piuă

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pilla, from Latin pīla.

Noun

piuă f (plural pive)

1. a wooden or metal vessel which is used for the grinding of various things; mortar
2. fulling mill
3. (archaic) a primitive type of cannon

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	piuă	piua		pive	pivele
genitive-dative	pive	pivei		pive	pivelor
vocative	piuă, piuo			pivelor

Derived terms

• piuliță

See also

• pisa
• mojar