bilo

bilo (plural bilos)

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

• biol, biol., boil, boli, lobi

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

bilo

1. neuter singular past participle of bít

• IPA^(key): /ˈbilo/
• Hyphenation: bi‧lo
• Rhymes: -ilo

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

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

• ĉeko
• kambio

ReVo:bil

From Proto-Slavic *bidlo

• IPA^(key): /bîlo/
• Hyphenation: bi‧lo

bȉlo n (Cyrillic spelling би̏ло)

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

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

From biti (literally “to be”).

bilo ? (Cyrillic spelling било)

1. neuter active past participle of biti

bilo (Cyrillic spelling било)

1. 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!