peni

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• pãni, pãne

Etymology 1

From Latin pānis, pānem. Cognate with Romanian pâine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ni/

Noun

peni f (plural penj, definite articulation penia)

1. bread

Etymology 2

Noun

peni f pl

1. plural of piane.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

peni

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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eni
• Hyphenation: pe‧ni

Verb

peni (present penas, past penis, future penos, conditional penus, volitive penu)

1. (intransitive) to endeavour, to make an effort, to try
   • 1932, William Sol Benson, Universala esperanto metodo de doktoro Benson, page 107:

     La homo penis kapti la rampobestojn, kiujn li liberigis, sed liaj penoj estis vanaj.

     The person tried to catch the reptile that he freed, but his efforts were in vain.

Conjugation

Conjugation of peni present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense penas penis penos active participle penanta penantaj peninta penintaj penonta penontaj acc. penantan penantajn penintan penintajn penontan penontajn nominal active participle penanto penantoj peninto penintoj penonto penontoj acc. penanton penantojn peninton penintojn penonton penontojn adverbial active participle penante peninte penonte infinitive peni imperative penu conditional penus

See also

• juĝi (“to put on trial, try”)
• provi (“to test, attempt, try”)

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *peni. Cognate with Finnish peni, Northern Sami beana, Erzya пине (pińe). Compare with Komi-Permyak and Komi-Zyrian пон, Inari Sami peenuv, Udmurt пуны, Eastern Mari пий.

Noun

peni (genitive peni, partitive peni)

1. (archaic or dialectal) dog, hound

   Synonym: koer

Inflection

Derived terms

• Suur Peni

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *peni, from Proto-Uralic *penä. Cognate with Estonian peni, Northern Sami beana, Erzya пине (pińe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeni/,
• Rhymes: -eni
• Syllabification^(key): pe‧ni

Noun

peni (archaic)

1. dog

   Synonym: koira

Usage notes

Although no longer used in modern Finnish in its original sense, the word remains a popular dog's name.

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “peni”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• pien, pien-

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ni/
• Rhymes: -ɛni
• Hyphenation: pè‧ni

Noun

peni m pl

1. plural of pene

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ni/
• Rhymes: -eni
• Hyphenation: pé‧ni

Verb

peni

1. inflection of penare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• pine

Latin

Noun

pēnī m

1. dative singular of pēnis

Latvian

Noun

peni m

1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular of penis

Middle English

Noun

peni

1. Alternative form of peny

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

peni (Cyrillic spelling пени)

1. inflection of peniti:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English penny.

Noun

peni (ma class, plural mapeni)

1. penny (1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound)
2. (uncommon) 10-cent coin

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pen.

Noun

peni (n class, plural peni)

1. pen

   Synonym: kalamu

References

Volapük

Noun

peni

1. accusative singular of pen

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *peni.

Pronunciation

• (Jõgõperä) IPA^(key): /ˈpeni/,
• Rhymes: -eni
• Hyphenation: pe‧ni

Noun

peni

1. (Jõgõperä) female dog

   Synonym: penikoira

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• penikoirõ

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn