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pei

See also: Pei and Appendix:Variations of "pei"
Languages (14)
Translingual
Cubeo • Italian • Kembra • Mandarin • Mokilese • Mota • Piamatsina • Romansh • Sardinian • Scots • Vunapu • Welsh • Zou
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Translingual

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pei

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

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Cubeo

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Pronunciation

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Interjection

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pei

  1. boom

Synonyms

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References

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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

Contraction

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pei

  1. (dated) contraction of per i

Anagrams

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Kembra

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Noun

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pei

  1. dog

Mandarin

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Romanization

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pei

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

Usage notes

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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pei

  1. (intransitive) to fight

References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *bei.

Noun

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pei

  1. water

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

Piamatsina

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *bei.

Noun

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pei

  1. water

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

Romansh

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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pei m (plural peis)

  1. (Sursilvan, anatomy) foot

Sardinian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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pei

  1. foot

Scots

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pei (plural peis)

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

Usage notes

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Often spelt pey (especially for the second definition).

Vunapu

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *bei.

Noun

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pei

  1. water

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

Welsh

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Pei cig
 
Pei meringue lemon

Etymology

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From English pie.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pei f (plural peis)

  1. pie
    Synonym: pastai
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Mutation

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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

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  • 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

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *paay.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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péi (stem II pe)

  1. (intransitive) to go
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Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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pei (stem II [please provide])

  1. (transitive) to rotate

References

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  • 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
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