Lexeme: pil

Language:
Ukrainian
Meaning:
dust
Cognate Set:
*peu̯H- [Proto-Indo-European]
Romanised orthography:
pil
Native script:
пил
Phonetic:
pɪɫ
Phonemic:
pɪl
URL:
http://sum.in.ua/s/pyl
Notes: Alternative lexemes are 'порох' and 'курява'. The choice is not straightforward. According to a native speaker 'пил' is the most generic and neutral of them and can be used both for 'dust outside' and 'building internal-dust', although it shows some tendency to the meaning 'building internal-dust'. The other words usually refer to 'dust outside' but are slightly expressive.