pipit

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English

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A paddyfield pipit (Anthus rufulus)

Etymology

From Malay pipit.

Pronunciation

Noun

pipit (plural pipits)

  1. Any of various small passerine birds, mainly from the genus Anthus, that are often drab, ground feeding insectivores of open country.

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Derived terms

Translations

Finnish

Adjective

pipit

  1. nominative plural of pipi

Anagrams

French

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Etymology

Borrowed from Malay pipit.

Pronunciation

Noun

pipit m (plural pipits)

  1. pipit

Further reading

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay pipit, from Proto-Malayic *pipit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pitpit (kind of small bird and its cry).

Noun

pipit (plural pipit-pipit)

  1. various species of small birds, such as finch, sparrow, munia, etc.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese pipit.

Verb

pipit

  1. to press
    Synonyms: apit, himpit, jepit
Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *pipit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pitpit (kind of small bird and its cry).

The second sense originated from a comment made by the Crown Prince of Johor, Tunku Ismail Idris: "Kau jangan lupa helang dan pipit terbang tak sama tinggi" (You better not forget that the eagle and the pipit cannot fly on the same height).

Pronunciation

Noun

pipit (Jawi spelling ڤيڤيت, plural pipit-pipit)

  1. sparrow; finch
  2. (Malaysia, slang, politics) commoner, pleb
    Antonym: helang

Usage notes

Generic for many small birds, especially Munia spp., but mostly translated as sparrow.

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: pipit (inherited)
  • English: pipit
  • French: pipit

References

  1. ^ “'Helang, pipit terbang tak sama tinggi' - Media sosial kecoh hantaran TMJ”, in Malaysiakini (in Malay), 2019 June 6, archived from the original on 22 October 2021

Further reading

Romanian

Adjective

pipit m or n (feminine singular pipită, masculine plural pipiți, feminine and neuter plural pipite)

  1. alternative form of pepit

Declension

Declension of pipit
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite pipit pipită pipiți pipite
definite pipitul pipita pipiții pipitele
genitive-
dative
indefinite pipit pipite pipiți pipite
definite pipitului pipitei pipiților pipitelor

Swedish

Verb

pipit

  1. supine of pipa