different between piki vs pili

English

Etymology

Probably from Hopi.

Noun

piki (uncountable)

1. A paper-thin, dry, rolled bread made by the Hopi with nixtamalized blue corn meal.

Translations

Bikol Central

Adjective

pikî

1. knock-kneed

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?piki/
• Hyphenation: pik?i
• Rhymes: -iki
• Audio:

Verb

piki (present pikas, past pikis, future pikos, conditional pikus, volitive piku)

1. to prick, sting
2. to poke (e.g. in the ribs)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Swedish bik, from Middle Low German pik, from Latin pix. The e-stem, unusual for a borrowing as recent as this, is probably by analogy with hiki in order to avoid problematic homonymous forms such as *piin (~ piin, genitive of pii).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?piki/, [?piki]
• Rhymes: -iki
• Syllabification: pi?ki

Noun

piki

1. pitch (material made by distilling tar)

Declension

Derived terms

Maori

Noun

piki

1. fig tree
2. fig

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?i.k?i/

Noun

piki pl

1. spades (card game)
2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pik

Noun

piki

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

Quechua

Noun

piki

1. flea
2. chigoe

Declension

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English speak. Confer Jamaican Creole piik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pi.ki/

Verb

piki

1. to answer, to reply

Tagalog

Adjective

pikî

1. knock-kneed

English

Etymology 1

Noun

pili

1. plural of pilus

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Filipino.

Noun

pili (plural pilis or pili)

1. A tropical tree, Canarium ovatum, native to maritime Southeast Asia, New Guinea and northern Australia, and cultivated in the Philippines for its nuts.
   • 1996, Roberto E. Coronel, Pili Nut, Canarium Ovatum Engl, page 12,

     The pili is indigenous to the Philippines (Merrill 1912, 1923; Wester 1921; Brown 1954; Li 1970).

   • 2009, Bioversity International, Bioversity Annual Report 2009, page 19,

     Pili (Canarium ovatum) is the most important tree nut of the Philippines. […] Natural populations of pili are found in forests and are threatened by human activities and natural disasters.

   • 2012, M.N. Normah, S. K. Malik, R. Chaudhury, I. Salma, M. A. Makeen, Chapter 8: Conservation of Tropical Fruit Genetic Resources, M. N. Normah, H. F. Chin, Barbara M. Reed (editors, Conservation of Tropical Plant Species, page 143,

     The crops covered by the project include jackfruit and other Artocarpus species, pili (Canarium ovatum), mangosteen and other Garcinia species, and durian (Durio zibethinus).

2. The edible nut of the tree.

Anagrams

• ipil

Bikol Central

Noun

pili

1. the pili tree (Canarium ovatum)
2. a pili nut

Verb

pili (used in the form pilion)

1. to choose; to select

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pi?li

Noun

pili

1. the pili tree (Canarium ovatum)
2. a pili nut

Verb

pili

1. to choose; to select

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?l?/
• Rhymes: -?l?
• Homophones: pily, pyly

Verb

pili

1. masculine animate plural of the past participle of pít

Finnish

Noun

pili

1. (childish) a pee-pee

   Synonym: pippeli

Declension

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?]; compare pilih.

Verb

pili (used in the form pilien)

1. To choose

Latin

Noun

pil?

1. nominative plural of pilus
2. genitive singular of pilus
3. vocative plural of pilus

Latvian

Noun

pili f

1. accusative singular form of pils
2. instrumental singular form of pils

Noun

pili f

1. accusative singular form of pile
2. instrumental singular form of pile

Verb

pili

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of pil?t
2. 2nd person singular imperative form of pil?t

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?ili/, [?p?il?i]

Participle

pili

1. plural of pi?

Neapolitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pil?/

Noun

pili m

1. plural of pelo

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?i.l?i/

Verb

pili

1. third-person singular present of pili?

Verb

pili

1. third-person plural virile past of pi?

Quechua

Noun

pili

1. duck, often female

Declension

Romanian

Etymology 1

From pil? +? -i.

Verb

a pili (third-person singular present pile?te, past participle pilit) 4th conj.

1. to file

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Romani pijel.

Verb

a pili (third-person singular present pile?te, past participle pilit) 4th conj.

1. (slang) to get drunk

Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

pili (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. third-person singular present of piliti

Swahili

Pronunciation

Numeral

pili

1. two

Usage notes

Used as an abstract value; when the number is being used as an adjective, use -wili.

Adjective

-a pili (invariable)

1. second (number-two)

Tagalog

Noun

pili

1. the pili tree (Canarium ovatum)
2. a pili nut

Verb

pili (used in the form piliin)

1. to choose

Anagrams

• lipi

Ughele

Noun

pili

1. basket

References

• Benedicte Haraldstad Frostad (2012). The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu.

Unami

Particle

pili

1. different, other, else

References

• Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) , “pili”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project