hilahila

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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Reduplication of hila.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: hi‧la‧hi‧la

Noun

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hilahila

  1. a slug; any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell
  2. a snail; any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Reduplication of *hila, from Dutch hele (inflected form of Dutch very)?

Adjective

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hilahila

  1. very much, very many, abundant
    Synonym: bogobogo