pilla

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See also: Pilla, pillá, and pillā

Catalan

Verb

pilla

  1. inflection of pillar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Chickasaw

Adverb

pilla

  1. only
  2. just

French

Pronunciation

Verb

pilla

  1. third-person singular past historic of piller

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Noun

pilla (plural pillák)

  1. eyelash
    Synonym: szempilla

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative pilla pillák
accusative pillát pillákat
dative pillának pilláknak
instrumental pillával pillákkal
causal-final pilláért pillákért
translative pillává pillákká
terminative pilláig pillákig
essive-formal pillaként pillákként
essive-modal — —
inessive pillában pillákban
superessive pillán pillákon
adessive pillánál pilláknál
illative pillába pillákba
sublative pillára pillákra
allative pillához pillákhoz
elative pillából pillákból
delative pilláról pillákról
ablative pillától pilláktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		pilláé pilláké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		pilláéi pillákéi
Possessive forms of pilla
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pillám pilláim
2nd person sing. pillád pilláid
3rd person sing. pillája pillái
1st person plural pillánk pilláink
2nd person plural pillátok pilláitok
3rd person plural pillájuk pilláik

Derived terms

Further reading

  • pilla in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Noun

pilla f (genitive singular pillu, nominative plural pillur)

  1. pill

Declension

declension of pilla
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pilla pillan pillur pillurnar
accusative pillu pilluna pillur pillurnar
dative pillu pillunni pillum pillunum
genitive pillu pillunnar pilla/pillna pillanna/pillnanna

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology

Cognates include Finnish pilla and dialectal Estonian pill.

Pronunciation

Noun

pilla

  1. trick, mischief
  2. evildoing, wrongdoing

Declension

Declension of pilla (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative pilla pillat
genitive pillan pilloin
partitive pillaa pilloja
illative pillaa pilloi
inessive pillaas pillois
elative pillast pilloist
allative pillalle pilloille
adessive pillaal pilloil
ablative pillalt pilloilt
translative pillaks pilloiks
essive pillanna, pillaan pilloinna, pilloin
exessive1) pillant pilloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 408

Latvian

Adjective

pilla

  1. (dialectal) genitive singular masculine of pills
  2. (dialectal) nominative singular feminine of pills

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

pilla f sg

  1. definite feminine singular of pille

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

pilla f sg

  1. definite singular of pille

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈpiʝa/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈpiʎa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈpiʃa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈpiʒa/

 
  • (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
  • (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
  • (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
  • (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

  • Syllabification: pi‧lla

Etymology 1

Noun

pilla f (plural pillas)

  1. female equivalent of pillo (“crook, thief”)

Noun

pilla f (plural pillas)

  1. (Ecuador) prostitute

Adjective

pilla

  1. feminine singular of pillo

Etymology 2

Verb

pilla

  1. inflection of pillar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Swedish

Verb

pilla (present pillar, preterite pillade, supine pillat, imperative pilla)

  1. (colloquial) to lightly and repeatedly touch (something) with fingertips, like repeated pokes or small strokes or light pinching
  2. (colloquial) to manipulate something (small) with finger(tip)s, especially when the manipulation is (slightly) finicky or fiddly
    Han pillade bort kärnorna ur apelsinen
    He removed the pips from the orange with his fingers
  3. (colloquial, figurative) to fiddle or tinker (with something, which may or may not be finicky or fiddly)
    Synonyms: knåpa, pyssla, påta, pula
    Jag pillar med ett nytt projekt
    I'm tinkering with a new project

Conjugation

Conjugation of pilla (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive pilla pillas
Supine pillat pillats
Imperative pilla —
Imper. plural1 pillen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative pillar pillade pillas pillades
Ind. plural1 pilla pillade pillas pillades
Subjunctive2 pille pillade pilles pillades
Participles
Present participle pillande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

Related terms

See also

References

Vilamovian

Noun

pilla n

  1. penis

Yagara

Noun

pilla

  1. creek or gully

References

  • The Courier-Mail, 28 August 1933, "MEANING OF INDOOROOPILLY.".
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