pieli

From Proto-Finnic *peeli, from Proto-Uralic *päle (“side”). Cognates include Estonian peel, Erzya пель (peľ), Moksha пяль (päľ) and Hungarian fél.[1] Compare also Hungarian ajtófél, its second element of which might originate from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pele, *pēle (“column, stang”)[2] (if not the same as the aforementioned root).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpie̯li/, [ˈpie̞̯li]
• Rhymes: -ieli
• Syllabification^(key): pie‧li

pieli

1. jamb, post; doorjamb, doorpost (vertical component forming the sides of a door frame, window frame or other opening in a wall)
2. gatepost
3. (in compounds) side

   tien pieli ― roadside

4. (nautical, archaic) mast
5. (heraldry) tierce, side (on the dextral side unless otherwise specified)

• (doorpost): ovenpieli
• (side of a window): ikkunanpieli
• (gatepost): portinpieli
• (side): reuna, sivu, laita, syrjä
• (mast): masto; purjepuu (archaic)

• kamana
• karmi
• kynnys

• pielus

• “pieli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• peili, piile

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjɛ.li/
• Rhymes: -ɛli
• Syllabification: pie‧li

pieli

1. third-person singular present indicative of pielić