"hilja" meaning in Proto-Finnic

See hilja in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From earlier *šilja, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *silāną (“to be silent”). The partitive singular *hiljada has become an adverb meaning 'quietly' in several descendants. Etymology templates: {{bor|urj-fin-pro|gem-pro|*silāną||to be silent}} Proto-Germanic *silāną (“to be silent”) Head templates: {{head|urj-fin-pro|adjective}} *hilja Inflection templates: {{urj-fin-decl|hilja}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], hilja [nominative, singular], hiljat [nominative, plural], hiljan [accusative, singular], hiljat [accusative, plural], hiljan [genitive, singular], hiljadën [genitive, plural], hiljoidën [genitive, plural], hiljada [partitive, singular], hiljoida [partitive, plural], hiljassa [inessive, singular], hiljahna [inessive, singular], hiljoissa [inessive, plural], hiljoihna [inessive, plural], hiljasta [elative, singular], hiljoista [elative, plural], hiljahën [illative, singular], hiljoihën [illative, plural], hiljalla [adessive, singular], hiljoilla [adessive, plural], hiljalta [ablative, singular], hiljoilta [ablative, plural], hiljalën [allative, singular], hiljalëk [allative, singular], hiljoilën [allative, plural], hiljoilëk [allative, plural], hiljana [essive, singular], hiljoina [essive, plural], hiljaksi [singular, translative], hiljoiksi [plural, translative], hiljan [instructive, singular], hiljoin [instructive, plural], hiljanëk [comitative, singular], hiljoinëk [comitative, plural], hiljatta [abessive, singular], hiljoitta [abessive, plural]
  1. silent Tags: reconstruction Derived forms: hiljainën, hiljaisëdus, hiljan
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "hilja"
          },
          "expansion": "Finnish: hilja",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dialectal"
          },
          "expansion": "(dialectal)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Finnish: hilja (dialectal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "krl",
            "2": "hil’l’a"
          },
          "expansion": "Karelian: hil’l’a",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karelian: hil’l’a"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "olo",
            "2": "hil'l'u"
          },
          "expansion": "Livvi: hil'l'u",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Livvi: hil'l'u"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lud",
            "2": "hill'"
          },
          "expansion": "Ludian: hill'",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ludian: hill'"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vep",
            "2": "hil'l'"
          },
          "expansion": "Veps: hil'l'",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Veps: hil'l'"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "et",
            "2": "hilja"
          },
          "expansion": "Estonian: hilja",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Estonian: hilja"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "hiljaa"
          },
          "expansion": "Finnish: hiljaa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Finnish: hiljaa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "izh",
            "2": "hiljaa"
          },
          "expansion": "Ingrian: hiljaa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ingrian: hiljaa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lud",
            "2": "hil'l'aa"
          },
          "expansion": "Ludian: hil'l'aa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ludian: hil'l'aa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "? Veps: hillei"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vot",
            "2": "ilʹlʹa"
          },
          "expansion": "Votic: ilʹlʹa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Votic: ilʹlʹa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "hiljakseen"
          },
          "expansion": "Finnish: hiljakseen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Finnish: hiljakseen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "izh",
            "2": "hiljaksee"
          },
          "expansion": "Ingrian: hiljaksee",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ingrian: hiljaksee"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "izh",
            "2": "hiljakaistaa",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Ingrian: hiljakaistaa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Ingrian: hiljakaistaa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*silāną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to be silent"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *silāną (“to be silent”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier *šilja, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *silāną (“to be silent”).\nThe partitive singular *hiljada has become an adverb meaning 'quietly' in several descendants.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urj-fin-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hilja",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljadën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoidën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljada",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoida",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljassa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljahna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoissa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoihna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljasta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoista",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljahën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoihën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljalla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoilla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljalta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoilta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljalën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljalëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoilën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoilëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljana",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoina",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljaksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoiksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljanëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoinëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoitta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "*hilja",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hilja"
      },
      "name": "urj-fin-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Finnic",
  "lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hilja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Finnic nominals by type/a-oi",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "hiljainën"
        },
        {
          "word": "hiljaisëdus"
        },
        {
          "word": "hiljan"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "silent"
      ],
      "id": "en-hilja-urj-fin-pro-adj-WpufyOmG",
      "links": [
        [
          "silent",
          "silent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hilja"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "hiljainën"
    },
    {
      "word": "hiljaisëdus"
    },
    {
      "word": "hiljan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "hilja"
          },
          "expansion": "Finnish: hilja",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dialectal"
          },
          "expansion": "(dialectal)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Finnish: hilja (dialectal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "krl",
            "2": "hil’l’a"
          },
          "expansion": "Karelian: hil’l’a",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Karelian: hil’l’a"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "olo",
            "2": "hil'l'u"
          },
          "expansion": "Livvi: hil'l'u",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Livvi: hil'l'u"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lud",
            "2": "hill'"
          },
          "expansion": "Ludian: hill'",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ludian: hill'"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vep",
            "2": "hil'l'"
          },
          "expansion": "Veps: hil'l'",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Veps: hil'l'"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "et",
            "2": "hilja"
          },
          "expansion": "Estonian: hilja",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Estonian: hilja"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "hiljaa"
          },
          "expansion": "Finnish: hiljaa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Finnish: hiljaa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "izh",
            "2": "hiljaa"
          },
          "expansion": "Ingrian: hiljaa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ingrian: hiljaa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lud",
            "2": "hil'l'aa"
          },
          "expansion": "Ludian: hil'l'aa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ludian: hil'l'aa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "? Veps: hillei"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vot",
            "2": "ilʹlʹa"
          },
          "expansion": "Votic: ilʹlʹa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Votic: ilʹlʹa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "hiljakseen"
          },
          "expansion": "Finnish: hiljakseen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Finnish: hiljakseen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "izh",
            "2": "hiljaksee"
          },
          "expansion": "Ingrian: hiljaksee",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ingrian: hiljaksee"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "izh",
            "2": "hiljakaistaa",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Ingrian: hiljakaistaa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Ingrian: hiljakaistaa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*silāną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to be silent"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *silāną (“to be silent”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier *šilja, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *silāną (“to be silent”).\nThe partitive singular *hiljada has become an adverb meaning 'quietly' in several descendants.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urj-fin-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hilja",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljadën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoidën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljada",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoida",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljassa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljahna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoissa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoihna",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljasta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoista",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljahën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoihën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljalla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoilla",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljalta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoilta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljalën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljalëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoilën",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoilëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljana",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoina",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljaksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoiksi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instructive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljanëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoinëk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiljoitta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "*hilja",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hilja"
      },
      "name": "urj-fin-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Finnic",
  "lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/hilja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Finnic adjectives",
        "Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Finnic lemmas",
        "Proto-Finnic nominals by type/a-oi",
        "Proto-Finnic terms borrowed from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-Finnic terms derived from Proto-Germanic"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "silent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "silent",
          "silent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hilja"
}

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