Demonstrative pronoun or adjective.

Singular: cilya

 MEANING 1

Those, those things, with class ‘ci’.

Exampleof use

Leta filyafintu,MEANING: Bring thosethings.

MEANING 2 (Conjunction).

As

Exampleof use

Fulweatemafilyaatemenekale,

MEANING: The tortoise cuts trees as he used to inthe past.

MEANING 3

The same way, thus, likewise.

Exampleof use

–Filya fine,MEANING: In the sameway, thus, likewise (used in comparisons).

SYNONYM/SIMILARWORD/COMPARE/CONTRAST

Filya or nafilya orngafilya.

MEANING 4

Like that.

Exampleof use

Abafumyamoabapoosafilya,MEANING: He took themand cast them over there (the place being indicated with the hand).

MEANING 5

Such, in such numbers.

Exampleof use

Mpakaipwishenkokoishafulafilya!MEANING: How could the wild cat catch such a number of fowls!

MEANING 6

In the expression Not toobad

Exampleof use

1.     Eyefilyako!MEANING: Good enough! Not too bad!

2.     –Uliumutende? Eye filyako!MEANING: How are you? Not too bad!

 RELATED WORDS/USES/SOURCES/FUNCTIONS

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 FIGURATIVE SPEECH/IDIOMS/PHRASES/COLLOQUIALUSE/EXPRESSIONS

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PROVERBS

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