulé
			Iléṣà (Uléṣà)		ulé
		Òkè Igbó			ilé
			Òkè Igbó		ilé
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì			ilé
			Èbúté Mẹ́tà		ilé
			Ìgbẹsà		ilé
			Ọ̀tà		ilé
			Agége		ilé
			Ìlogbò Erémi		ilé
		Ẹ̀gbádò	Ayétòrò		ilé
			Igbógila		ilé
			Ìjàká		ilé
			Ìlaròó		ilé
			Ìṣàwọ́njọ		ilé
		Ìbàdàn			ilé
			Ìbàdàn		ilé
		Ìbọ̀lọ́			ilé
			Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)		ilé
		Ìlọrin			ilé
			Ìlọrin		ilé
		Oǹkó	Òtù		n̄lé
			Ìwéré Ilé		n̄lé
			Òkèhò		n̄lé
			Ìsẹ́yìn		n̄lé
			Ṣakí		n̄lé
			Tedé		n̄lé
			Ìgbẹ́tì		n̄lé
		Ọ̀yọ́			ilé
			Ọ̀yọ́		ilé
			Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́)		ilé
			Ìkirè		ilé
			Ìwó		ilé
		Standard Yorùbá	Nàìjíríà		ilé
			Bɛ̀nɛ̀		ilé
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìyàgbà			ilé
			Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó		ilé
		Owé			ilé, ulé
			Kabba		ilé, ulé
	Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ana			ilé
			Sokode		ilé
		Cábɛ̀ɛ́	Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)		ilé
			Tchaourou		ilé
		Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà)			ilé, n̄lé
			Baàtɛ		ilé, n̄lé
		Ìdàácà			ilé
			Benin	Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)	ilé
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè			ńné, ilé
			Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	ilé
				Ọ̀húnbẹ́	ilé
			Kétu/Ànàgó	Ìlárá	ilé
				Ìmẹ̀kọ	ilé
				Kétu	ilé
		Ifɛ̀	Akpáré		ilé
			Atakpamɛ		ilé
			Boko		ilé
			Moretan		ilé
			Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)		ilé
Kura				ilé
		Aledjo-Koura		ilé
Mɔ̄kɔ́lé				kpásɛ̃
		Kandi		kpásɛ̃
Northern Nago		Kambole		ilé
		Manigri		ilé
Southern Nago		Ìsakété		ilé
		Ìfànyìn		ilé
Overseas Yoruba	Lucumí			ilé
		Havana		ilé
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.

Derived terms

• agbolé (“house compound”)
• aráalé (“household”)
• aṣọ́lé (“goalkeeper”)
• ayé lọjà, ọ̀run nilé (“ayé is a market, ọ̀run is home”)
• baálé (“title for the head of an agbolé”)
• délé (“to arrive home”)
• ẹ̀kọ́ ilé (“discipline”)
• ikọ̀ asélé (“defensive team”)
• ilé ayé (“Earth”)
• ilé ẹjọ́ (“court”)
• ilé ẹyẹ (“bird nest”)
• ilé ẹ̀kọ́ bọ́ọ̀lù (“football academy”)
• ilé kíkọ́ (“construction”)
• ilé oyin (“beehive”)
• ilé ọba (“palace”)
• ilé ọkọ (“marital home”)
• ilé ọmọ (“uterus”)
• ilé ọrọ́wá (“house with a central courtyard”)
• ilé sinimá (“movie theatre”)
• ilé ìfowópamọ́ (“bank”)
• ilé ìkàwé (“library”)
• ilé ìwòsàn (“hospital”)
• Ilé-Ifẹ̀ (“the city of Ife”)
• ilé-ìwé (“school”)
• iléelẹ̀ (“bungalow”)
• iléeṣẹ́ (“company; industry”)
• ilékílé (“any house”)
• lọọlé (“to go home”)
• nílé (“at home”)
• onílé (“householder”)
• ọmọnílé (“wall gecko”)
• Ọ̀yọ́ ilé (“Old Oyo”)
• sé mọ́lé (“to quarantine”)
• sílé (“to the home”)
• túnlé ṣe (“to clean the house”)
• wọlé (“to enter”)
• ìséjúlé (“defending deep”)
• ìṣílé (“house warming”)
• ìyáálé (“first wife”)

Descendants

• → Portuguese: ilê