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English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Hebrew פֵּא (), from Proto-Semitic *pay- (mouth). Doublet of pi.

Noun

pe

  1. The seventeenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew פ, Syriac ܦ, and others; Arabic has the analog faa).
Translations

See also

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

pe (plural pes)

  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter П / п.

Anagrams

Abinomn

Noun

pe

  1. pig

Ainu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

pe (Kana spelling )

  1. (only in compounds) thing, article
    arawanseven
    arawanpeseven things
    wenbad
    wenpebad thing
Alternative forms
  • (apocopic) p

Etymology 2

Noun

pe (Kana spelling )

  1. water, especially in reference to a water body
  2. liquid
  3. juice
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • pet (river)

See also

  • wakka (drinkable water)

Albanian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

pe m (plural penj, definite peri, definite plural penjtë)

  1. thread
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Preposition

pe

  1. Dialectal form of prej

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 313
  2. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 218

Annobonese

Etymology

From Sãotomense pe (father), from Portuguese pai (father).

Noun

pe

  1. father

References

  • John H. McWhorter (2005) Defining Creole (in Annobonese)

Basque

Pronunciation

Noun

pe inan

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter P/p.

Declension

See also

Breton

Conjunction

pe

  1. or

Adjective

pe (interrogative adjective)

  1. which, what

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -e

Noun

pe f (plural pes)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter P/p.
  2. the Hebrew letter פ (final form ף)

Chrau

Numeral

pe

  1. three

Dorig

Pronunciation

Noun

pe

  1. water

References

Fala

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpe/
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: pe

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese pee, from Latin pedem.

Noun

pe m (plural pes)

  1. foot

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese pez, from Latin picem.

Noun

pe f (uncountable)

  1. pitch, tar

Etymology 3

Probably borrowed from Spanish pez.

Alternative forms

Noun

pe m (plural pecis)

  1. (Valverdeñu) fish

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Faroese

Noun

pe n (genitive singular pes, plural pe)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter P/p.

Declension

Declension of pe
n4 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pe peið pe peini
accusative pe peið pe peini
dative pe, pei penum peum peunum
genitive pes pesins pea peanna

See also

Finnish

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of perjantai.

Pronunciation

As perjantai.

Noun

pe

  1. Abbreviation of perjantai (Friday).

Etymology 2

From Biblical Hebrew פֵּא ().

Pronunciation

Noun

pe

  1. pe (seventeenth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)
Declension
Inflection of pe (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative pe pet
genitive pen peiden
peitten
partitive petä peitä
illative pehen peihin
singular plural
nominative pe pet
accusative nom. pe pet
gen. pen
genitive pen peiden
peitten
partitive petä peitä
inessive pessä peissä
elative pestä peistä
illative pehen peihin
adessive pellä peillä
ablative peltä peiltä
allative pelle peille
essive penä peinä
translative peksi peiksi
abessive pettä peittä
instructive pein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of pe (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative peni peni
accusative nom. peni peni
gen. peni
genitive peni peideni
peitteni
partitive petäni peitäni
inessive pessäni peissäni
elative pestäni peistäni
illative peheni peihini
adessive pelläni peilläni
ablative peltäni peiltäni
allative pelleni peilleni
essive penäni peinäni
translative pekseni peikseni
abessive pettäni peittäni
instructive
comitative peineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative pesi pesi
accusative nom. pesi pesi
gen. pesi
genitive pesi peidesi
peittesi
partitive petäsi peitäsi
inessive pessäsi peissäsi
elative pestäsi peistäsi
illative pehesi peihisi
adessive pelläsi peilläsi
ablative peltäsi peiltäsi
allative pellesi peillesi
essive penäsi peinäsi
translative peksesi peiksesi
abessive pettäsi peittäsi
instructive
comitative peinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative pemme pemme
accusative nom. pemme pemme
gen. pemme
genitive pemme peidemme
peittemme
partitive petämme peitämme
inessive pessämme peissämme
elative pestämme peistämme
illative pehemme peihimme
adessive pellämme peillämme
ablative peltämme peiltämme
allative pellemme peillemme
essive penämme peinämme
translative peksemme peiksemme
abessive pettämme peittämme
instructive
comitative peinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative penne penne
accusative nom. penne penne
gen. penne
genitive penne peidenne
peittenne
partitive petänne peitänne
inessive pessänne peissänne
elative pestänne peistänne
illative pehenne peihinne
adessive pellänne peillänne
ablative peltänne peiltänne
allative pellenne peillenne
essive penänne peinänne
translative peksenne peiksenne
abessive pettänne peittänne
instructive
comitative peinenne

Guaraní

Determiner

pe

  1. that (near addressee)

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology 1

From Portuguese .

