paki

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See also: Paki, pąki, p'aki, and ракӏ

English

Noun

paki (plural pakis)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Paki

Anagrams

Akan

Etymology

Cognate to African Akan apaki.

Noun

paki

  1. (Kromanti spirit possession language) small calabash (gourd)

References

  • 2011, Anne Storch, Secret Manipulations: Language and Context in Africa, →ISBN:

Esperanto

Etymology

pako +‎ -i

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aki
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ki

Verb

paki (present pakas, past pakis, future pakos, conditional pakus, volitive paku)

  1. (transitive) to pack, to wrap (to store in containers, to cover in wrappings)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Estonian

Noun

paki

  1. genitive singular of pakk

Ido

Pronunciation

Noun

paki

  1. plural of pako

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *paki₁ (to clap, to slap, to hit, to beat) (compare with Hawaiian paʻi, Tahitian paʻipaʻi and pāʻi plus Samoan paʻipaʻi), from Proto-Oceanic *baki from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pakpak₁ (to clap, to flap) (compare with Malay papak (clapper), Tagalog pakpák (wing) and palakpák (applause) plus Cebuano pakpák (applause)).[1][2][3] Sense of printing extended from Maori beating of aute fabric from paper mulberry, compare with Hawaiian paʻi on similar analogue from kapa production using the same plant. Doublet of papaki (to slap, to spank) and (to touch, to strike).[3]

Verb

paki

  1. to hit, to smack
  2. to slap, to spank
  3. to clap
  4. to print, to publish
    Synonym:

Noun

paki

  1. print
  2. story, tale, yarn

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 306-7
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “paki.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. 3.0 3.1 Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 272

Further reading

  • paki” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Pipil

Etymology

Compare Classical Nahuatl paqui (to be happy)

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /ˈpaːki/
  • (Witzapan) IPA(key): /ˈpaːɣi/

Verb

pāki

  1. (intransitive) to be happy
    Nipaki ka tikelnamiktuk ne nusiwapiltzinI am happy that you have remembered my daughter
  2. (intransitive) to laugh

Derived terms

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.ki/
  • Rhymes: -aki
  • Syllabification: pa‧ki

Noun

paki f

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaki/
  • Rhymes: -aki
  • Syllabification: pa‧ki

Noun

paki m or f by sense (plural pakis)

  1. (colloquial, Spain) Pakistani
  2. alternative spelling of paqui[1]

Noun

paki ? (plural pakis)

  1. (colloquial, Spain) Paki shop

Adjective

paki m or f (masculine and feminine plural pakis)

  1. alternative spelling of paqui[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Giménez, Paula (2021 July 21) “¿Qué es ser ‘paqui’ y de dónde viene?”, in Filo.news (in Spanish), retrieved 10 December 2023

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Clipping of pakialam.

Pronunciation

Noun

pakí (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜒ)

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of pakialam
    Ano'ng paki mo?
    What's your business ?

Derived terms

Yoruba

Pákí

Pronunciation

Noun

pákí

  1. cassava, manioc
    Synonyms: ẹ̀gẹ́, gbágùúdá, lábíríkánná, ìgbáyẹ̀kẹ̀tẹ̀