зiло пилует

English translation: (singer is) much in a hurry

03:50 Feb 7, 2012
Ukrainian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History / (local dialectal expression, Galicia 1850s)
Ukrainian term or phrase: зiло пилует
From the same extract of an 1850s account of someone visiting a church (and generally saying negative things, in this case about the cantor singing):

"... Пiвец бо ... то зiло пилует, то вышемирно протягает ..."
Andrew Sabak
United States
Local time: 06:26
English translation:(singer is) much in a hurry
Explanation:
http://www.hrinchenko.com/slovar/znachenie-slova/38447-pyluv...

пилувати - to hasten, to fall in a hurry...
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Vassyl Trylis
Local time: 13:26
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(singer is) much in a hurry


Explanation:
http://www.hrinchenko.com/slovar/znachenie-slova/38447-pyluv...

пилувати - to hasten, to fall in a hurry...

Vassyl Trylis
Local time: 13:26
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