piilosilla
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Finnish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Adverb[edit]
piilosilla
- (idiomatic) playing hide and seek (practically always used with olla)
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “piilosilla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03