miíl mile; kilometre

Part of Speech n.masc
Inflection Class a-decl (Pl): -á
Origin Urdu (English 'mile')
    • mile; kilometre
      • Example 218:
        paṇáaru táapaṛ thaní awaagír qariibán dúu thiáaḍa miilá táapaṛ hínu.
        paṇár
        white
        -u
        -MSG
        táapaṛ
        hill
        thaní
        called
        awaagír
        up.high
        qariibán
        approximately
        du
        two
        thiáḍ
        and.half
        -a
        -pl
        miíl
        mile
        -a
        -pl
        táapaṛ
        hill
        hin
        be.prs
        -u
        -MSG
        There is a hill, about two and a half miles up, called paṇáaru táapaṛ [white hill].
        Source:
        A:HUA117
      • Example 707:
        se dhrúuka wée dúu miilá bhun wháatu ma.
        se
        REM
        dhráuk
        gorge
        -a
        -obl
        wée
        in
        du
        two
        miíl
        mile
        -a
        -pl
        bhun
        down
        what
        come.down.pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        ma
        1sg.nom
        I came down two miles along the gorge.
        Source:
        A:HUA090
      • Example 1329:
        asíi iskuúl bíiḍi dhúura áa miíl híni.
        asíi
        1pl.gen
        iskuúl
        school
        bíiḍ
        much
        -i
        -f
        dhúura
        far.away
        a
        one
        miíl
        mile
        hin
        be.prs
        -i
        -f
        Our school is far away, one mile away.
        Source:
        A:OUR008

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