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pil

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pil"
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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch pil, from Middle Dutch pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila (“ball”).

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Noun

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pil (plural pille, diminutive pilletjie)

  1. A pill.

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Chinook Jargon

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Alternative forms

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  1. pʰil

Adjective

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pil

  1. red

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Crimean Tatar

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pil (Northern dialect)

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pil

  1. elephant

Usage notes

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  • Literary form: fil

Czech

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Participle

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pil

  1. masculine singular past active participle of pít

Danish

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Etymology 1

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From late Old Norse píla, from Latin pīlum (“javelin”).

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  • IPA(key): /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

Noun

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pil c (singular definite pilen, plural indefinite pile)

  1. arrow
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Declension of pil
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gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pil pilen pile pilene
genitive pils pilens piles pilenes

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse píll.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

Noun

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pil c (singular definite pilen, plural indefinite pile)

  1. willow
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Declension of pil
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gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pil pilen pile pilene
genitive pils pilens piles pilenes
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Etymology 3

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See pile.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /piːl/, [pʰiːˀl]

Verb

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pil

  1. imperative of pile

Etymology 4

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See pille.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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pil

  1. imperative of pille

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɪl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pil
  • Rhymes: -ɪl

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila (“ball”).

Noun

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pil f (plural pillen, diminutive pilletje n)

  1. a pill, a usually ball- or oval-shaped, coated portion of a drug to be taken orally
  2. (with definite article: de pil) 'the' contraceptive pill
    Synonym: anticonceptiepil
  3. an analogous ball-shaped object
  4. (metonymically) an expert in pill use:
    1. a pharmacist
    2. an MD
    3. (military) a med student
  5. a thick sandwich
  6. a hard kick on a balk or other object
  7. a bitter experience
  8. a large book, a tome
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: pil
  • → Indonesian: pil
  • → Papiamentu: pelchi, pilchi, peeltsji (from the diminutive)
  • → Sranan Tongo: perki

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French pile.

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pil f (plural pillen, diminutive pilleke n)

  1. (Belgium) an electric battery
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Etymology 3

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From Middle Dutch pille. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

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pil m or f (plural pillen)

  1. (obsolete) godchild
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Hausa

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Etymology

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From French pile.

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pîl m

  1. (Niger) battery (especially of a flashlight)
    Synonym: (Nigeria) batir

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch pil (“pill”), from Middle Dutch pille, from Medieval Latin pilla, from Latin pilula, diminutive of pila (“ball”).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpɪl]
  • Hyphenation: pil

Noun

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pil (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, pharmacy) pill: a small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
    Synonyms: gentel, tablet

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpil/
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Hyphenation: pìl

Noun

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pil m

  1. Alternative form of PIL

Karakalpak

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Noun

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pil

  1. elephant

Kashubian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English pail.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpil/
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: pil

Noun

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pil m inan

  1. (Canada, United States) pail, bucket
    Synonym: (Canada) pilik

Further reading

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  • Stanislow Frymark (2020) “pil”, in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand; Lexical Interferences in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand, Zómk Zôbòrsczi, →ISBN

Latvian

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Verb

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pil

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of pilēt
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of pilēt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of pilēt

Mokilese

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Noun

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pil

  1. water

Possessive forms

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Possessive forms of pil (third person singular only)
singular third person possessor piloa
construct form pilen

Nehan

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Noun

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pil

  1. thunder

Further reading

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  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
  • Malcolm Ross et al, The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: The Culture and Environment →ISBN:
    Nehan pil 'thunder' [...] Solos pina 'thunder'

Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse píla.

Noun

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pil f or m (definite singular pila or pilen, indefinite plural piler, definite plural pilene)

  1. an arrow (projectile)
    pil og bue ― bow and arrow
  2. an arrow (graphic symbol)
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse píll.

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pil f or m (definite singular pila or pilen, indefinite plural piler, definite plural pilene)

  1. a willow (tree of genus Salix)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse píla, from Latin pilum (“javelin”).

