/ˈpilkːu/, [ˈpilkːu]
Alkuperäpilkka (“mark”) + -u; first adopted to mean “comma” by Finnish physician and translator Erik Alexander Ingman in 1844.
- spot, dot (small spot or mark)
- comma (punctuation mark ,)
- dot (symbol , used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part)
- prime (symbol ′, as in x′)
- colloquialpenalty mark; thence: penalty kick, penalty shot
- colloquiallast call
“Eikö täällä enää saa bailata aamuun asti? / Onko pilkku annettu meille salakavalasti?” — Are we no longer allowed to party until morning? / Has the last call been given without forewarning?
- slanghashish (cannabis extract)
Muodotpilkku(nominative, singular) · pilkut(nominative, plural) · pilkku(accusative, nominative, singular) · pilkut(accusative, nominative, plural) · pilkun(accusative, genitive, singular) · pilkut(accusative, genitive, plural) · pilkun(genitive, singular) · pilkkujen(genitive, plural) · pilkkua(partitive, singular) · pilkkuja(partitive, plural) · pilkussa(inessive, singular) · pilkuissa(inessive, plural) · pilkusta(elative, singular) · pilkuista(elative, plural) · pilkkuun(illative, singular) · pilkkuihin(illative, plural) · pilkulla(adessive, singular) · pilkuilla(adessive, plural) · pilkulta(ablative, singular) · pilkuilta(ablative, plural)