piru

See also: Piru and pìrú

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Venetian piron, from Greek πιρούνι (piroúni), from Ancient Greek περόνη (perónē, “pin, brooch”).

Noun

pirù m

1. (Luserna) fork

   Synonym: ghèballe

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Finnish

Etymology

Probably a variant of perkele.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiru/, [ˈpiru]
• Rhymes: -iru
• Syllabification^(key): pi‧ru

Noun

piru

1. the Devil, Satan

   Synonym: see thesaurus:Paholainen

2. devil; imp

Declension

Inflection of piru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		piru	pirut
genitive		pirun	pirujen
partitive		pirua	piruja
illative		piruun	piruihin
		singular	plural
nominative		piru	pirut
accusative	nom.	piru	pirut
	gen.	pirun
genitive		pirun	pirujen
partitive		pirua	piruja
inessive		pirussa	piruissa
elative		pirusta	piruista
illative		piruun	piruihin
adessive		pirulla	piruilla
ablative		pirulta	piruilta
allative		pirulle	piruille
essive		piruna	piruina
translative		piruksi	piruiksi
instructive		—	piruin
abessive		pirutta	piruitta
comitative		—	piruineen

Possessive forms of piru (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	piruni	pirumme
2nd person	pirusi	pirunne
3rd person	pirunsa

Derived terms

• piruilla
• pirullinen

Compounds

• pirunnyrkki
• pirunpelto
• pirunpihka
• pirunpolska
• piruparka
• pääpiru
• takapiru

Adverb

piru

1. (vulgar) An intensifier; used in genitive singular form (pirun).

   Se oli pirun hyvää (it was damn good)

Usage notes

Piru is used in the expletive Piru vie!, literally "Devil, take!" but which has a very similar area of usage as hitto.

See also

• pikkupiru
• pääperkele

Anagrams

• puri, rupi

Guaraní

Adjective

piru

1. thin

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic [Term?]. Cognates include Finnish piru.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpiru/, [ˈpiru]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpiru/, [ˈpiru]
• Rhymes: -iru
• Hyphenation: pi‧ru

Noun

piru

1. (vulgar) bastard

Declension

Declension of piru (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	piru	pirut
genitive	pirun	pirruin, piruloin
partitive	pirrua	piruja, piruloja
illative	pirruu	pirrui, piruloihe
inessive	pirus	piruis, pirulois
elative	pirust	piruist, piruloist
allative	pirulle	piruille, piruloille
adessive	pirul	piruil, piruloil
ablative	pirult	piruilt, piruloilt
translative	piruks	piruiks, piruloiks
essive	pirunna, pirruun	piruinna, piruloinna, pirruin, piruloin
exessive1)	pirunt	piruint, piruloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Adverb

piru

1. (vulgar) In the genitive singular, acts as an intensifier: damn

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 410

Japanese

Romanization

piru

1. Rōmaji transcription of ピル

Karelian

Noun

piru

1. devil

Mapudungun

Noun

piru (Raguileo spelling)

1. worm
2. A insect larva.
3. maggot

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Portuguese

Etymology

Variant of peru.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /piˈɾu/

• Hyphenation: pi‧ru

Noun

piru m (plural pirus)

1. (Brazil, informal, vulgar) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

Sicilian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin pirus (“pear tree”) and pirum (“pear”).

Noun

piru m (plural pira)

1. (botany) pear tree
2. pear (fruit)
3. (in the plural) beating

   dari li pira ― to give a beating, to wrestle

Etymology 2

Akin to pirìu. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

piru m needs inflection

1. (games) spinning top

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:strùmmula

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868), “piru”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3103