pei

See also: Pei and Appendix:Variations of "pei"

Languages (15)

Translingual

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Cubeo • Italian • Kembra • Mandarin • Mokilese • Mota • Piamatsina • Pohnpeian • Romansh • Sardinian • Scots • Vunapu • Welsh • Zou

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Translingual

Symbol

pei

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Chichimeca-Jonaz.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Chichimeca-Jonaz terms

Cubeo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈi/

Interjection

pei

1. boom

Synonyms

• paʉ

References

• N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "pei", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
• N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.i/
• Rhymes: -ei
• Hyphenation: pé‧i

Contraction

pei

1. (dated) contraction of per i

Anagrams

• epi-, pie, piè

Kembra

Noun

pei

1. dog

Mandarin

Romanization

pei

1. nonstandard spelling of pēi
2. nonstandard spelling of péi
3. nonstandard spelling of pěi
4. nonstandard spelling of pèi

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mokilese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpei/, [ˈpej]

Verb

pei

1. (intransitive) to fight

References

• Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary‎^[1], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 185
• Harrison, Sheldon P. (1976), Mokilese Reference Grammar‎^[2], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii

Mota

Etymology

From Proto-Torres-Banks *ᵐbei, from Proto-North-Central Vanuatu *bei, from Proto-Oceanic *bei.

Noun

pei

1. fresh water (as opposed to salt water)
2. (by extension) fluid, liquid, liquor
3. (by extension) grease, fat (liquid)
4. pool, stream (body of water)
5. salt water (in canoes, that needs bailing)

   ras o pei ― to bale out the water

6. (traditional) medicine (from enchanted water)

   pei mana ― medicine (literally, “enchanted water”)

7. (figurative) blindness

   Namatana me pei.

   His/her eyes are blind.

   (literally, “have water”)

Verb

pei (transitive peis)

1. to mix water, to add water

   We pei o gea.

   He takes water into his mouth when chewing kava.

2. to pour water into (salt or fresh)

   pei um ― to pour water into the ground oven

3. to pour water on (especially grated coconut)

Derived terms

• matapei (“to be blind”)
• pei lava (“river”)
• pei mana (“medicine”, literally “enchanted water”)
• pei non o mule (“water from a sacred stone used for healing”)
• pei tup (“water running sharply”)
• peimatemate (“poison”)
• peipei (“to pour water on grated coconut to squeeze out juice”)

References

• Codrington, Robert Henry; Palmer, John (1896), “pei”, in A dictionary of the language of Mota, Sugarloaf Island, Banks' Islands, with a short grammar and index‎^[3], London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 116

Piamatsina

Etymology

From Proto-North-Central Vanuatu *bei, from Proto-Oceanic *bei.

Noun

pei

1. water

References

• Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976), page 311

Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛj/
• Rhymes: -ɛj

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

pei (intransitive)

1. to float

Derived terms

• peida
• peidih
• peidihdo
• peipeseng
• wahnpei

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

pei

1. of a cup to be full of kava

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• pai

Verb

pei (intransitive)

1. to weigh down with stones
   1. (cooking) to be covered in hot stones, as in a traditional Pohnpeian method of cooking using an uhmw
2. (nautical) to anchor, to moor
3. (automotive) to park

Derived terms

• peieng

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Classifier

pei

1. A classifier used when counting pieces of coconut husks.

References

• “pei”, in New Pohnpeian-English Online Dictionary‎^[4], Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaiʻi

Romansh

Alternative forms

• pe (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• pè (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin pēs, pedem (“foot”), from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

Noun

pei m (plural peis)

1. (Sursilvan, anatomy) foot

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• pede, pe

Etymology

From Latin pes, pedem. Compare Catalan peu, French pied (foot), Italian piede (foot), Latin pes (foot), Latvian pēda, Lithuanian pėdės, Portuguese pé (foot), Spanish pie (foot).

Noun

pei

1. foot

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʌj/

Noun

pei (plural peis)

1. (Southern Scots) a pea (in Roxburghshire)
2. (Southern Scots) pay (in Selkirkshire)

Usage notes

Often spelt pey (especially for the second definition).

Vunapu

Etymology

From Proto-North-Central Vanuatu *bei, from Proto-Oceanic *bei.

Noun

pei

1. water

References

• Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976), page 311

Welsh

Pei cig

Pei meringue lemon

Etymology

From English pie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pei̯/
• Rhymes: -ei̯

Noun

pei f (plural peis)

1. pie

   Synonym: pastai

Related terms

• mins-pei (“mince pie”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of pei

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pei	bei	mhei	phei

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “pei”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Zou

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *paay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [péi̯]
• Hyphenation: pei

Verb

péi (stem II pe)

1. (intransitive) to go

Derived terms

• hing péi

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pēi̯]
• Hyphenation: pei

Verb

pei (stem II [please provide])

1. (transitive) to rotate

References

• Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, page 90
• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 51