miil

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See also: mííl and miil'

Estonian

Etymology 1

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Noun

miil (genitive miili, partitive miili)

  1. mile (unit of measure)
Declension
Declension of miil (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative miil miilid
accusative nom.
gen. miili
genitive miilide
partitive miili miile
miilisid
illative miili
miilisse 		miilidesse
miilesse
inessive miilis miilides
miiles
elative miilist miilidest
miilest
allative miilile miilidele
miilele
adessive miilil miilidel
miilel
ablative miililt miilidelt
miilelt
translative miiliks miilideks
miileks
terminative miilini miilideni
essive miilina miilidena
abessive miilita miilideta
comitative miiliga miilidega
Derived terms
Compound words

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Low German mile. Related to German Meiler.

Noun

miil (genitive miili, partitive miili)

  1. an earth mound kiln, a clamp (an improvised structure built by covering stacked materials with a layer of earth in order to control the combustion intensity).
Declension
Declension of miil (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative miil miilid
accusative nom.
gen. miili
genitive miilide
partitive miili miile
miilisid
illative miili
miilisse 		miilidesse
miilesse
inessive miilis miilides
miiles
elative miilist miilidest
miilest
allative miilile miilidele
miilele
adessive miilil miilidel
miilel
ablative miililt miilidelt
miilelt
translative miiliks miilideks
miileks
terminative miilini miilideni
essive miilina miilidena
abessive miilita miilideta
comitative miiliga miilidega
Derived terms
Compound words
Suffixed words
  • miilama (“smoldering; ember's glow”)
  • miiler (“charcoal production laborer”)
  • miilija (“charcoal producer”)
  • miilima (“to produce charcoal”)

Further reading

  • “miil”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • miil in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “miil”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

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Noun

miil

  1. (anatomy) eye

Synonyms

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