Where does “lila” come from?

lila (Ternate) comes from Arabic ليلا, from Arabic لَا, from Proto-Semitic lā — not; no.

lila (Ternate): a small, even shoulder-portable type of (colonial?) field gun, notably used in the East Indies

Definitions

  1. a small, even shoulder-portable type of (colonial?) field gun, notably used in the East Indies

Ancestry of “lila”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicليلاby night
2Arabicلَاnot; no, not
3Proto-Semiticlānot; no
Every word from Proto-Semitic lā →Every word from Arabic لَا →Every word from Arabic ليلا →