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pete

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pete"

English

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Noun

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pete (plural petes)

  1. (slang) Alternative form of peter (“a safe”).
    • 1929, Outlook and Independent, volume 152, page 640:
      He was on his way to Tyrone, where he intended to blow a “pete” in a general merchandise store […]
    • 1933, Goat Laven, Rough Stuff: The Life Story of a Gangster, page 34:
      He told us that at one time he could blow a pete at one shot and never fail.

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Galician

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Verb

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pete

  1. inflection of petar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French péter.

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Verb

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pete

  1. (transitive) to break
  2. (transitive) to flatter, to fool
  3. (intransitive) to burst, explode, break
  4. (intransitive) to start (doing something)
  5. (intransitive) to fart
    Synonym: pèpèt

References

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  • Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 147

Hungarian

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Etymology

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First attested in 1778. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from the proper noun Pete, the diminutive form of the male given name Péter.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛtɛ]
  • Hyphenation: pe‧te
  • Rhymes: -tɛ

Noun

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pete (plural peték)

  1. (cytology) ovum

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative pete peték
accusative petét petéket
dative petének petéknek
instrumental petével petékkel
causal-final petéért petékért
translative petévé petékké
terminative petéig petékig
essive-formal peteként petékként
essive-modal — —
inessive petében petékben
superessive petén petéken
adessive peténél petéknél
illative petébe petékbe
sublative petére petékre
allative petéhez petékhez
elative petéből petékből
delative petéről petékről
ablative petétől petéktől
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		petéé petéké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		petééi petékéi
Possessive forms of pete
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. petém petéim
2nd person sing. petéd petéid
3rd person sing. petéje petéi
1st person plural peténk petéink
2nd person plural petétek petéitek
3rd person plural petéjük petéik

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Compound words

References

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  1. ^ pete in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

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  • pete in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Latin

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Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɛ.tɛ]

Verb

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pete

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of petō

Middle English

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Adjective

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pete

  1. alternative form of pety

Murui Huitoto

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Spanish patear.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛtɛ]
  • Hyphenation: pe‧te

Verb

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pete

  1. (transitive) to kick

Conjugation

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Conjugation of pete
Nonfuture indicative Future indicative
affirmative negative affirmative negative
m f m f m f m f
1st sg petɨkue peñedɨkue 1st sg peitɨkue peñeitɨkue
2nd sg peto peñedo 2nd sg peito peñeito
3rd sg anim1) petɨmɨe petɨñaiño peñedɨmɨe peñedɨñaiño 3rd sg anim1) peitɨmɨe peitɨñaiño peñeitɨmɨe peñeitɨñaiño
1st du petɨkoko petɨkaɨñaɨ peñedɨkoko peñedɨkaɨñaɨ 1st du peitɨkoko peitɨkaɨñaɨ peñeitɨkoko peñeitɨkaɨñaɨ
2nd du petomɨko petomɨñoɨ peñedomɨko peñedomɨñoɨ 2nd du peitomɨko peitomɨñoɨ peñeitomɨko peñeitomɨñoɨ
3rd du anim1) petaɨmaiaɨ petaɨñuaɨ peñedaɨmaiaɨ peñedaɨñuaɨ 3rd du anim1) peitaɨmaiaɨ peitaɨñuaɨ peñeitaɨmaiaɨ peñeitaɨñuaɨ
1st pl petɨkaɨ peñedɨkaɨ 1st pl peitɨkaɨ peñeitɨkaɨ
2nd pl petomoɨ peñedomoɨ 2nd pl peitomoɨ peñeitomoɨ
3rd pl anim1) petɨmakɨ peñedɨmakɨ 3rd pl anim1) peitɨmakɨ peñeitɨmakɨ
3rd neut pete peñede 3rd neut peite peñeite
Imperative Apprehensive Future event Passive Negative passive Overlap
simple immediate prohibitive nonfuture future nonfuture future
pe!
peno! 		penokai! peñeno! peiza! peye pega peyɨ peñega peñeyɨ pekana
Conditional
real hypothetical immediate negative
peia pena pekaina peñenia

1) The animate 3rd person inflections are only used when the animacy of the subject needs to be emphasised. Otherwise, the neutral 3rd singular is used.
*) Same-time forms may be formed from any indicative form by adding the ending -mo directly to the inflected form.
**) The evidentiality markers -dɨ, -za and -ta may be added to any indicative form.

References

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  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017), A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 77

Pali

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Noun

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pete

  1. inflection of peta (“ghost”):
    1. locative singular
    2. accusative plural

Romanian

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Noun

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pete f

  1. inflection of pată:
    1. indefinite genitive/dative singular
    2. indefinite nominative/accusative/genitive/dative plural

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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pete (Cyrillic spelling пете)

  1. inflection of peta:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Verb

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pete (Cyrillic spelling пете)

  1. (Kajkavian) second-person plural future of iti

Slovene

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Noun

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pete

  1. inflection of peta:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpete/ [ˈpe.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ete
  • Syllabification: pe‧te

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Lunfardo chupete (“pacifier”).

Noun

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pete m (plural petes)

  1. (Latin America, slang) blowjob
    Synonym: mamada

Etymology 2

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Clipping of chupete (“pacifier”).

Noun

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pete m (plural petes)

  1. (Latin America, childish) binky, pacifier

Etymology 3

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Noun

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pete m (plural petes)

  1. (Argentina, slang) noob, unskilled player

Etymology 4

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Verb

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pete

  1. inflection of petar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Swahili

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

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Noun

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pete class IX (plural pete class X)

  1. ring

Ternate

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Noun

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pete

  1. eye mucus, sleep, gound, rheum

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Yoruba

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Etymology

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From pa (“to tell”) +‎ ète (“strategy”).

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Verb

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pète

  1. to scheme, to plot
  2. to intend

Derived terms

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