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dila.

a dipper for pumping water into a boat

4 characters2 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. a dipper for pumping water into a boat

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Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Arabic دِلَاء (dilāʔ), plural of دَلْو (dalw).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.