kuulipilduja
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Estonian
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Etymology
[edit]From kuuli (“ball's, bullet's”) + pilduja (“spitter, shooter”).
Possible calque of Russian пулемёт (pulemjót). Attested since at least 1915, in Anton Jürgenstein's book Suur ilmasõda.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kuulipilduja (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- machine gun
- 1915, Anton Jürgenstein, Suur ilmasõda[1]:
- Lennumasinad olid kahte süstemi, „ Albatross " ja „ Taube “, kellel igaühel kuulipilduja peal. Sagedasti olid lennuapparadid ka soomustatud. Juhitawaid õhulaewu zeppelinisid " ja " parsevalisid " oli Saksamaal sõja hakatusel 30.
- The aircraft were of two systems, "Albatross" and "Taube", each with a machine gun on top. The aircraft were often armored as well. There were piloted airship zeppelins and "parsevalis" in Germany at the beginning of the war on the 30th.