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pilo

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See also: piló, piło, and pilo-

Basque

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Noun

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pilo inan

  1. (chiefly Biscayan) Alternative form of pila (bunch, lot)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • pilo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • pilo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Participle

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pilo

  1. neuter singular past active participle of pít

Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin pilusFrench poilItalian peloSpanish pelo. Also found in English words like depilate.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pilo (plural pili)

  1. (of animals, also botany) hair, bristle
  2. (of persons) hair (of all parts of body except top of head)
  3. (of sheep, camels, etc.) wool
  4. (of cloth, of hats) nap

Derived terms

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See also

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From pilus (hair) +‎ (verb-forming suffix).

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Verb

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pilō (present infinitive pilāre, perfect active pilāvī, supine pilātum); first conjugation

  1. (intransitive) to put forth hairs, grow hairy
  2. (transitive) to deprive of hair, make bald, depilate
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to plunder, pillage
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Catalan: pelar
  • French: peler
  • Friulian: pelâ
  • Italian: pelare
  • Occitan: pelar
  • Portuguese: pelar
  • Sicilian: pilari
  • Spanish: pelar
  • Venetan: pełar
  • Vulgar Latin: *pilucāre (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

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From pīla (pillar, column) +‎ .

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Verb

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pīlō (present infinitive pīlāre, supine pīlātum); first conjugation, no perfect stem

  1. to ram down, fix firmly
  2. (Late Latin) to rob (attested from ca. 400 CE; cf. the similar sense of compīlō)[1]
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Etymology 3

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See the Medieval Latin pillō (chaff).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pīlō f (genitive pīlōnis); third declension

  1. Alternative form of pillō
Declension
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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pīlō pīlōnēs
genitive pīlōnis pīlōnum
dative pīlōnī pīlōnibus
accusative pīlōnem pīlōnēs
ablative pīlōne pīlōnibus
vocative pīlō pīlōnēs

References

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  • pilo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pilo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pilo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

References

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  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*pīliāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 8: Patavia–Pix, page 494

Neapolitan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin pilus.

Pronunciation

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  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈpiːlə]
  • (Castelmezzano) IPA(key): [ˈpiːlə]

Noun

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pilo m (plural pile)

  1. hair (of the body)

References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 92: “il pelo; i peli” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “pilo”, in Schedario Napoletano

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin pīlum (pilum).

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Noun

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pilo m (plural pilos)

  1. pilum (Roman javelin)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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pilo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pilar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpilo/ [ˈpi.lo]
  • Rhymes: -ilo
  • Syllabification: pi‧lo

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from pilar.

Noun

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pilo m (plural pilos)

  1. pilum (weapon)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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pilo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pilar

Further reading

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English pillow.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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pilo class IX (plural pilo class X)

  1. (rare) pillow
    Synonym: mto
    • 2021 December 12, “Simulizi ya baba aliyesafiri ndani ya sanduku kutoka London mpaka Australia”, in BBC Swahili[1]:
      Ndani ya sanduku ni spears, akiandamana na chakula cha makopo , tochi , blanketi na pilo na pia chupa mbili za plastiki moja ya maji ya kunywa na nyingine ya kujisaidia haja ndogo, sanduku liliingizwa ndege ya shirika la ndege la India kwenda Perth magharibi mwa Australia.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Ternate

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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pilo

  1. (stative) to be blind

Conjugation

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Conjugation of pilo
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st topilo fopilo mipilo
2nd nopilo nipilo
3rd Masculine opilo ipilo, yopilo
Feminine mopilo
Neuter ipilo
- archaic

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English pillow.

Noun

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pilo

  1. pillow
  2. chock
  3. supporter

Verb

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pilo

  1. to sleep around; to be promiscuous

Waray-Waray

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Noun

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pilô

  1. fold; pleat