pilla

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

• Homophones: pillas, pillât

Verb

pilla

1. third-person singular past historic of piller

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpilːɒ]
• Hyphenation: pil‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

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

• pillájú
• pillás
• szempilla

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

	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

Declension of pilla (feminine)

Further reading

• “pilla” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Ingrian

Etymology

Cognates include Finnish pilla and dialectal Estonian pill.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpilːɑ/, [ˈpiɫː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpilːɑ/, [ˈpiɫːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ilː, -ilːɑ
• Hyphenation: pil‧la

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

• pillari
• pillatöö
• pilluri

 

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

• pillen

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): /ˈpiʝa/ [ˈpi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈpiʝa/ [ˈpi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈpiʎa/ [ˈpi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈpiʃa/ [ˈpi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈpiʒa/ [ˈpi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• 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

• “pillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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

	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.

Conjugation of pilla (weak)

Synonyms

• pillra

Related terms

• pill (“finicky or fiddly activity”)
• pille-
• pillig (“finicky, fiddly”)

See also

• fippla (“fiddle”)

References

• pilla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pilla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pilla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Vilamovian

Noun

pilla n

1. penis

Yagara

Noun

pilla

1. creek or gully

References

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