Noun

pe

  1. foot

Etymology 2

From Portuguese perna.

Noun

pe

  1. leg

Etymology 3

From Portuguese pau.

Noun

pe

  1. tree

Ido

Etymology

From p +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

Noun

pe (plural pe-i)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter P/p.

See also

Japanese

Romanization

pe

  1. The hiragana syllable (pe) or the katakana syllable (pe) in Hepburn romanization.

Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih, from Proto-Austronesian *paʀiS.

Noun

(Javanese script ꦥꦺ)

  1. ray (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*paRiS”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

 f (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter P/p.

Coordinate terms

References

  • pe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin per, from Proto-Indo-European *peri, derived from the root *per- (to go over).

Pronunciation

Preposition

pe

  1. for
  2. to
  3. through
  4. in or on
  5. by
  6. with
  7. as
pe + article Combined form
pe + o pe-o
pe + a pe-a
pe + i pe-i
pe + e pe-e

Lote

Conjunction

pe

  1. and

References

Mandarin

Romanization

pe

  1. Nonstandard spelling of .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of pê̄.

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.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

Contraction of ape, from French après. Compare Haitian Creole ap.

Pronunciation

Verb

pe (medial form pe)

  1. (auxiliary) Used to indicate present progressive tense or the continuous tense in general.

Mbiywom

Noun

pe

  1. liver

References

  • Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 411

Mbyá Guaraní

Postposition

pe

  1. to, for (indicates a dative object)
  2. indicates a causative object
    Ajapo uka mbojape xevy pe ha'i pe.
    I had my mother make me bread.

Mezquital Otomi

Noun

pe

  1. biznaga, barrel cactus.

Middle English

Noun

pe

  1. Alternative form of po

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin per.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

pe

  1. for

Nheengatu

Etymology

From Old Tupi pe.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pe
  • Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

pe

  1. (second-class) second-person plural personal pronoun (you, your)
    Pe akanhemu peikú nhaãsé pe kirá peikú.
    You are scared because you are fat.
    Aintá uputari upitá pe irũmu.
    They want to stay with you.
    Pe manha uwiké uka pisasú upé.
    Your mother enters the new house.

Usage notes

  • As a second-class pronoun, pe is used as the subject of a sentence when its verb is a second-class one (those verbs are sometimes referred to as adjectives). The personal pronoun pe is also used when governed by any postposition with the exception of arama and supé. Finally, pe is used as a possessive pronoun as well.

See also

Nheengatu personal pronouns
singular first-class pronoun second-class pronoun
first-person ixé se
second-person indé ne
third-person i
plural first-class pronoun second-class pronoun
first-person yandé yané
second-person penhẽ pe
third-person aintá (or ) aintá (or )

References

Occitan

Noun

pe f (plural pes)

  1. pee (the letter p, P)

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin pedem, accusative of pes. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French pié.

Noun

pe m (oblique plural pes, nominative singular pes, nominative plural pe)

  1. foot (anatomy)

Descendants

  • Occitan:

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

Pronoun

pe (2nd class, 2nd person plural, dative peẽmepeẽmo, 1st class equivalent peẽ)

  1. (with 2nd or 3rd person object) you
    Coordinate term: (with 1st person object) peîepé
  2. (with 2nd or 3rd person subject) objective of peẽ
    Coordinate term: (with 1st person subject) opo-
  3. your

See also

References

Pacoh

Pacoh cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : pe
    Ordinal : ape

Etymology

From Proto-Katuic *pɛɛ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *piʔ.

Pronunciation

Numeral

pe

  1. three

Pali

Particle

pe

  1. Abbreviation of peyyāla.

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin per, with meaning influenced by super.

Pronunciation

Preposition

pe (+accusative)

  1. on
    cartea este pe masă
    The book is on the table.
  2. on (some time during the day of)
    A plecat spre Europa acum o săptămână, mai exact, pe zece mai.
    He left for Europe a week ago, that is, on the tenth of May.
  3. (no lexical meaning) used to indicate direct object in some cases
    O aștept pe mama.
    I'm waiting on/for mom.
  4. through an opening
    a îi ieși (cuiva) pe gură
    (of words) to come out (one’s) mouth
    a sări pe geam/fereastrăto jump out the window
  5. (with spatial prepositions or adverbs) approximately, thereabouts
    L-am văzut prima oară pe undeva pe aici.
    I first saw it somewhere around here.
    Hotelul e pe lângă gară.
    The hotel is somewhere near the station.

