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Basbala pilko

Futbala pilko (piedpilko)

Borrowed from Polish piłka, from Latin pila, likely from pilus (“hair”), originally meaning "bundle of hair". Compare Yiddish פּילקע (pilke).

• IPA(key): /ˈpilko/
• Rhymes: -ilko
• Syllabification: pil‧ko

pilko (accusative singular pilkon, plural pilkoj, accusative plural pilkojn)

1. ball (typically spherical object used for playing games)

• pilkejo (“ballpark”)
• pilkoĵetilo (“racquet”) (rare)
• fajropilko (“fireball”)
• globo (“globe”)
• sfero (“sphere”)
• “pilko”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “pilko”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

pilko

1. inflection of pilkkoa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• ploki, polki

pi̇̀lko

1. genitive masculine singular of pilkas

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pilko m

1. look, glance, view
2. insight, thought

• aṅkaiṃ-pilko
• pilkoṣṣe