kiil

See also: kiil'

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kiili, borrowed from Baltic, compare Lithuanian gylỹs (botfly, gadfly). kiin (botfly) is a parallel variant of the stem. Cognate with Finnish kiiliäinen (botfly), Ingrian kiiliäin (horsefly, botfly).

Noun

kiil (genitive kiili, partitive kiili)

  1. dragonfly
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German kīl, or possibly earlier Germanic language. Compare Finnish kiila.

Noun

kiil (genitive kiilu, partitive kiilu)

  1. wedge
  2. (rhetoric) parenthesis
Inflection
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Middle Low German kēl, kil or German Kiel.

Noun

kiil (genitive kiilu, partitive kiilu)

  1. (nautical) keel (of a ship)
Inflection

Further reading

  • M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), kiil”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)
  • kiil in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN

Ngiyambaa

Etymology

Compare Gamilaraay giili, Wiradjuri geel.

Noun

kiil

  1. urine
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