bilo

See also: biló

English

Noun

bilo (plural bilos)

Half a coconut shell, used in Fiji as a cup for drinking alcohol.

Anagrams

biol, biol., boil, boli, lobi

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɪlo/
Rhymes: -ɪlo
Homophone: bylo

Verb

bilo

neuter singular past participle of bít

Esperanto

Noun

bilo (accusative singular bilon, plural biloj, accusative plural bilojn)

a bill of exchange by which the named person must pay a fixed amount to the person named
a proposed law, bill

Synonyms

ĉeko
kambio

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *bidlo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bîlo/
Hyphenation: bi‧lo

Noun

bȉlo n (Cyrillic spelling би̏ло)

pulse, heartbeat
a shallow-sloped crest (of a mountain)

Declension

Declension of bilo

	singular	plural
nominative	bilo	bila
genitive	bila	bila
dative	bilu	bilima
accusative	bilo	bila
vocative	bilo	bila
locative	bilu	bilima
instrumental	bilom	bilima

References

Gvozden R. Čolović (1969), Vojna topografija, Vojnogeografski institut: Beograd

Etymology 2

From biti (literally “to be”).

Verb

bilo ? (Cyrillic spelling било)

neuter active past participle form of biti

Particle

bilo (Cyrillic spelling било)

generalization particle used before another word to express indifference in regard to choice or to form a disjunctive adverbial; ever, any, whether, no matter (lit. be it this or that)
Reci kad i kamo da dođem i doći ću - bilo kad, bilo gdje! ― Tell me when and where to come and I will - wherever, whenever!

Bilo danas, bilo sutra, u bilo koje doba dana. ― Tomorrow or today, no matter the time of day.

Bilo sutra sunčano ili kišno, moramo počistiti vrt. ― No matter if tomorrow is sunny or rainy, we have to clean up the garden.

Ići ćemo, bilo da ti se to sviđa ili ne! ― We are going, whether you like it or not!

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