pilu

See also: pīlù, piļu, and pīļu

English

Noun

pilu (plural not attested)

1. (India, Pakistan) Alternative form of peeloo (“kind of tree”)

Anagrams

• Puli, puli

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pilu. Cognate with Votic pilu (“slit”) and Veps pilu (“gap, crack”). Possibly related to Finnish pillu (“vulva, vagina”).

Noun

pilu (genitive pilu, partitive pilu)

1. slit, slot

Declension

Declension of pilu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		pilu	pilud
accusative	nom.
	gen.	pilu
genitive			pilude
partitive		pilu	pilusid
illative		pillu pilusse	piludesse
inessive		pilus	piludes
elative		pilust	piludest
allative		pilule	piludele
adessive		pilul	piludel
ablative		pilult	piludelt
translative		piluks	piludeks
terminative		piluni	piludeni
essive		piluna	piludena
abessive		piluta	piludeta
comitative		piluga	piludega

Further reading

• pilu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *pIlu- (“leaf, bilberry shrub”), from Proto-Eskimo *pǝɫu- (“leaf”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /pilu/, [pɪ.lʊ]

Noun

pilu

1. leaf

Declension

Declension of pilu

	singular	plural
absolutive	pilu	pilut
ergative	pilup	pilut
allative	pilumut	pilunut
ablative	pilumit	pilunit
prosecutive	pilukkut	pilutigut
locative	pilumi	piluni
instrumental	pilumik	pilunik
equative	pilutut	pilutut

Synonyms

• piloqut, pilutaq

Indonesian

Adjective

pilu

1. grief
2. sadness

Latvian

Verb

pilu

1. first-person singular present indicative of pilēt

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.lu/
• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.lu/

Interjection

pilu

1. (Kuyavia, Near Masovian, often repeated) used to call geese

   Synonyms: piluchny, pilusie

   Coordinate term: a hula

Derived terms

interjections

• piluchny
• pilusie

 

nouns

• piluchna
• pilusia

 

Further reading

• Józef Bliziński (1860) “pilu”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 628
• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “pilu”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 275
• Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “pilu”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 372

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin pilus.

Noun

pilu

1. hair

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin pilus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.lu/ (standard)
• Hyphenation: pì‧lu

Noun

pilu m (plural pila)

1. A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
2. (botany, countable) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.

   I pila nterni si tròvanu nnô stilu dû ciuri dû gigghiu larunchiu giallu

   Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily.

3. Any slender, flexible outgrowth, filament, or fiber growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.
4. (zoology) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
5. (vulgar, singular only) Hair of the genitals.

   O cû pilu o senza pilu, rapi i cosci ca tâ nfilu.

   Either with hair or without hair, open your thighs so I will fuck you.

6. (vulgar, metonymically, singular only) A sexual partner, especially an occasional and unstable one; the reference is to the area of the genitals, covered with hair (regardless of their actual presence or not).

   (vulgar, by extension) A sexual intercourse

   Mi nni vaju a pilu

   I am going to pick up somebody.

   A mìa mi piaci u pilu

   I like to fuck.

7. (countable) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

Derived terms

• pilami
• pilazzu
• piliceḍḍu
• piloccu
• pilu curtu
• pilu jancu
• pilu longu
• pilu nìguru
• pilurussu
• pilusazzu
• pilusu
• piluzzu

 

Related terms

• capiḍḍi
• cchiù pilu pi tutti
• circari u pilu nnill'ovu
• dipilàrisi
• ficcari
• fòrfici
• jirisinni a pilu
• pèttini
• rasari
• rasolu
• scucuzzari
• spilari
• tagghiari
• tira cchiussai nu pilu di sticchiu ca nu carru di voi

 

Descendants

• → Italian: pilu, pilo, pelo

Veps

Etymology

Related to Estonian pilu.

Noun

pilu

1. gap, crack, opening

Inflection

Inflection of pilu (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	pilu
genitive sing.	pilun
partitive sing.	pilud
partitive plur.	piluid
	singular	plural
nominative	pilu	pilud
accusative	pilun	pilud
genitive	pilun	piluiden
partitive	pilud	piluid
essive-instructive	pilun	piluin
translative	piluks	piluikš
inessive	pilus	piluiš
elative	piluspäi	piluišpäi
illative	pilhu piluhu	piluihe
adessive	pilul	piluil
ablative	pilulpäi	piluilpäi
allative	pilule	piluile
abessive	piluta	piluita
comitative	pilunke	piluidenke
prolative	piludme	piluidme
approximative I	pilunno	piluidenno
approximative II	pilunnoks	piluidennoks
egressive	pilunnopäi	piluidennopäi
terminative I	pilhusai piluhusai	piluihesai
terminative II	pilulesai	piluilesai
terminative III	pilussai	—
additive I	pilhupäi piluhupäi	piluihepäi
additive II	pilulepäi	piluilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “щель”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Votic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognates include Estonian pilu.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈpilu/, [ˈpʲiɫu]
• Rhymes: -ilu
• Hyphenation: pi‧lu

Noun

pilu

1. gap, crack, opening
2. embroidery

Inflection

Declension of pilu (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	pilu	pilud
genitive	pilu	pilujõ, pilui
partitive	pillua	piluitõ, pilui
illative	pillusõ, pillu	piluisõ
inessive	piluz	piluiz
elative	pilussõ	piluissõ
allative	pilulõ	piluilõ
adessive	pilullõ	piluillõ
ablative	pilultõ	piluiltõ
translative	pilussi	piluissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “pilu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn