piilosilla

Finnish

Alternative forms

• piilosta

Etymology

The adessive plural of piilo (“hiding place, hideaway”) with the interfix -si-. Equivalent to the adessive plural of piilo +‎ -nen (which does not exist as an independent noun, but does have a partitive singular form piilosta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːlosilːɑ/, [ˈpiːlo̞ˌs̠ilːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ilːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pii‧lo‧sil‧la

Adverb

piilosilla

1. (idiomatic) playing hide and seek (practically always used with olla)

Derived terms

compounds

• piilosillaolo

 

See also

• kuurupiilo

Further reading

• “piilosilla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• poliisilla