kiilu

Finnish

Etymology

From kiilua (“to glow”).

Noun

kiilu

  1. (rare) A glow (the state of a glowing object).
    Erotin pimeästä kaksi kiilua - ne olivat ilveksen silmät.
    I discerned two glows in the darkness - they were the eyes of a lynx.
  2. (slang) Someone who oversees or supervises (supposedly with a glowing eye), like a police, foreman, teacher etc.

Declension
Inflection of kiilu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative kiilu kiilut
genitive kiilun kiilujen
partitive kiilua kiiluja
illative kiiluun kiiluihin
singular plural
nominative kiilu kiilut
accusative nom. kiilu kiilut
gen. kiilun
genitive kiilun kiilujen
partitive kiilua kiiluja
inessive kiilussa kiiluissa
elative kiilusta kiiluista
illative kiiluun kiiluihin
adessive kiilulla kiiluilla
ablative kiilulta kiiluilta
allative kiilulle kiiluille
essive kiiluna kiiluina
translative kiiluksi kiiluiksi
instructive — kiiluin
abessive kiilutta kiiluitta
comitative — kiiluineen

Synonyms

Verb

kiilu

  1. Indicative present connegative form of kiilua.
  2. Second-person singular imperative present form of kiilua.
  3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of kiilua.

Anagrams
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