See also: pailă English Etymology Borrowed from Spanish paila. Doublet of patella. Noun paila (plural pailas) An earthenware bowl used as a plate in parts of South America. Dalmatian Etymology From Latin pīla. Noun paila f jug Hawaiian Pronunciation IPA(key): /ˈpai̯.la/, [ˈpɐj.lə], [ˈpɛj.lə] (rapid speech) Etymology 1 Borrowed from English pile. Noun paila pile, heap Derived terms paila wahie (“woodpile”) Verb paila to pile up, heap up Etymology 2 Borrowed from English boil. Verb paila (cooking) to boil E paila kākou i ka iʻa. ― Let's boil the fish. Alternative forms baila Derived terms kēkelē paila (“boiling point”) Further reading “paila” in Ka‘ōnohi‘ulaokamanō Kai, Manomano, KAI LOA Inc. Spanish Etymology From Latin patella. Doublet of padilla, paella, and puela. Pronunciation IPA(key): /ˈpaila/ [ˈpai̯.la] Rhymes: -aila Syllabification: pai‧la Noun paila f (plural pailas) a round shallow tray, pan, or bowl frying pan pot paila (large bowl) (El Salvador, Guatemala) a small shallow plate, similar to the plates upon which a cup of coffee is served Related terms padillapaellapuela Further reading “paila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10 “paila”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010 Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.