piilosilla

Finnish

Alternative forms

piilosta

Etymology

The adessive plural of piilo (“hiding place, hideaway”) with the interfix -si-. Equivalent to the adessive plural of piilo +‎ -nen (which does not exist as an independent noun, but does have a partitive singular form piilosta).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpiːlosilːɑ/, [ˈpiːlo̞ˌs̠ilːɑ]
Rhymes: -ilːɑ
Syllabification^(key): pii‧lo‧sil‧la

Adverb

piilosilla

(idiomatic) playing hide and seek (practically always used with olla)

Derived terms

→○	allative	piilosille
○	adessive	piilosilla
○→	ablative	–

Anagrams

poliisilla

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