jil

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• IPA^(key): /jəl/

jil (present jil, present participle jillende, past participle gejil)

1. (intransitive) to jeer, to cheer

Inherited from Romani śil, from Sanskrit शीत (śīta), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelt-.

jil (feminine singular jil, masculine plural jiles, feminine plural jiles)

1. cool (temperature)

• “jil” in J. Tineo Rebolledo, A Chipicalli (La Llengua Gitana), Granada: Gómez de la Cruz, 1900, →OCLC, page 54.
• “jil” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio.
• “jil” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.