kilu

Contents

AlseaEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• kyiluː, k·i'lū

NounEdit

kilu

1. water

ReferencesEdit

• Leo Joachim Frachtenberg, Alsea Texts and Myths (1920)
• Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, volumes 12-14 (1987), page 25
• Yanyan Sui, The placement of second-position subject clitics in Alsea (2011)

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EstonianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic [Term?], possibly the same root as in kilama (“to scream in a high-pitched voice”), kile (“a type of food made out of oatmeal”), or kala (“fish”). Cognate to Finnish kilohaili and possibly Livvi kiloi, kilu.

NounEdit

kilu (genitive kilu, partitive kilu)

1. sprat

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of kilu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	kilu	kilud
accusative	kilu	kilud
genitive	kilu	kilude
partitive	kilu	kilusid
illative	killu kilusse	kiludesse
inessive	kilus	kiludes
elative	kilust	kiludest
allative	kilule	kiludele
adessive	kilul	kiludel
ablative	kilult	kiludelt
translative	kiluks	kiludeks
terminative	kiluni	kiludeni
essive	kiluna	kiludena
abessive	kiluta	kiludeta
comitative	kiluga	kiludega

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FinnishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈkilu/, [ˈkilu]
• Hyphenation: ki‧lu

NounEdit

kilu

1. (colloquial, usually in the plural) small item, trinket

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of kilu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		kilu	kilut
genitive		kilun	kilujen
partitive		kilua	kiluja
illative		kiluun	kiluihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kilu	kilut
accusative	nom.	kilu	kilut
	gen.	kilun
genitive		kilun	kilujen
partitive		kilua	kiluja
inessive		kilussa	kiluissa
elative		kilusta	kiluista
illative		kiluun	kiluihin
adessive		kilulla	kiluilla
ablative		kilulta	kiluilta
allative		kilulle	kiluille
essive		kiluna	kiluina
translative		kiluksi	kiluiksi
instructive		—	kiluin
abessive		kilutta	kiluitta
comitative		—	kiluineen

AnagramsEdit

• ilku, kuli, luki