piti

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See also: pití, piṯi, pi'ti, and píti

English

Piti cooked with covering bread

Etymology

From Azerbaijani piti, to which compare Armenian պուտուկ (putuk).

Noun

piti (plural pitis)

  1. An Azerbaijani soup made with mutton and vegetables in individual crocks with a glazed interior.

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pi‧ti

Verb

piti

  1. to pop; to crackle
  2. to slap
  3. to make a slapping sound

Choctaw

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Chickasaw pinti

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pĩːtí(ʔ)/
  • Transcription: pi̱ti'

Noun

pi̱ti (alienable)

  1. mouse, rat

Derived terms

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-t-y
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic بَدَأَ (badaʔa).

Verb

piti I (present pkyipti)

  1. to begin

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 153

Czech

Pronunciation

Participle

piti

  1. animate masculine plural passive participle of pít

Finnish

Pronunciation

Verb

piti

  1. third-person singular past indicative of pitää

Anagrams

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French petit (little).

Pronunciation

Adjective

piti

  1. small
    Synonym: ti

Kambera

Verb

piti

  1. (transitive) to take
    Synonym: ngàndi

References

  • Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 200

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

Inherited from French petit (little one, child).

Pronunciation

Noun

piti

  1. (a) child
    Antonym: paren
    Hyponyms: fiy, gaçon, jènn boug, ti boug

Pitjantjatjara

Noun

piti

  1. food gathering dish (traditionally used by women; along with a wana it is used to symbolise women)
  2. coolamon

Portuguese

Etymology

Possibly a clipping of pitiatismo (pithiatism).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ti

Noun

piti m (plural pitis)

  1. (Brazil, informal) scene; drama; tantrum (exhibition of strong emotions)
    Synonym: chilique

Further reading

Rapa Nui

Etymology

Borrowed from Tahitian piti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.ti/
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ti

Numeral

piti

  1. two

Usage notes

  • Piti is used in compound numerals only:
    Piti 'ahuru.Twenty (literally, “Two tens.”)
    Piti 'ahuru mā piti.Twenty-two (literally, “Two tens and two.”)
  • For the simple number "two", the native term rua is used.

References

  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 170
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 147

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from pitic.

Verb

a piti (third-person singular present pitește, past participle pitit) 4th conj.

  1. to hide

Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *piti (to drink).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pîti/
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ti

Verb

pȉti impf (Cyrillic spelling пи̏ти)

  1. (transitive) to drink (to consume liquid, including alcohol)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • piti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *piti.

Pronunciation

Verb

píti impf

  1. to drink

Inflection

Vowel + -ti -jem (AP c)
infinitive píti
1st singular píjem
infinitive píti pȋt, pȉt
supine pȋt
verbal noun pítje
participle converb
present pijọ̄č
past pȋt
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular pȋł píla pȋlo
dual pȋla pȋli pȋli
plural pȋli pȋle pȋla
present imperative
1st singular píjem
2nd singular píješ pīj
3rd singular píje
1st dual píjeva pȋjva
2nd dual píjeta pȋjta
3rd dual píjeta
1st plural píjemo pȋjmo
2nd plural píjete pȋjte
3rd plural píjejo

Derived terms

Further reading

  • piti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • piti”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiti/
  • Rhymes: -iti
  • Syllabification: pi‧ti

Noun

piti m (plural pitis)

  1. (colloquial, Spain) fag, ciggy (cigarette)

Further reading

Tahitian

Tahitian cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : piti

Numeral

piti

  1. two
    Synonym: rua
    nā taʻata/tāʻata e pititwo people

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Rapa Nui: piti

See also