pei

pei

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Chichimeca-Jonaz.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Chichimeca-Jonaz terms

• IPA^(key): /peˈi/

pei

1. boom

• paʉ

• N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "pei", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
• N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.i/
• Rhymes: -ei
• Hyphenation: pé‧i

pei

1. (dated) contraction of per i

• epi-, pie, piè

pei

1. dog

pei

1. nonstandard spelling of pēi
2. nonstandard spelling of péi
3. nonstandard spelling of pěi
4. nonstandard spelling of pèi

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpei/, [ˈpej]

pei

1. (intransitive) to fight

• Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary‎^[1], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 185
• Harrison, Sheldon P. (1976), Mokilese Reference Grammar‎^[2], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii

From Proto-Oceanic *bei.

pei

1. water

• A Dictionary of the Language of Mota, Sugarloaf Island (1896)

From Proto-Oceanic *bei.

pei

1. water

• Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976), page 311

• pe (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• pè (Puter, Vallader)

From Latin pēs, pedem (“foot”), from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

pei m (plural peis)

1. (Sursilvan, anatomy) foot

• pede, pe

From Latin pes, pedem. Compare Catalan peu, French pied (foot), Italian piede (foot), Latin pes (foot), Latvian pēda, Lithuanian pėdės, Portuguese pé (foot), Spanish pie (foot).

pei

1. foot

• IPA^(key): /pʌj/

pei (plural peis)

1. (Southern Scots) a pea (in Roxburghshire)
2. (Southern Scots) pay (in Selkirkshire)

Often spelt pey (especially for the second definition).

From Proto-Oceanic *bei.

pei

1. water

• Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976), page 311

From English pie.

• IPA^(key): /pei̯/
• Rhymes: -ei̯

pei f (plural peis)

1. pie

   Synonym: pastai

• mins-pei (“mince pie”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “pei”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *paay.

• IPA^(key): [péi̯]
• Hyphenation: pei

péi (stem II pe)

1. (intransitive) to go

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [pēi̯]
• Hyphenation: pei

pei (stem II [please provide])

1. (transitive) to rotate

• Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, page 90
• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 51