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bil.

buttock (each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum and the top of the legs)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɪl/
  1. buttock (each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum and the top of the legs)

    feminine
  2. buttocks, backside, posterior

    Suriname · feminine · metonymically
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch bille, from a Proto-Germanic *balliją n, derived from *balluz (“ball”). Cognate with Old High German arsbelli, Middle High German arsbelle, Middle Low German bille (also with -e- in ārsbelle), modern Low German Bill(e), West Frisian bil. The last two mean mostly “fleshy part of the thigh” (compare the same sense also in Low German Bolle(n), regional German Bollen). The raising e > i is considered Ingvaeonic by Philippa.

noun/bɪl/
  1. a hammer-like double-edged tool used by stonecutters and millers

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bíþla- (“axe”), instrumental noun from *bītaną (“to bite”). However, compare *bilją (“blade, axe”), which could have influenced its development.

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