ila

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ila

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Arabic إلَّا (ʔillā).

conjunction

  1. except اَسِفِدِ يَبُ اِلاَّ شَقَوَا ، اِكَوَ مَيُتُ يَسِ مْسِيِ
  2. after si not only those, but also

In English

  • except introducing a noun or noun phrase forming an exception or qualification

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MLA

"ila." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/ila. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

ila. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/ila

Chicago

"ila." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/ila.

BibTeX
@misc{ila_2026,
  title = {ila},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/ila},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Sw-ke-ila.flac.