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Etymology
From fajfi + -ilo.
Pronunciation
Noun
fajfilo (accusative singular fajfilon, plural fajfiloj, accusative plural fajfilojn)
- whistle (device used to make a whistling sound)
- polica fajfilo ― a police officer’s whistle
- Hector Hodler (translator), Paǔlo kaj Virginio (Paul et Virginie) by Henri Bernardin de Saint Pierre,
- Ni estis tiel proksime, ke malgraǔ la bruo de la ondego ni aǔdis la fajfilon de la manovrestro kaj la kriojn de la ŝipanoj
- notwithstanding the noise of the waves, we were near enough to hear the whistle of the boatswain at the helm, and the shouts of the mariners. (Helen Maria Williams translation, Appleton, 1851)
- Cecil Bean (translator), La Naiveco de Pastro Brown (The Innocence of Father Brown) by G. K. Chesterton,
- La fajfilo jam ekfajfis, kaj la vagonaro spiregis antaǔen por venigi helpon de la plej proksima stacidomo.
- The whistle had blown and the train had panted on to get help from the next station.