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Estonian
[edit]Etymology 1
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Noun
[edit]miil (genitive miili, partitive miili)
- mile (unit of measure)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of miil (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | miil | miilid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | miili | ||
| genitive | miilide | ||
| partitive | miili | miile miilisid | |
| illative | miili miilisse |
miilidesse miilesse | |
| inessive | miilis | miilides miiles | |
| elative | miilist | miilidest miilest | |
| allative | miilile | miilidele miilele | |
| adessive | miilil | miilidel miilel | |
| ablative | miililt | miilidelt miilelt | |
| translative | miiliks | miilideks miileks | |
| terminative | miilini | miilideni | |
| essive | miilina | miilidena | |
| abessive | miilita | miilideta | |
| comitative | miiliga | miilidega | |
Derived terms
[edit]Compound words
- inglisemiil (“british mile”)
- maamiil (“land mile”)
- meremiil (“nautical mile”)
- miilijooks (“mile run”)
- miilipikkune (“milelong”)
- miiliralli (“mile rally”)
- miilivõistlus (“mile race”)
- miilmõõt (“nautical measured mile”)
- roomamiil (“Roman mile”)
- ruutmiil (“square mile”)
- venemiil (“russian mile”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Middle Low German mile. Related to German Meiler.
Noun
[edit]miil (genitive miili, partitive miili)
- an earth mound kiln, a clamp (an improvised structure built by covering stacked materials with a layer of earth in order to control the combustion intensity).
Declension
[edit]| Declension of miil (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | miil | miilid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | miili | ||
| genitive | miilide | ||
| partitive | miili | miile miilisid | |
| illative | miili miilisse |
miilidesse miilesse | |
| inessive | miilis | miilides miiles | |
| elative | miilist | miilidest miilest | |
| allative | miilile | miilidele miilele | |
| adessive | miilil | miilidel miilel | |
| ablative | miililt | miilidelt miilelt | |
| translative | miiliks | miilideks miileks | |
| terminative | miilini | miilideni | |
| essive | miilina | miilidena | |
| abessive | miilita | miilideta | |
| comitative | miiliga | miilidega | |
Derived terms
[edit]Compound words
- miiliahi (“charcoalization furnace”)
- miiliauk (“charcoalization kiln”)
- miilihaud (“charcoalization pit/burial”)
- miilikuhi (“pile of charocal”)
- miilikuhjatis (“charocoalization pyre”)
- miilipuu (“lumber for charcoalization”)
- miilipõletaja (“someone whom burns/produces charcoal”)
- miilipõletamine (“to burn/produce charcoal”)
- miilipõleti (“charcoal burning/producing device”)
- miilisüsi (“the resulting charocoal from the charcoalization”)
Suffixed words
Further reading
[edit]- “miil”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- miil in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “miil”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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[edit]Noun
[edit]miil
Synonyms
[edit]- walgul (avoidance language)