Usage notes

Pe takes the accusative case of nouns and is used as the marker for the direct object when said object is:

  • a proper noun; the name of a person or animal
  • a common noun referring to a specific person, generally known to both the speaker and listener
  • a common noun acting as a metaphor for a person
  • a common noun in a construction in which the subject and the direct object are the same noun and they precede the predicate

Pe is not used when the direct object is:

  • a common noun designating inanimate objects or animals
  • a common noun referring to an unspecified person

References

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

pe m (plural pes or peis)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, anatomy) foot

Usage notes

In Rumantsch Grischun and Sutsilvan, the plural is pes. In Surmiran, however, it is peis.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpe/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Syllabification: pe

Noun

pe f (plural pes)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter P/p.

Derived terms

Further reading

Sranan Tongo

Adverb

pe

  1. (interrogative) where
  2. (relative) where

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pe, the Spanish name of the letter P/p.

Pronunciation

Noun

pe (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒ)

  1. (historical) the name of the Latin-script letter P/p, in the Abecedario
    Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) pi, (in the Abakada alphabet) pa

Tocharian A

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Compare the nominative/accusative dual form, peṃ, presumably from Proto-Tocharian *peine du (whence also Tocharian B paine), from an earlier *pei, from the Proto-Indo-European *pódh₁e du, from *pṓds. It is from this dual form in Proto-Tocharian that the singular forms have probably been analogically built. Compare Tocharian B paiyye.[1]

Noun

pe m

  1. foot

References

Tol

Pronunciation

Noun

pe

  1. stone, rock

References

  • Dennis, Ronald K., Dennis, Margaret Royce de (1983) Diccionario Tol (Jicaque)-Español y Español-Tol (Jicaque) (in Spanish), Tegucigalpa: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 28

Turkish

Noun

pe (definite accusative peyi, plural peler)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter P/p.

See also

Turkmen

Noun

pe (definite accusative , plural )

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter P/p.

Welsh

Etymology

From earlier bei (now bai), third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of bod.[1]

The alternative form ped (whence counterfactual forms of bod such as petaswn and taswn) is perhaps from addition of the affirmative particle yd (compare nad and nid).[1]

Pronunciation

Conjunction

pe

  1. if (used with counterfactual conditionals, i.e., those that are impossible or considered very unlikely)
    Pe bawn i'n gyfoethog, teithiwn i o gwmpas y byd.
    If I were rich, I would travel around the world.

Usage notes

In the literary language, bod (to be) has special counterfactual forms that undergo univerbation with pe: petaswn (if I had been), petawn (if I were) etc. (see the conjugation table for all the forms).

In the colloquial language, the counterfactual forms taswn/bawn/tawn are written separately from pe, and pe can be omitted before them:

  • (pe) taswn i’n ennill y loteriif I were to win the lottery

See also

  • os (used with factual conditionals)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pe”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Makian

Pronunciation

Preposition

pe

  1. with, using
    natala pe peda da langalongi ne(you) cut this rope with a machete
    yakor te pe sosodikstir the tea with a spoon
  2. (directional) to
    iwako pe de maihe threw a stone at me (literally, “he threw to me (a) stone”)

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to call, to pronounce, to summon, to invoke (an orisha)
    Synonym:
  2. (transitive) to tag someone or something
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to assemble, to congregate
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

  1. to be correct, to be complete in degree or quantity
  2. to be enough
  3. (idiomatic) to be sane, to be intelligent, to be sharp (of the mind); (literally - "to have a complete or correct mind")
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Verb

  1. to say something
    Synonym:
Usage notes
  • An overlaid function for the conjunction (Etymology 5) whenever a verb of utterance is missing, it is always followed by .

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Conjunction

  1. that
Usage notes
  • In modern linguistics, the term has also been categorized as a complementizer
Synonyms
Yoruba Varieties and Languages - (that, conj.)
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Proto-Itsekiri-SEYSoutheast YorubaÌjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdefọ
Ìkòròdúfọ
Ṣágámùfọ
Ẹ̀pẹ́fọ
Ìkálẹ̀Òkìtìpupafi
ÌlàjẹMahin
ÌtsẹkírìÌwẹrẹgín
Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìfọ̀
Àkúrẹ́fọ̀
Ọ̀tùn Èkìtìfọ̀
Northwest YorubaÀwórìÈbúté Mẹ́tà
ÈkóÈkó
ÌbàdànÌbàdàn
ÌlọrinÌlọrin
OǹkóÌtẹ̀síwájú LGA
Ìwàjówà LGA
Kájọlà LGA
Ìsẹ́yìn LGA
Ṣakí West LGA
Atisbo LGA
Ọlọ́runṣògo LGA
Ọ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́
Standard YorùbáNàìjíríà
Bɛ̀nɛ̀
Northeast Yoruba/OkunOwéKabbahi
Ede Languages/Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀Akpáré
Atakpamé
Tchetti

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

Verb

  1. to become rewarding or profitable for someone
    ọjà náà mi dáadáaThe market goods were very profitable for me

Zou

Pronunciation

Verb

pe

  1. (intransitive) to kick

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40