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pyx
English
Etymology
The noun is derived from Late Middle English pix, pixe (“vessel for holding a host, pyx; hip bone socket, pyxis”) [and other forms], from Late Latin pyxis (“vessel for holding a host”), Latin pyxis (“small box for medicines or toiletries; box holding sample coins for testing; hip bone socket; sailor's compass”), from Koine Greek ????? (puxís), Ancient Greek ?????? (puxís, “box; box or tablet made of boxwood; cylinder”), from ?????? (púxos, “box tree; boxwood”) + -?? (-is, suffix forming feminine nouns).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /p?ks/
- Homophones: picks, pics, pix
- Rhymes: -?ks
Noun
pyx (plural pyxes)
- (Christianity, also figuratively) A small, usually round container used to hold the host (“consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist”), especially when bringing communion to the sick or others unable to attend Mass.
- Synonym: (rare) pyxis
- (by extension, rare) A (small) box; a casket, a coffret.
- Synonym: pyxis
- (chiefly Britain) A box used in a mint as a place to deposit sample coins intended to have the fineness of their metal and their weight tested before the coins are issued to the public.
- (nautical, obsolete, rare) A compass used by sailors.
Alternative forms
- pix (obsolete, Late Middle English–19th c.)
Translations
Verb
pyx (third-person singular simple present pyxes, present participle pyxing, simple past and past participle pyxed) (transitive)
- (obsolete) To place (the host) in a pyx.
- (figuratively) To enclose (something) in a box or other container; specifically, to place (a deceased person's body) in a coffin; to coffin, to encoffin.
- (chiefly Britain) To deposit (sample coins) in a pyx; (by extension) to test (such coins) for the fineness of metal and weight before a mint issues them to the public.
Alternative forms
- pix (obsolete)
Derived terms
- pyxed (adjective) (obsolete, rare)
- pyxing (noun)
Notes
References
Further reading
- pyx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Trial of the Pyx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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pya
English
Etymology
From Burmese ???? (pra:).
Noun
pya (plural pyas)
- A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Burmese kyat.
- (historical) A subdivision of currency in colonial Burma, equal to 1/4 of an anna or 1/64 of a rupee
Anagrams
- APY, Pay, Yap, pay, yap
Japanese
Romanization
pya
- R?maji transcription of ??
- R?maji transcription of ??
Ngkoth
Noun
pya
- stomach
References
- Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 411
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-p??à.
Pronunciation
Adjective
-pya (declinable)
- new, fresh, recent
Inflection
Antonyms
- -a kale
Derived terms
- upya
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²py??/
- Rhymes: -???
- (í-ý merger) Rhymes: -???, -ì??
- (øy-ý merger) Rhymes: -???, -ø?????
Etymology
See pia. For the vowel compare gys, syt.
Noun
pya f (definite form only)
- Alternative form of pia
Yinwum
Noun
pya
- liver
References
- Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 411
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