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-Piga filimbi is the Abaluhya word for the English word whistle.
The Luhya word for the English word whistle is "filimbi."
The 't' is silent.
A whistle is "un sifflet" in French, to whistle (verb) is "siffler"
Whistle has two syllables.
The word whistle has two syllables. The syllables in the word are whist-le.
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ホイッスル (hoissuru) means "whistle" in Japanese.
He blew a whistle to signal the start of the race.
Yes, the word "whistle" is an onomatopoeia because it imitates the sound that it describes.
This depends on how you pronounce whistle. The way I pronounce whistle there is no schwa. But some people may pronounce the -i- as a schwa.
He liked to whistle as he walked.The whistle signalled the end of the match.