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kiilu
kiilu
Finnish
Noun
kiilu
- (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.
- Erotin pimeästä kaksi kiilua - ne olivat ilveksen silmät.
- (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
- Indicative present connegative form of kiilua.
- Second-person singular imperative present form of kiilua.
- Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of kiilua.