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語源

From 古期英語 pyle, pylu, from Proto-West Germanic *pulwī, from Latin pulvīnus.

発音

• IPA: /ˈpilwə/, /ˈpilɔu̯/, /ˈpiluː/, /ˈpɛl-/
• IPA: /ˈpiliu̯/, /ˈpɛl-/ (especially Kent, Southern, South Midland)

名詞

pilwe (plural pilwes)

1. A soft stuffed bag; a cushion or pillow.
   • 1395, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales:

     To visite this Damyan goth May
     And subtilly this lettre doun she threste
     Vnder his pilwe.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (rare) A pad; a piece of cushioning.
3. (rare) A supporting piece of metal.

派生語

• *pilwebere
  • English: pillowber
    • → Irish: piliúr, peiliúr
  • Scots: pillaebeir

派生した語

• English: pillow
  • → Maori: pera
• Scots: pillae

参照

• “pilwe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 September 2019.