Description:

The modifier 'iline' means near or close. Historically it developed during the middle period from 'ilino e', 'almost at', often written as a contraction 'ilin'e'. The correct modern form is without the apostrophe, but the form with it is included in case you encounter that form in older texts. It fills a gap that speakers seem to have felt Davidson left in the language.

This expression competed with 'ilino spet' to describe nearness. The 'ilino spet' is likelier to be used in verbal contexts and especially copular expressions, or when describing locations relative to the speaker. 'Iline' is likelier to be used in a noun context to describe an object as just nearby in general or with an object to say that it is near something, without specifying near how like Common's native prepositons do.

Examples:

A iline pulek se an trymys.
The nearby shop is procy.

A paluh iline na slek se an citi.
The dog near the food is happy.

Iline can also have the sense of 'soon' when talking about time. To make it more clear you are talking about time you can say 'ilino fik', 'almost now'.