piru

See also: Piru and pìrú

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Venetian piron, from Greek πιρούνι (piroúni), from Ancient Greek περόνη (perónē, “pin, brooch”).

Noun

pirù m

1. (Luserna) fork

   Synonym: ghèballe

References

• “piru” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Finnish

(index pi)

Etymology

Probably a variant of perkele.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiru/, [ˈpiru]
• Rhymes: -iru
• Syllabification: pi‧ru

Noun

piru

1. the Devil (Satan).
2. a devil.

Declension

Inflection of piru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		piru	pirut
genitive		pirun	pirujen
partitive		pirua	piruja
illative		piruun	piruihin
		singular	plural
nominative		piru	pirut
accusative	nom.	piru	pirut
	gen.	pirun
genitive		pirun	pirujen
partitive		pirua	piruja
inessive		pirussa	piruissa
elative		pirusta	piruista
illative		piruun	piruihin
adessive		pirulla	piruilla
ablative		pirulta	piruilta
allative		pirulle	piruille
essive		piruna	piruina
translative		piruksi	piruiksi
instructive		—	piruin
abessive		pirutta	piruitta
comitative		—	piruineen

Possessive forms of piru (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	piruni	pirumme
2nd person	pirusi	pirunne
3rd person	pirunsa

Synonyms

• paholainen
• perkele
• saatana
• sielunvihollinen

Derived terms

• piruilla
• pirullinen

Compounds

• pirunnyrkki
• pirunpelto
• pirunpihka
• pirunpolska
• piruparka
• pääpiru
• takapiru

Adverb

piru

1. (vulgar) An intensifier; used in genitive singular form (pirun).

   Se oli pirun hyvää (it was damn good)

Usage notes

Piru is used in the expletive Piru vie!, literally "Devil, take!" but which has a very similar area of usage as hitto. Also Piru vieköön tän autonromun!, "May the Devil take this wreck of a car!"

See also

• pikkupiru
• pääperkele

Anagrams

• puri, rupi

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Japanese

Romanization

piru

1. Rōmaji transcription of ピル

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Karelian

Noun

piru

1. devil

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Mapudungun

Noun

piru (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. worm
2. A insect larva.
3. maggot

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.