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pil f (definite singular pila, indefinite plural piler, definite plural pilene)

pil m (definite singular pilen, indefinite plural pilar, definite plural pilane)

  1. an arrow (projectile)
    pil og boge ― bow and arrow
  2. an arrow (graphic symbol)
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse píll.

Noun

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pil (inflections as for Etymology 1)

  1. a willow (tree of genus Salix)

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Old English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin pīlum.

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Noun

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pīl m

  1. pointed stick

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpil/
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: pil

Verb

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pil

  1. second-person singular imperative of pilić

Rade

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French pile.

Noun

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pil

  1. battery

Romagnol

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Pronunciation

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  • (Central Romagnol): IPA(key): [ˈpiːl]

Noun

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pil m pl (Ravenna, Castel Bolognese)

  1. plural of pél (“hair”)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Unknown. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *pillum (compare piuă, from *pilla), or from Latin pīlum (“spear”).

Noun

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pil n (plural piluri)

  1. (regional) stick, rod; also, a horsewhip

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative pil pilul piluri pilurile
genitive-dative pil pilului piluri pilurilor
vocative pilule pilurilor

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Bavarian pronunciation of German Bild as in German Bildsäule, later reinterpreted, extended and modified in meaning range by clipping of pìlōn.

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pȋl m (Cyrillic spelling пи̑л)

  1. an architectural monument in pillar shape standing apart from other buildings and often of religious significance (stele and statue, ornamented pillar, a pylon in the Egyptian sense, often a kind of chapel that is open-air like a mobile-phone-era payphone called poklónac)
    Hypernym: kȋp

Declension

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Declension of pil
singular plural
nominative pȋl pìlovi
genitive píla pilova
dative pilu pilovima
accusative pil pilove
vocative pilu pilovi
locative pilu pilovima
instrumental pilom pilovima

Slovak

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.

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pil

  1. masculine singular l-participle of piť

Slovene

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.

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pȋł

  1. masculine singular l-participle of píti

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Slavic *pilъ.

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píl

  1. genitive plural/dual of píla

Etymology 3

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From Bavarian pronunciation of German Bild as in Bildsäule.

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pīl m inan

  1. a monument often in pillar shape standing apart from other buildings
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 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. pīl
gen. sing. pīla
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		pīl pīla pīli
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		pīla pīlov pīlov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		pīlu pīloma pīlom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		pīl pīla pīle
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		pīlu pīlih pīlih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		pīlom pīloma pīli

References

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  • “pil”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse píla.

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pil c

  1. an arrow (projectile)
    skjuta en pil
    shoot an arrow
  2. an arrow (symbol)
    Pilen pekar åt vänster
    The arrow is pointing to the left
  3. a dart (used in for example darts)
    kasta pil (singular is idiomatic in "kasta pil")
    throw/play darts
    kasta pil på en karta
    throw darts at a map
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse píli.

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pil c

  1. willow, especially Salix × fragilis (knäckepil)
    Synonym: pilträd
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Declension of pil
nominative genitive
singular indefinite pil pils
definite pilen pilens
plural indefinite pilar pilars
definite pilarna pilarnas
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Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French pile.

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pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)

  1. battery

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Turkmen

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Persian بیل (bêl).

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Noun

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pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)

  1. shovel, spade
Declension
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Declension of pil
singular plural
nominative pil piller
accusative pili pilleri
genitive piliň pilleriň
dative pile pillere
locative pilde pillerde
ablative pilden pillerden

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Persian پیل (pil).

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Noun

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pil (definite accusative pili, plural piller)

  1. elephant
Declension
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Declension of pil
singular plural
nominative pil piller
accusative pili pilleri
genitive piliň pilleriň
dative pile pillere
locative pilde pillerde
ablative pilden pillerden

Further reading

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  • “pil” in Enedilim.com
  • “pil” in Webonary.org

Volapük

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Noun

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pil (nominative plural pils)

  1. eel

Declension

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declension of pil
singular plural
nominative pil pils
genitive pila pilas
dative pile piles
accusative pili pilis
vocative 1 o pil! o pils!
predicative 2 pilu pilus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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Adjective

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pil

  1. clever

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