pilu
English edit
Noun edit
pilu (plural not attested)
Anagrams edit
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *pilu. Cognate with Votic pilu (“slit”) and Veps pilu (“gap, crack”). Possibly related to Finnish pillu (“vulva, vagina”).
Noun edit
pilu (genitive pilu, partitive pilu)
Declension edit
Declension of pilu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
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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 |
Further reading edit
Greenlandic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Inuit *pIlu- (“leaf, bilberry shrub”), from Proto-Eskimo *pǝɫu- (“leaf”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pilu
Declension edit
Declension of pilu
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Indonesian edit
Adjective edit
pilu
Latvian edit
Verb edit
pilu
Sardinian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
pilu
Sicilian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Veps edit
Etymology edit
Related to Estonian pilu.
Noun edit
pilu
Inflection edit
Inflection of pilu (inflection type 1/ilo) | |||
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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 edit
Votic edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognates include Estonian pilu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pilu
Inflection edit
Declension of pilu (type II/võrkko, no gradation) | ||
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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 edit
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “pilu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn