pei

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

Italian

Contraction

pei

1. contraction of per i

Anagrams

• pie, piè

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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.

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Mota

Noun

pei

1. water

References

• A Dictionary of the Language of Mota, Sugarloaf Island (1896)

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Piamatsina

Noun

pei

1. water

References

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

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Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Noun

pei m (plural peis)

1. (Sursilvan, anatomy) foot

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Sardinian

Alternative forms

• pede

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. leg

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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).

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Vunapu

Noun

pei

1. water

References

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