nyila

Makasar

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay nila, from Pali nīla (“blue”), from Sanskrit नील (nīla, “dark color”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲila/, [ˈɲĩ.la]
• Hyphenation: nyi‧la

Noun

nyila (Lontara spelling ᨎᨗᨒ)

1. true indigo, a plant which produce blue colour, Indigofera tinctoria.

   Synonym: tarung (Turatea)

2. indigo: a purplish-blue colour.

   nyila:  

Affixations

• aʼnyila
• panyila
• panyilàng

 

Compounds

• kasumba nyila

 

Further reading

• A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎^[1], Brill, →DOI