pilu
English
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *pilu. Cognate with Votic pilu (“slit”) and Veps pilu (“gap, crack”). Possibly related to Finnish pillu (“vulva, vagina”).
Declension
| Declension of pilu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pilu | pilud | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | pilu | ||
| genitive | pilude | ||
| partitive | pilu | pilusid | |
| illative | pillu pilusse |
piludesse | |
| inessive | pilus | piludes | |
| elative | pilust | piludest | |
| allative | pilule | piludele | |
| adessive | pilul | piludel | |
| ablative | pilult | piludelt | |
| translative | piluks | piludeks | |
| terminative | piluni | piludeni | |
| essive | piluna | piludena | |
| abessive | piluta | piludeta | |
| comitative | piluga | piludega | |
Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *pIlu- (“leaf, bilberry shrub”), from Proto-Eskimo *pǝɫu- (“leaf”).
Declension
Declension of pilu
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | pilu | pilut |
| ergative | pilup | pilut |
| allative | pilumut | pilunut |
| ablative | pilumit | pilunit |
| prosecutive | pilukkut | pilutigut |
| locative | pilumi | piluni |
| instrumental | pilumik | pilunik |
| equative | pilutut | pilutut |
Latvian
Sicilian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpi.lu/ (standard)
- Hyphenation: pì‧lu
Noun
pilu m (plural pila)
- A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
- (botany, countable) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.
- I pila nterni si tròvanu nnô stilu dû ciuri dû gigghiu larunchiu giallu
- Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily.
- Any slender, flexible outgrowth, filament, or fiber growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.
- (zoology) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
- (vulgar, singular only) Hair of the genitals.
- O cû pilu o senza pilu, rapi i cosci ca tâ nfilu.
- Either with hair or without hair, open your thighs so I will fuck you.
- (vulgar, metonymically, singular only) A sexual partner, especially an occasional and unstable one; the reference is to the area of the genitals, covered with hair (regardless of their actual presence or not).
- (vulgar, by extension) A sexual intercourse
- Mi nni vaju a pilu
- I am going to pick up somebody.
- A mìa mi piaci u pilu
- I like to fuck.
- (countable) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
Derived terms
- pilami
- pilazzu
- piliceḍḍu
- piloccu
- pilu curtu
- pilu jancu
- pilu longu
- pilu nìguru
- pilurussu
- pilusazzu
- pilusu
- piluzzu
Related terms
Veps
Etymology
Related to Estonian pilu.
Inflection
| Inflection of pilu (inflection type 1/ilo) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | pilu | ||
| genitive sing. | pilun | ||
| partitive sing. | pilud | ||
| partitive plur. | piluid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pilu | pilud | |
| accusative | pilun | pilud | |
| genitive | pilun | piluiden | |
| partitive | pilud | piluid | |
| essive-instructive | pilun | piluin | |
| translative | piluks | piluikš | |
| inessive | pilus | piluiš | |
| elative | piluspäi | piluišpäi | |
| illative | pilhu piluhu |
piluihe | |
| adessive | pilul | piluil | |
| ablative | pilulpäi | piluilpäi | |
| allative | pilule | piluile | |
| abessive | piluta | piluita | |
| comitative | pilunke | piluidenke | |
| prolative | piludme | piluidme | |
| approximative I | pilunno | piluidenno | |
| approximative II | pilunnoks | piluidennoks | |
| egressive | pilunnopäi | piluidennopäi | |
| terminative I | pilhusai piluhusai |
piluihesai | |
| terminative II | pilulesai | piluilesai | |
| terminative III | pilussai | — | |
| additive I | pilhupäi piluhupäi |
piluihepäi | |
| additive II | pilulepäi | piluilepäi | |
References
- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “щель”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Votic
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognates include Estonian pilu.
Pronunciation
- (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈpilu/, [ˈpʲiɫu]
- Rhymes: -ilu
- Hyphenation: pi‧lu
Inflection
| Declension of pilu (type II/võrkko, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | pilu | pilud |
| genitive | pilu | pilujõ, pilui |
| partitive | pillua | piluitõ, pilui |
| illative | pillusõ, pillu | piluisõ |
| inessive | piluz | piluiz |
| elative | pilussõ | piluissõ |
| allative | pilulõ | piluilõ |
| adessive | pilullõ | piluillõ |
| ablative | pilultõ | piluiltõ |
| translative | pilussi | piluissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “pilu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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