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noun [M] Masculine kopilu копілу (in Ukraine)
[ko̞pʲɪɫ̪u] 
child
(generic)
 Rumyrian
 ⤷ 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
Derived from:
kopilubastard (illegitimate chi...)N
Derivatives of this word (1):
kupilašuinfant N
↺ 13 August 2022, 13:16

Synonyms (1)? Based on the same wordlink. Showing max of 5.
 child (generic)nounkupilašu
Homonyms (1)? Based on identical spelling. Showing max of 5.
 bastard (illegitimate child)nounkopilu
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