Rumyrian Word summary
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noun
[M] Masculine
kopilu
копілу (in Ukraine)
[ko̞pʲɪɫ̪u]
child (generic)
[ko̞pʲɪɫ̪u]
child (generic)
Rumyrian
⤷ Not dialect specific Source Language: Proto-Romanian, borrowed from Old Slavic
⤷ Not dialect specific Source Language: Proto-Romanian, borrowed from Old Slavic
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Slavic *kopylъ. lternatively an old ultimately paleo-Balkan substrate word
Compare Daco-Romanian copil, Aromanian cochil(u), Megleno-Romanian copil Notes
Means "child" in Southern dialects (in Hungary and Slovakia) and "bastard" in Northern dialects (in Poland and Ukraine)
Southern dialects:
spuru - "bastard"
uarfăru - "orphan"
kopilu - "child"
kupilašu - "toddler" or "infant"
prunku - "infant" or unused
Northern dialects:
spuru - "orphan"
uarfăru - "wretch"
kopilu - "bastard"
kupilašu - "child"
prunku - "infant"
Def.: kopilulu
Pl.: kopiľi
Pl. def.: kopiľiľi
Probably from Proto-Slavic *kopylъ. lternatively an old ultimately paleo-Balkan substrate word
Compare Daco-Romanian copil, Aromanian cochil(u), Megleno-Romanian copil Notes
Means "child" in Southern dialects (in Hungary and Slovakia) and "bastard" in Northern dialects (in Poland and Ukraine)
Southern dialects:
spuru - "bastard"
uarfăru - "orphan"
kopilu - "child"
kupilašu - "toddler" or "infant"
prunku - "infant" or unused
Northern dialects:
spuru - "orphan"
uarfăru - "wretch"
kopilu - "bastard"
kupilašu - "child"
prunku - "infant"
Def.: kopilulu
Pl.: kopiľi
Pl. def.: kopiľiľi
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Conlang translations
Natural translations
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German (Deutsch)Kind
French (Français)enfant
Portuguese (Português)criança
Silesian (Ślůnski)bajtel