piilosilla

Finnish

Alternative forms

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

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

Derived terms
→○ allative piilosille
○ adessive piilosilla
○→ ablative –

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