"pilu" meaning in Sicilian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpi.lu/ [standard] Forms: pila [plural]
Etymology: From Latin pilus. Etymology templates: {{inh|scn|la|pilus}} Latin pilus Head templates: {{head|scn|nouns|g=m|g2=|head=pilu}} pilu m, {{scn-noun|pil|m|u|a}} pilu m (plural pila)
  1. A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals. Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pilu-scn-noun-4XTMI9wc
  2. (botany, countable) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Tags: countable, masculine
    Sense id: en-pilu-scn-noun-2UHHJbIW Categories (other): Botany Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  3. Any slender, flexible outgrowth, filament, or fiber growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism. Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pilu-scn-noun-x-VCvNQB
  4. (zoology) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth. Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pilu-scn-noun-WRrGDQMZ Categories (other): Zoology Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  5. (vulgar, singular only) Hair of the genitals. Tags: masculine, singular, singular-only, vulgar
    Sense id: en-pilu-scn-noun-3ArsKhPj Categories (other): Sicilian singularia tantum
  6. (vulgar, metonymic, singular only) A sexual partner, especially an occasional and unstable one; the reference is to the area of the genitals, covered with hair (regardless of their actual presence or not). Tags: masculine, singular, singular-only, vulgar
    Sense id: en-pilu-scn-noun-m7S8KcEk Categories (other): Sicilian metonyms, Sicilian singularia tantum, Sicilian entries with incorrect language header, Body parts Disambiguation of Sicilian entries with incorrect language header: 10 20 10 13 10 30 7 Disambiguation of Body parts: 12 22 7 12 11 29 8
  7. (countable) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth. Tags: countable, masculine
    Sense id: en-pilu-scn-noun-lg0nRb4f
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pilami, pilazzu, piliceḍḍu, piloccu, pilu curtu, pilu jancu, pilu longu, pilu nìguru, pilurussu, pilusazzu, pilusu, piluzzu Related terms: capiḍḍi, cchiù pilu pi tutti, circari u pilu nnill'ovu, dipilàrisi, ficcari, fòrfici, jirisinni a pilu, pèttini, rasari, rasolu, scucuzzari, spilari, tagghiari, tira cchiussai nu pilu di sticchiu ca nu carru di voi

Inflected forms

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        [
          "partner",
          "partner"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(vulgar, metonymic, singular only) A sexual partner, especially an occasional and unstable one; the reference is to the area of the genitals, covered with hair (regardless of their actual presence or not)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "singular-only",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sicilian countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hairbreadth",
          "hairbreadth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpi.lu/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pilu"
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: vulgar, metonymic, singular only",
  "path": [
    "pilu"
  ],
  "section": "Sicilian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "pilu",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: vulgar, metonymic, singular only",
  "path": [
    "pilu"
  ],
  "section": "Sicilian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "pilu",
  "trace": ""
}

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