Translation
ball
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Word origin
From Polish pilka ('ball'), a diminutive of pila. One of the small group of Slavic roots Zamenhof built into the language, alongside words like krom and celo.
- Origin
- Polish
- Root
- pilka
Examples
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The boy threw the ball to his friend.
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We played with a red ball in the garden.
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The dog ran after the ball.
is the ball you play with. The grand dance is a , and football is , a compound the language forms as naturally as English does.
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Word family
Words built on pilko with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- piedpilkonoun
football (the ball; the game)
piedopilko
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 15, lesson 6: pilko, teniso, kondamni and 7 more words.